Share your experience of burnout and hear about others' experiences in this members-only salon. Mike Haber will be hosting and looking for how we work at our best and how we recognise when things are not going well. With the great resignation, quiet quitting, and everything else going on in the world, we can try…
Christina Waggaman is a former biostatistician and hospital infection preventionist who made a career change to study Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), traditional Tibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa), and yoga therapy. She is passionate about creating opportunities for generative dialogue between proponents, critics and patients of both modern western biomedicine and traditional health therapies. In this salon…
Join ii India community member Prateek Singh, for a casual lunchtime get together in London. Gallan Mithiyan - A Punjabi language word that resonates meaningful casual conversation in a community setting. Join us for an evening to have a relaxed conversation on the feeling of experiencing a country for the first time, friendship, the future…
If you're passionate about music and want to make new friends, join João Mateus for this debut members-only salon "music therapy" salon. After our successful Book Therapy and Movie Therapy gatherings, it's time to bring the same format to sharing music. We will share our personal stories, talk about our favorite tracks or albums, and…
As COVID restrictions relax, traveling has gotten back on the radar for many of us. Join 3 year vagrant Johnson Hsieh for some thoughtful conversations about traveling. Some questions we’ll explore: How do we relate to travel and status? What do I want out of travel? What am I running away from by traveling? How…
Join us for our next author talk in our worker organizing series, with Yvonne Martinez to discuss her new memoir, Someday Mija, You'll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman. The book chronicles Yvonne’s upbringing and family history in a Mexican family in Utah, weaving together how discoveries about family secrets including…
What is conservation when we are not talking about the environment? Come join museum conservator Angélica Isa in a discussion about the conservation of art and monuments. Why do we conserve? Who do we conserve for? Let’s get together to pick apart concepts about the restoration of art, the ethical aspects of material interventions, and…
Join us for a casual Town Hall in the Interintellect Discord to discuss the state of Twitter and planning the next stage of Interintellect hosts' social media use. (Click on the ii Cafe voice channel upon arrival and join via audio or video as you prefer). *** NOTE: THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE…
In the fifth salon of the Ideas Shape the World - An Introduction to Social Movements series, hosted by Robert Nemeth, we will discuss anarchism and how it appears in today’s world and influences it. Anarchism developed as a distinctive strain within radical and revolutionary thought in the mid-19th century. Nowadays, some media quickly labels…
Are you are unfamiliar with the mythic imaginations of African peoples? Join Helen Nde, curator of the storytelling platform Mythological Africans, to discover the rich tapestry of traditional folklore from different parts of the African continent. Part 1 of this 3-part series will focus on stories of tragedy, heartbreak and grief. This session will include…
I just want America to be beautiful and rich. My name is Max Dostart-Meers and I am a Silicon Valley native currently in exile. Follow me on Twitter. Join us for the 8th episode of the Saving the City series! Housing Twitter is united in its hatred of the American suburb. There are real reasons,…
As we head into the winter months, we can all use a little mindfulness and self-care. Join writer Elaine Wang for informal communal “group therapy” series where we discuss a different topic related to self-compassion each month and how it can be applied in our lives. Perhaps you’ve had this experience: You attend a social…
