Radical Mental Health First Aide CARE CAMP

mini course, live CAMP sessions, & a learning community

If asking for, receiving, or giving care feels overwhelming, CARE CAMP will help you cultivate sustainable care practices; so you can navigate care with more confidence and less stress.

Step into the care-verse....

“It’s about time!”

Exciting News! CARE CAMP kicks off this April! We’re making it flexible for everyone with rotating days - Sundays and Thursdays - at 2 different times to accommodate a variety of time zones.

Mark your calendars, we start on April 13, 2025at 12pm PST / 3pm EST. 

This is hands-down the best thing I’ve ever dreamed up and I have a spot for YOU.

If you think to yourself...

"other people don't respond to requests for care the way I do"

"I'm just unsure of what to do or how to do it"

"I'm scared of care"

"am I ever going to get better at care and support"

"will we need to rely on therapists till the end of time"

"all I do is give and give and give..."

"it's better to stay out of it"

"I'm scared to do care wrong"

"I don't know what I really need?"

"I'm ready to take my care strategy to the next level but idk how - everything feels hard, unclear or complicated"

"I don't know what to do when I see someone struggling or in crisis" 

"my therapist doesn't understand me"

"I don't know how to respond to bids for care"

"care = unsolicited advice"

"I'm tired of feeling like I'm not doing enough when it comes to caring for myself and others. I need to learn new strategies and approaches that are more aligned with my values and beliefs.

Then it's likely your relationship to care has been impacted in some way, shape or form. It's likely CARE CAMP is the experience you've been looking for (consciously or subconsciously). It's likely you're aware of the unseen cost of not caring in schools, workplaces and third spaces (police involvement, disembodiment, trauma, and over reliance on therapists to meet emotional and care needs). 

Now picture this: your community member, comrade, colleague, cousin, or coworker has a bid for care...a crisis is approaching. Instead of jumping to panic, fear, or overwhelm you use info and skills from CARE CAMP to co-create care. You use the ACTION plan and Bid for Care mind map to ensure precision and efficiency. You offer grounded support with minimal colonial and carceral influence. OR you're the person in crisis and people know how to reach in with offers instead of reaching out to the police / sending you to the hospital involuntarily. This is EXACTLY why I created CARE CAMP!

Already ready to join? Click HERE.

People always tell me how they love my workshops and how fast time flies in the Radical Mental Health First Aide workshops (and we're talking 2.5 or 4.5-hour sessions, lol). They’ve shared how much they wish there was space to sloooooowly engage with radical care texts, media and practices. How impactful it would be to explore this material in a learning community that centers their access needs while encouraging active engagement. 

Participant feedback kept me up at night...thinking, feeling, and dreaming about what a FUN and special learning community could look like:

—so I started shaping this care-changing experience. 

I AM SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU!!! It's literally been a year in the making. 

CAMP is going to be so fun that calling it a "course" or "workshop series" just didn’t feel right. CARE CAMP is something else entirely—an immersive experience where care is taught, practiced, and lived in a way that radically centers consent, play, and collective support. It's not your typical CAMP or one-size-fits-all course experience. It's a 16-week deep dive into what care truly means, and it's going to be unlike anything else. CAMP will focus on experiential and playful learning, using a hands-on approach to deepen and reinforce our knowledge, skills, and values through “learning by doing.”

Imagine...

• A decrease in care related stress and anxiety.

• Embodying the skills and knowledge of your lineage and/or ancestors. 

• Building the skills to build "village" many of us have only heard of or seen in movies. Remember, you can't expect a village to show up for you if you're unwilling to be a villager. 

• At least 6 hours a month dedicated to CARE and radical mental health.

• Campfire stories, a RMHFA zine, CARE CAMP badges, challenges and so much more!

• Remembering yourself and your gifts and taking that home with you.

• Atypical and flexible learning environment. I won't present my teachings and wisdom as the end all be all. I won't pretend I have all the answers. I won't expect you to mold yourself to unrealistic expectations.

Maybe you’re thinking…

• “I don’t have the skills” to start learning and unlearning.

• “This feels like a luxury” I don’t deserve or have the time or money for.

• “It’s too late for me” to change my life or my relationship to care.

• “The state of the world is too overwhelming” to focus on this right now.

• “I’m not a ‘good’ student” or I’ve never thrived in traditional learning environments.

Guess what? Sometimes our past experiences, thoughts and history stops us from getting to be a part of new experiences. Support is here. Together, with the Earth, we can connect to our values and stories. Together, we can rediscover how we’re meant to live and co-create care. Allow Joko Wellness to support you in meeting your goals. 

During CARE CAMP you'll get to learn and practice (some of) the care skills needed to stop relying on mandated reporters, therapists and cops. You'll get to learn and practice these skills in a silly, playful, consent-centered and trauma-informed space with RMHFA creator Oumou and one or two *incredible* Camp Counselors. 

Now, I know what you’re thinking…

“Seriously? Will CARE CAMP really change my life? Is 16 weeks enough to experience this ‘transformational care’ you keep talking about?”

Here’s what you can expect:

1 Week into CAMP

You’ll experience a breakthrough - starting to recognize and untangle your personal care story. For the first time, you’ll name patterns you hadn’t seen before.

3 Weeks into CAMP

That relentless cop in your head? They’ll start eyeing retirement. You’ll gain the tools to identify your care balance—are you over-giving, under-seeking, or somewhere in between? The clarity you’ve been craving will finally start to emerge.

9 Weeks into CAMP

Your Care Plan? Locked in. You’ll have begun pod mapping, identified community resources, and started prioritizing what really matters. You’ll notice a new sense of ease and confidence, knowing you’re tending to life’s most important priorities—without that endless loop of “should’ve, could’ve, would’ve.”

12 Weeks into CAMP

This is where the magic compounds. Your relationship to care, crisis, and community will shift. It’ll feel like unlocking a cheat code. Boundaries and consent will become second nature. Even care risks will feel like exciting experiments. Relationships you’ve nurtured during CAMP will bloom, and the cumulative effect of this work will create a ripple of opportunity and - most importantly - impact and pleasure.

1 Year Later

You’ll be the official Care Bear of your community (yes, I’m serious lol). At home, with your friends, or even at work, people will ask, “What’s your secret?” You’ll make tackling CARE goals and crises look effortless (well, as effortless as possible lol). When crisis comes, because you know it will, you’ll face it with calm and a little bit of wisdom. And through it all, you’ll remember care can be pleasurable. After all, you're a CARE BEAR - and it shows.

Wanna know what we'll be doing every week? Scroll down and check out the FAQ. 

Ready to Level Up Your Care Strategy and Make Care a Habit Yet? By the end of our time, you'll have access to an internal caring witness as well as a wealth of readings, resources, and practices that'll shift yours and others' care story. 

This is going to be THE experience, but you are responsible for your own experience. 

Time & Environment  

In developing the CARE CAMP curriculum Joko Wellness (JW) and oumou have taken steps to make the structure and content available to a variety of learning styles. Time for breaks, moments of rest, and community building are prioritized in JW learning spaces.  

While there are some storytelling and lecture presentations, the majority of our courses are seminar-style. We believe in community wisdom, each session is unique to those who are in attendance, all JW offerings are participatory and learner engagement is celebrated. Reflection, journaling, and engaging with materials outside of the live sessions are highly encouraged and needed for full engagement of the offerings. This is not your typical rigid learning environment. oumou won't present my teachings and wisdom as the end all be all. oumou won't pretend to have all the answers. oumou won't expect you to mold yourself to unrealistic expectations.

All JW offerings are participatory and learner engagement is highly encouraged. While CAMPERS are not asked to be on camera all the time, it makes a difference for the zoom space if all of us are off camera. Attendance and participation is requested though not required. CAMP is co-created and each CAMPER brings an important presence. If you are unable to make more than 5 sessions we invite you to please sign up for a future cohort where the dates fit your schedule.

Now here’s a quick care-fession (care + confession) that involves a NYC apartment and a crab rangoon...

i used to HATE getting sick because it meant id probably have to ask for support or care from someone.

imagine this....

my immune system is vulnerable because of burnout and chronic stress. i’ve gotten sick more times than i can remember and havent told ANYONE. not my roommates nor my family. 

i (choose to) go to the emergency room alone.

i (choose to) hide, cry and curl up in my room alone. 

i (choose to try and) meet my own needs despite reduced capacity.

one afternoon, I was in my bedroom, trying to regain my strength after a bout of nausea, when I heard a knock at the front door. it was the delivery driver with food from one of my favorite restaurants. my roommate had ordered herself a meal, and there, among the bags, was a box of crab rangoon. she hadn’t ordered anything for me...though, to be fair, I hadn’t asked her to—but in that moment, seeing the crab rangoon set me off. I completely lost it. I started crying hysterically, accusing her of not caring about me, even though she had no idea I was sick or hungry. It was a BIT dramatic, but the emotions hit me all at once. 

this was the day everything changed for me care/community wise. this was the day i decided something had to change. 

if I had access to CARE CAMP or Radical Mental Health First Aide back then I would've: 

• shared my ideal care menu with roommates and close friends.

• practiced both seeking and receiving care.

• engaged in proactive conversations about crisis and medical needs.

• took time to reflect on the barriers that prevent me from co-creating care.

• used zines for additional support.

• developed a care plan and created a pod map.

being an immigrant and child of immigrants has absolutely INFLUENCED my relationship to care, mental health and “figuring things out”. I went through it (and sometimes crashed out) so you don't have to. 

I have enough care-fessions to last me a lifetime and it's helped me create care-focused offerings that have been offered to 3500+ people since 2021 and I want YOU to join my biggest offering yet.

are you ready to join us?