Projects with Purpose

Designing a creative, community-driven project but unsure how to bring it to life? This incubator is for you.

Over the course of one month, you’ll get twelve hours of focused, hands-on support to move your community-engaged creative project forward. Through tried and tested project-based learning practices, Nandita will offer frameworks to organize and execute your idea, strategies and exercises to connect meaningfully with the communities you care about, and creative mentorship with a focus on action.

The fee is $500 for twelve hours of support for 1-3 people. The sessions could be virtual or in-person, based on your location; Nandita is based in San Francisco.

Schedule a conversation today. Let’s build projects with purpose.

  • This incubator is for anyone 15 and over who needs support designing and/or developing creative projects that center civic and community engagement. Whether you consider yourself a student, educator, artist, community organizer, or creative-at-large — and however you might define “civic and community engagement” — this incubator will draw from Nandita’s extensive experience in project-based learning to help you meet your unique goals.

    Participants under 18 will need signed consent from a legal guardian. Please email nanditadinesh@gmail.com for the form.

    You can sign up as an individual or with 1-2 collaborators (maximum group size of three).

  • The process looks like this:

    • We start with a conversation to learn more about each other and to explore our mutual fit. During this first meeting, we will also discuss how to distribute our 12 hours together: perhaps your project needs two intensives that are six hours each; perhaps your project needs two one-hour meetings per week + four hours of asynchronous engagement; something else. Please use this Calendly link to schedule our initial conversation.

    • Once we decide to work together, we will sign a letter of agreement. Our time together begins when 50% of the fee has been paid ($250)

    • At the end of each week, you will receive an email update about the project

    • The second payment is due upon delivery of what we’ve agreed upon

    For additional queries, nanditadinesh@gmail.com

  • The fee is $500 for twelve hours of support for 1-3 people. This cost has been calculated based on the hourly living wage in San Francisco, where Nandita is based.

    • Please note that we are unable to provide scholarships at this time.

    • Payments need to be made in two installments: half before we begin; half upon project completion.

    • Venmo, Paypal, and Zelle are the only payment options available at the moment.

    • No refunds are possible except in extenuating circumstances that can be evidenced.