2020 North America Leadership Jam Application for Alumni

Thank you for your interest in checking out the first-ever North America Leadership Zoomy Jam for Alumni. As you know, this event is intimate and personal, and we want to hear where you’re at today. As a result, our questionnaire is longer and more in-depth than most. Please share as much as you feel comfortable. There is no min/max length for responses and no pressure. We only ask you to share what you feel is ‘enough’. We will follow up with more questions via email or a phone call if we think we need more information.

Also, please note that all of your answers, including your name and basic info, will be kept confidential.* Only the North America Jam organizers will have access to your application. The more our team learns about you, the more informed our decisions can be throughout the selection process.

*If you are selected for the Jam, only your name and bio will be shared with the other participants of the Jam, and that will happen just prior to the event.

Complete Name (required)

Nickname (what you prefer to be called, if different):

Gender Pronouns:

Your Email (required):

Organization or Organizational Affiliation (if applicable):

Website of Group (if applicable):

Street Address (required)

City (required)

State / Province (required)

Zip / Postal Code (required)

Country (required)

Home Phone (if applicable):

Cell Phone (if applicable):

Work Phone (if applicable):

Birthday (Month/Day/Year) (required)

Who You Are

As you probably remember, the people in the room are the focus of the Jam, and sharing our stories, experiences, ideas, etc., through different formats, is how we engage and learn together. The following series of questions is meant to be a taste of this principle. Don't worry about spelling or grammar or eloquent articulation. We just want to get a sense of you in your own voice.

1. How do you identify? (Gender identity, ethnic background, sexual orientation, class, religion, personality, family, abilities, role in the law, anything else that makes you who you are.) We ask because we value diversity and the opportunity to create supportive and inclusive space, and we want to know how to best meet participant needs:

2. What's alive for you these days? What are you working/playing on? How are you feeling? (Please check in :)

3. How have you been integrating learnings, insights, healings, etc., from your last Jam? How have you been collaborating with folks since your last Jam?:

4. Could you please share the reasons you want to come to this alumni-focused Zoomy Jam? What are you hoping to give this time around? What are you hoping to receive?:

5. What vision of healing and transformation are you holding for wherever you stand in North America? What does it look like, feel like, conjure up for you, especially in these unprecedented times?:

6. Please share with us any concerns, doubts, fears, or reservations you have about attending the Jam. This can include what kinds of support you feel you could use from us right now, and also if/when you join us online:

7. Please give us a mini-bio (a paragraph version of your story) written in the third person (for example, using “she” instead of “I”). No need to be humble! This is the bio that will be shared with other participants of this Jam, and will be used for the YES! website after the Jam. If you think you might want to modify it later, just make note of that. There’s no hard limit, and 250 words is probably enough:

8. Anything else you'd like to tell us?:

Costs of Attending

Tuition to participate in the Jam is offered on a sliding scale of $100-$300. We invite you to give what you can and to give generously, as tuition costs provide our facilitators with equitable compensation, and any surplus supports partial scholarships for other participants. If you want to contribute more than $300, that extra amount is tax-deductible.

Money should never be a barrier to applying: partial scholarships are available on a limited basis. We also invite work trades and monthly payment plans. We aim to figure out with each applicant the right combination of tuition, work trade and scholarship that can work for you. Again, we never want money to be a barrier in participating in a Jam, so we will do everything we can to make it work for you to attend.

9. How much can you or your organization/school/institution contribute to this experience?:

10. We invite work trades as well. Are there other non-monetary ways that you might be in reciprocity with the Jam (spreading the word about the Jam via social media; offering photography, blogs, or videos at and/or after the Jam; fundraising for scholarships; other in-kind contributions and skills, etc.)?:

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