We help you. You help youth that want to help the world. By providing a jetpack, you allow us to more rapidly achieve two goals, simultaneously:
We hope you will take this opportunity to put a jetpack on a young person with a vision for using their mind as a tool to help the world, and in the process get access to all the benefits listed below!
Become a Jetpack supporterThe membership will run for a whole year from the date you join, and you will have access to all of the things listed on this page throughout that period.
Time and time again we have been asked the following questions:
How can I support you?
How can I learn more about the mind and resilience to gain insights for myself?
How can I get an inside look at your work in communities and learn how I can create personal, societal and global change?
Based on those questions we created this one-of-a-kind support model, which is designed to be a win-win-win. We help you. You help youth who want to help the world. With jetpacks for youth we can accomplish all of the below:
Create something of value for our supporters and those who want to learn about the mind for themselves, but are not part of our on-going community projects.
As a 501(c)(3) non profit, having a steady stream of income is what allows us to serve our communities and youth projects. Without consistent funding, sustainable service becomes very hard. This membership will be one piece of the puzzle in having a sustainable funding stream that can help us continue to serve youth and expand the number of youth we can work with.
This is our flagship online course, which is designed to take you from the basics of the One Solution framework of the mind, to how that can help you personally, as well as how to bring that to communities and the wider world. We will cover all change from micro to macro, and how to facilitate it in a new and engaging way. We will cover:
Here are the modules you will gain access to:
Week 1: Introduction Module (the one you’re in now)
Week 2: The Human Mind and the World
Week 3: Any Problem on Any Scale
Week 4: Case Studies and how to get past obstacles
Week 5: Bringing it All Together
Ongoing: Bonus module: How to facilitate change, the journey from listening, to understanding to facilitating.
Weekly: Q&A Module for any question you might have during the Course
Every dollar goes directly to our youth programs, and stipends for our youth leaders. Because of you we’re able to increase our ability to deliver:
– Youth leadership development – our flagship program where youth learn about their minds and create their own projects to make sustainable change in their community and the world.
– Youth delivering programs to schools, teaching younger kids about resilience, wellbeing and the mind
My Project: "Uplifting Voices" What I learned from this internship: the content of this internship was a reality check. It helped me put into perspective the amount of agency I need to claim moving forward into this transition in my life. I was able to think about how to engage wit anti- racism, sexism, etc. but i think it would ...
My Project: "Picking up the Pieces" What I learned from this internship: It has helped me open my mind in terms of listening to people and having conversations even when I feel like I'm right and they're wrong. It has helped me be more open-minded. It's also helped me realize that change can be created in sooo many different ways. ...
What I learned from this internship: I learned methods on how to stop and think rather than go and react. I really implement this too shall pass all the time now. On top of that, I now understand that reality is a reflection of my inner self. It's very easy for me to fix my day simply by fixing my ...
About: Chandrelle Douglas is a Rebels for Peace Intern Alum, and for this summer’s Internship is going to be a Rebels for Peace Youth Leader. She’s excited to delve into videography, lead discussions on the mind and mental health, and work with a team of young change makers like herself.
My Project: "Chronology to Flimsy Ladies" What I learned from this internship: In terms of the mind, I learned that my mind worked as a camera with an interchangeable lens. Depending on what lens I placed over my mental camera, then bad things could appear worst than they actually were. It was up to me to switch to the positive ...
My Project: "Only my Body" What I learned from this internship: I came away as a better listener, and a less anxious speaker. I appreciate different views as long as they aren't questioning my rights to a full and equal life. I feel like I have learned to be more in tune with myself, I try to react to certain ...
Mara Gleason Olsen, Co-Founder and Director, has enjoyed working with all walks of life throughout her career, including MIT-trained physicists, UN directors, US Marines, NHL players, Microsoft managers, prisoners, the Chicago PD, and teens from Southside Chicago and Gaza. Prior to founding One Solution, she co-founded and directed One Thought, a NYC and London-based company that trained hundreds of organizational leaders from around the world. She’s also the bestselling author of One Thought Changes Everything. Mara graduated with a Master’s degree from Columbia University in 2006, and currently lives in Chicago with her husband and co-director, Eirik, and several plants that she works hard to keep alive, despite their frequent travels.
Eirik Olsen, Co-Founder and Director, Eirik Olsen became fascinated by the relationship between the mind and human capability after his experience in the military and deployment in the Middle East. He spent the next decade working with individuals, groups, organizations, executives, youth, health clinics, and programs for families and communities. After running a successful consultancy and training institute around the mind and resilience, he co-founded the One Solution Foundation to try to tackle the biggest challenges we face as humanity: conflict, war, climate change, poverty, etc by elevating the conversation around the mind as the missing key to sustainable change. He considers himself a student of humans, creativity, and the mysteries of life and loves the dance between a macro-level vision and on the ground grassroots work. He currently resides in South Side Chicago with his wife and co-founder Mara and his son Teo.
Prince Jimmar is a co-founder of Rebels for Peace and an Artist from Chicago, that's inspired about transforming his community from the inside-out. He leads and facilitates resilience training for youth from 4-8 grade in schools in south-side Chicago, and co-hosts yearly youth leadership programs, teaching aspiring leaders about resilience, wellbeing and creativity. He also has experience supporting youth currently incarcerated in juvenile prisons, teaching the same foundational training. He is a sought after speaker, hosting classes, workshops and inspiring talks to people from all walks of life.
Josh Downing, Videographer, Photographer, is a writer, director and editor originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma. After receiving his B.F.A in film production at Oklahoma City University in 2016, he spent the next two years working as a freelance editor in Los Angeles and New York. He has written and directed short films that have been accepted to national and international festivals and, most recently, he co-wrote and co-directed his first feature film, "All We Have is Now." After switching gears to documentaries and non-profits, Downing wishes to use his video production skills to work for his community and shed a new light on important issues that surround the world today.
Aisat (I-Esha) Oladokun, 23, is a recent graduate from Kalamazoo College. She completed her bachelors of Arts in English and Global Health. Her plans are to pursue a Master’s in Public health to impact more communities about the importance of health, especially gun violence that impacts her neighborhood. Aisat is very dedicated to every community that she enters and has a passion for mentorship and facilitating others through workshops. Through her time in college, she was a mentor to incoming freshmen and has successfully facilitated workshops through the Kalamazoo Juvenile Home. As a member of the Rebels for Peace, Aisat is dedicated to uplifting the lives of others and strengthening mentorships through the one tool we all have, our minds!
For over thirty years, Andrew has helped people uncover their true potential through the mind. He's coached Olympic athletes, entrepreneurs, social impact leaders and students. Andrew has seen firsthand how teaching people about the mind allows them to see for themselves the innate powers they already have and is at the heart of all sustainable human change.
With One Solution, Andrew will help grow the reach of our existing programs and develop new relationships with organizations, funders, and allies who can further our mission.
WEEK 1 - THE FOUNDATION OF ACCELERATING CHANGE
Live Zoom Call + Online Content
In week one we'll host a live kick-off event on Zoom with your facilitators and the cohort of peers you’ll be going through the course with. In online content, you’ll explore why the mind is the most natural shortcut solution for accelerating change.
WEEK 2 - THE HUMAN MIND AND THE WORLD
Online Content + Reflection Activity
In this week's online content, we'll explore how the mind affects how we see and experience the world and why that's important when pursuing change. You'll complete a personal reflection on how this topic relates to your own life.
WEEK 3 - CHANGE IN INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
Live Zoom Call + Online Content
This week will feature a live session with special guests working on change with individuals and within communities, plus online content where you’ll explore how accelerating change happens in these contexts.
WEEK 4 - CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS
Online Content + Reflection Activity
In this week's online content, you’ll explore how organizational change happens with videos from special guests actively working in this context. You'll complete a personal reflection activity to explore how this topic applies to your project.
WEEK 5 - CHANGE IN SYSTEMS
Live Zoom Call + Online Content
This week's session will feature special guests working on systems change, plus online content where you’ll explore how accelerating change happens in this context. You'll complete a personal reflection activity to explore how this topic applies to your project.
WEEK 6 - DEALING WITH OBSTACLES
Online Content + Personal Reflection Activity
This week will feature online content where you’ll explore how to deal with the obstacles to accelerating change. You'll complete a personal reflection activity to explore how this topic applies to your project.
WEEK 7 - BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
Live Zoom Call + Online Content
This week's session will feature a live Zoom session and online content bringing together everything we've learned into an applicable and sustainable approach to accelerating change. You'll take all of this and put the final touches on your 90 second presentation for the Showcase Event next week!
WEEK 8 - SHOWCASE EVENT
Live Zoom Call
The Showcase event will feature YOU and the entire cohort sharing individual 90-second presentations on the project you are working on and how you have grown over the past eight weeks. Friends and family will be welcome.