ADAPT with Zulhaqem Zulkifli

In this episode based on the book chapter called ADAPT, I invite Zulhaqem Zulkifli to join me in a conversation about poverty, dignity and meritocracy. 

"When I was thinking of who I would like to have a conversation with on this shade of love regarding dignity, agency and poverty, I immediately thought of my new young friend - Zulhaqem Zulkifli who has an incredible tale of twists and turns and whose father is also central to much of how he has been shaped. Not even 30 yet, Zul has a bagful of experience from sleeping in void decks to collecting cardboards to now studying his Masters in Oxford where he’s zooming in for today’s conversation. I remember reading about him in the papers because he is clearly newsworthy as a quintessential Singapore boy made-good story and also remembering how proud yet curious I was about his choice to pursue Buddhist studies." 

Join us for an exploration on meritocracy and intergenerational social mobility in this honest conversation on the growing class divide in Singapore. 

Also, come find out why the Walking Palms is paired with this shade of love in the book!  

MY INVITATION TO YOU: How have you adapted yourself in tough situations? What does that say about your values? 

RESOURCES: 

Project Hills https://www.facebook.com/projecthills/ 

A Good Space http://www.agoodspace.org/ 

Social collaborative or socialcollab.sg http://wiki.socialcollab.sg/index.php/Main_Page 

CAPE Community for Advocacy & Political Education – a student-run organisation based at Yale-NUS College https://cape.commons.yale-nus.edu.sg/