Learning for liberation
We work with changemakers
to embed learning where it matters most.
“We were simply trying to change the way we went about our everyday lives so that our values and habits of being would reflect our commitment to freedom.”
bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress
We believe in collective liberation
We believe in collective liberation and a future where all people and nature live in balance. As systems stretch beyond their limits and injustice becomes more visible than ever, we need more organisations to engage in the work of (un)learning and taking action.
We believe that learning and unlearning are fundamental tools – the magic in the soil that helps much-needed change take root and grow.
We offer learning design for liberation
At LearnJam, we partner with organisations working toward social and environmental equity, justice, and interconnected liberation. With over 10 years of experience, we help to embed (un)learning design where it can support the change they want to see in the world.
In practice, this might include connecting learning to organisational strategy; designing and facilitating research; defining a learning philosophy or principles; creating new learning experiences, or reimagining existing ones; and helping to measure impact and learning.
What role does learning and unlearning play in the change you want to see in the world?
Our journey
LearnJam started a new journey in 2023, with a renewed commitment to using our learning design skills for positive change. We want to resist the dominant capitalist systems and wriggle out of being part of the problem.
We are unlearning and learning all the time, embracing new stories, building new connections, and taking actions that bring joy and hope for a regenerative, liberated future.
We want to acknowledge some of the many thinkers, writers and doers who have influenced us on this journey: Bayo Akomolafe, Adrienne Maree Brown, Dan Burgess (and Becoming Crew), Zahra Davidson (and Huddlecraft), Helene Gerin and Frederic Laloux (and The Week), Dougald Hine, Bell Hooks, Mikaela Loach, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, Kate Raworth, Lucy Williams (and The Slow Work Garden). We are grateful for and appreciate all of your offerings.
More about LearnJam
We are sustaining and letting go
We are bringing with us all the valuable skills and experience we have from 10+ years of the old LearnJam, but are leaving behind the things we no longer want or need.
We work a 4-day week
We are learning how to rest and look after ourselves properly; nurturing deeper connections with friends, family and nature.
We see working fewer hours as part of de-growth and redefining success beyond traditional metrics of productivity and material wealth.
We seek sustainable impact
LearnJam is now established as a Community Interest Company (CIC).
Our challenge is to find ways to provide meaningful support to organisations that could benefit most from our work, including those with limited financial resources, while maintaining the financial sustainability needed to continue our mission.
