Business Class at JCC Harlem

"Simply Genius."

Matt Peacock, Director, Arts & Homelessness International

Business Class© is a playful yet powerful experience that sparks honest conversation about class and connection. Set in a mock airplane with randomly assigned “economy” and “business” seats, passengers engage in 2 hours of interactive dialogue, drawing on lived experiences to explore privilege, inequality, and what really matters at 37,000 feet.

Debuted in London in 2024, Business Class connects people across differences, encouraging participants to rethink assumptions and uncover how our behaviors, systems and perceived needs may be harming the planet, our community, and each other, all while buckled in, sipping tomato juice.

Business Class is delgihted to be partnering with JCC Harlem, Embrace Harlem & Kehilat Harlem to fly this leg of the journey. No passport required, just an open heart and mind. Reserve your seat today.
About the Workshop Leader:
Before taking to the friendly skies, Becky Schutt (the captain for our journey) was a long-standing Lecturer and Fellow at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, where she taught MBA students from over 30 countries. With over 20 years of experience, she has designed and led programs, and facilitated strategic planning and intercultural dialogue workshops for governments, NGOs, cultural institutions, universities, and social entrepreneurs across 20+ countries, from Brazil and the USA to Egypt, Russia, Malaysia, and the UK. Schutt is known for energizing and inspiring diverse groups boards, teams, artists, students, and changemakers helping them move from ideas to meaningful action across fields including culture, business, humanitarian aid, foreign policy, and the climate emergency.

Testimonials and more information www.businessclass.events

"I loved it. I loved it. I loved it. People are flying in and out of the country daily and a lot of times we don’t get to stop and sit and really understand the daily actions and class systems that have become normalized. We are creating distance between ourselves and others...We are in this world together and we need to figure out this world together.”

Tonye Ekine, Venice Arts Biennale Fellow, British Council

Host or Publisher Captain Becky Schutt