Upcoming

• Monthly, March 22nd, April 26th, May 24th, June 28th
• Online, with option for a couple in-person meetups in Berlin
• Sliding scale from €70 - €150 per monthly session, with some free spaces available.

A fresh-for-2026-realities redesign of the much-loved Life Architecture community learning and action series, this 4-month programme invites participants to collectively imagine and practice living in ways that are more alive with what we truly care about.

This will be a space to practice economies of mutuality and interdependence, rather than scarcity and individualism. Starting in March, will meet once a month for 4 months, with support prompts and resources for in-between.

Online using Zoom, plus a repository of online resources and a couple of Berlin-based meetups.

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• Last Wednesdays of the month (mostly) from March - December, with a summer break in August
• Online, with a few in-person meetup options in Berlin
• From €75 - €150 per 2-hour session, monthly payments. Some free spots avail.
• Limited to 20 spaces

Building on last year’s Facilitating Change workshop series, based on feedback from the participants, I’ve decide to run a space which is focused not only on knowledge-transfer, but also on mutual support. Between 2020-2025 I worked within aequa Workshops Collective, and experienced firsthand the power of regularly sharing knowledge, skills, learnings, and just having a place to ask “What is the most ethical course of action?” in a group of trusted peers. Now that this experience has ended, I thought it could be useful to bring the benefits of that arrangement into a programme in which many of the amazing facilitators I know (and maybe some I don’t-yet-know) can share the same.

This will be a space to practice economies of mutuality and interdependence, rather than scarcity and individualism. Starting in March, will meet once a month through December, with a break in August.

Online using Zoom, plus a repository of online resources and a couple of Berlin-based meetups.

Subscribe at joycast.substack.com for updates

• Four Tuesdays: March 31st, April 7th, April 14th, April 21st
• 18:30 - 21:30
• Sliding scale, with some free spaces. See ticket page for info
• Facilitated with BB

Is it a disagreement, conflict or abuse? Is this punishment, or are those consequences? How do we hold slippery terms like ‘accountability’ to account and resist their weaponisation and capture, moving away from disposability culture whilst staying rooted in our values? What structures and shared lenses can help us navigate difficult interpersonal situations in more discerning, caring and less destructive ways?

We’ll critically address the current ways these tough topics are thought about in our spaces, movements and groups, explore the differences between hurt, harm, conflict and abuse, as well as useful models, protocols and mindsets for navigating and addressing different types of dynamics.

This is a four-part workshop, and each session builds on the previous sessions. The sessions will be interactive and conversation-based, with handouts and a digital drive of further reading and resources for everyone who takes part.

In session one, we will deep dive into the mechanics and dynamics typical of many so-called conflicts. We’ll explore what happens in our (collective) bodies when harm happens, and talk about some tools for dealing with these dynamics that strive to break rather than reinforce the very systems of violence and punishment that we are often organising against.

In sessions two and three, we will look in more detail at some practical structures and skills needed for moving through the discomfort, pain and dislocation that can come up when harm happens. We’ll get a bit more specific about dealing with situations "beyond" conflict — harm and abuse — and start to explore some of the possible frameworks for community accountability processes for groups who work together over time. We’ll go deeper with some of the frameworks we’ve introduced, using practice scenarios to apply, play with and question the frameworks offered from the first two sessions.

For the last session, we’ll workshop some real-life (optionally anonymised) situations from some of the workshop participants, aiming to get/give active feedback from the group on past or active situations, applying the learnings from the previous sessions to take back to their contexts.

All sessions are co-designed and co-facilitated sensitively by very experienced trainers and aim to equip participants with an experience-based set of tools for supporting stronger, safer communities.

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• Saturday, March 28th, 10:00-17:00
• in person at Refuge Worldwide, Berlin
• In the spirit of reciprocity, participation is on a donation basis. Registration required.

A gathering of socially engaged cultural workers and allies to practice a care protocol that maps needs and resources, fostering mutual aid. The space encourages awareness, generosity and exchange, connecting people across adjacent struggles to share skills, knowledge and support while collectively sustaining justice-oriented work.

• June 4th-6th
• In person in Berlin

I’m very excited to be an apprentice learning from very-experienced AOH practitioners at the upcoming training in Berlin.

Short info from the event website:

This is a call to Relational Responsibility

The Art of Hosting and Harvesting Meaningful Conversations is an approach to leadership that scales up from the personal to the systemic using personal practice, dialogue, facilitation and co-creation of collective intelligence to address complex challenges.

We will introduce mental models and theory on complexity and practice collective leadership through inviting participants to step into hosting and harvesting during the training. You are invited to bring your ideas, projects and challenges to work on, co-create with others and find ways to apply the learning in your own contexts after the training. We are hosting a participatory learning and practicing spaces for meeting people and to learn from their stories and experiences. We will dive into new forms of leadership, based on Living Systems, where interconnection, collaboration and self-organising around purpose can lead to collective wellbeing.

For the full call, head here.