Jam Facilitation Manual

From the Yes! international social change program. Not recipes for making preserves but a jam-packed (sorry) manual of ideas on facilitation when working with groups of young changemakers, from setting context to discussing power and privilege to what happens next.

“Those who participate in a Jam usually come hoping to find their next growing edge. With Leveraging Privilege for Social Change, they are often pushing the envelopes around power and privilege and their relationships to these issues. With World Jams, they are trying to connect the dots of various movements and issues, hoping to attain greater clarity and engagement in their work, while living more full and balanced lives.

To put it simply, a Jam embodies two core principles: uncompromised truth and unconditional love. A Jam is, above all, a place to be real, to take off masks, to speak one’s truth, and to be fully oneself. Simultaneously, a Jam is a highly appreciative space, where compliments and love are given freely and received with dignity and gratitude, and where the intention is towards healing, learning and growing honest, healthy relationships.”

(Follow the link for the free version of the latest manual on Google Drive, or to order a hard copy. You can also download the 2010 edition.)

More on Yes! Jams and see here for the list of current/upcoming Jams

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