KUUMBA FOR AGENTS OF CHANGE

Witnessing and solidarity without action is spectatorship.

- Dr Evangelia Papoutsaki

Building, creating and nurturing for social transformation

 

Offered in collaboration with Dialogos, Kuumba is a space in Sesa Mathlo Apothecary that nurtures the visions and ideas of socially engaged creatives and collectives through coaching and mentoring. Through informal mentoring circles and workshops we coach, mentor and facilitate a space for taking initiatives into design level and executing them. Our workshops are designed for incubating and crystalising ideas for individual and collective projects. We:

  • Support the visions of social changers, activists and socially engaged collectives and organisations. 

  • Share tools for attendees’ own personal and professional socially engaged commitments. 

  • Offer toolkits and handouts to support attendees’ practices. 

Our sessions cover topics that include:

  • What are you seeking to change? An exploration of values in relation to what we are seeking to change.

  • What are you longing for? An exploration of our visions, dreams and what we’re longing for and alignment with our practice.

  • Who are you connected to? An exploration of who is in our eco systems and the space it creates for alignment with our aspirations for change.

  • Sharing exercises and practices that attendees can use in their personal practice.

  • Mentoring and incubating a project attendees have.

We also offer tailored workshops and project consultation please email hello@sesamathloapothecary.online to introduce yourself and your project.

KUUMBA PATHWAYS

 

From The Well

After journeying through 10-weeks of conversations, stories and learnings about race, culture and identity, The Well cohorts are invited to continue their learning journey and be part of a Kuumba cohort tailored to needs identified during The Well.

Conversational Mentoring Circle

How do you see yourself and your role in these changing times? What role do you feel you can play/want to play in this moment in time?

Conversational mentoring is a meeting of minds where both the mentor and the mentee take turns to lead and feed into the other, helping release the restrictions of the mind so you take those risks needed to bring change and trust the process so you can not only find but also amplify your unique voice as an individual and as a small collective working towards social transformation.

Our conversational mentoring circles are intimate gatherings of 6-8 people including the facilitators.

Please email hello@sesamathloapothecary.online to join our waitlist for the next conversational mentoring circle.

Facilitator Training

The Kuumba Facilitator Training program focuses on building capacity for agents of change to support the communities they are in. After the program, trainees will be able to facilitate Kuumba workshops for agents of change tailored to the context and communities they serve. They will also receive resource toolkits and ongoing mentoring.

We have recently completed a project with agents of change based in Vietnam and offering a facilitators training tailored to the Vietnam context. This training was supported by the Manaaki New Zealand Alumni Small-Grants Fund from the New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam.

Please email hello@sesamathloapothecary.online if you are interested in becoming a Kuumba Facilitator.