some of the questions many jam participants carry through life:

How do we balance work and personal life when our work is a cause that burns in our hearts?

How do we source our work and lives in love, being the change we wish to create?

How do I create a community of support to sustain a lifetime of activism?

What is it going to take to create true, lasting, systemic positive change in our world?

What will it take to unite progressive movements towards a common vision?

How do we deal with the painful legacy of white exploitation and find ways to truly work in partnership across lines of race and class?

How do we deal with our own prejudice, sexism and privilege?

How can I empower people without dominating them?

How do we create organizations where the structure actually empowers those in it?

How do we get money without being owned by it, and without compromising on our principles?

How do we create meaningful romantic relationships when we have no time for them?

How do we fight the incredible injustices we see without becoming hardened, bitter and full of hate?

Does non-violence really work?

Are we going to make it?

Is my work making any real difference at all?

Is it worth the pain, stress and defeats?

How can I avoid burnout?