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My aim is to discover and share ways that we can prosper as a community, and transform our economy. My passion for this began through my study of the Islamic Golden Age, and finding that there was a completely different way of thinking about business, markets, community, employment. Rather than corporations and monopolies, it was about guilds and endowments… Only to learn that these practices were found across precolonial civilizations across time! And through the global network of Holistic Underground, I’m discovering my community revival every day!
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Mazin has served as a coach and consultant for leaders and organizations ranging from Fortune 500 to grassroots movements in Oakland, Sudan, Ghana, Malaysia, Mexico, Chile, and beyond.
Mazin Jamal is the founder of Holistic Underground which serves as a Fiscal Sponsor for projects creating healing, liberation, equity and belonging in the world. He has supported dozens of purpose-driven projects to scale through business strategy, fundraising and organizational development. Holistic Underground’s projects range from Healthcare Equity & Research to Supporting Culture and the Arts.
Mazin Jamal is the creator of the PurposePlace Methodology™ used by licensed practitioners worldwide to Turn Workplaces into PurposePlaces. Through DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) organizational development and strategic planning, he has supported thousands of employees to find purpose and belonging at work, and hundreds of organizations and businesses to do well while doing good.
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In partnership with Holistic Underground, we provide foundational support to leaders such as fiscal sponsorship, branding, consulting, fundraising, research, evaluation and more. Our partnerships with hundreds of leaders and organizations gives us unique insight into patterns and trends across movements and sectors.
Through collaborations, focus groups, and curated gatherings, this global community promotes collaboration & innovation:
Curated Network of 47+ partners
Strategic Networking & Curation
Leadership & Business Incubation
Directory of Resources
Local Community Events in Oakland, CA
Past, Future & Present
In addition to studying modern solutions, our learning community studies the economic, political, and social practices of our ancestors and spiritual lineages. what created flourishing communities before this age of endless extraction, consumerism and financial exploitation.
Reviving the Praxis of Prosperity
We strive to revive a set of practices found across every great civilization from Ancient Egypt, The Tang Dynasty, The Gupta Period, Andalusia, and Indiginous Civilizations of America in their peaks of prosperity. We particularly study the most recent and comprehensive application which was the Islamic Golden Age. We see these as the keys for social and economic transformation:
Guiding
The histories and visions for the future that shape our world…
The art of building belonging and healthy communities
How leaders and entrepreneurs are changing lives
Service and surrender for the love of The Divine
Ancient and modern practices for prosperity and a just economy
Ancient wisdom & modern solutions