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Tag Archives: change
Happy New Year (The world turns)
I went to see the sun set last night, for the last time in 2019, and got up early today (probably won’t happen again for a while!) to see it rise for the first time in 2020… Here are some … Continue reading
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Tagged Auburn, beauty, change, Happy New Year, nature, sunrise, sunset
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Dancing towards a better world
It was the 30th anniversary dinner for the Graham Smith Peace Trust last night. Guest speaker was Garry Stewart, artistic director for 20 years now of the Australian Dance Theatre. I love ADT and going to dance performances generally, so … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, ADT, art, change, community, dance, Graham F Smith Peace Foundation, social change, social work
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Pam and the joeys
An old friend of this blog, the lovely Pam, sent through an update from her life in WA this week. Pam wrote a number of stories in the early days, including some of our most popular ones including this one … Continue reading
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Tagged change, community work, joeys, kangaroos, nature, Pam, personal growth, WA
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Colour and succulents
It was Deirdre’s birthday this week – she had a party yesterday to celebrate. She and David have fairly recently (in the past couple of years or so) bought a house after renting forever. It is a weird transition sometimes; … Continue reading
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Tagged action, art, beauty, boldness, change, colour, creativity, Deirdre
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Pressing on
It has been a wickedly dry and hot summer, my work-days are filled with people who are dealing with and the effects of poverty and disadvantage; struggles for truly better and more just ways of living abound. There are issues … Continue reading
Making things (happen)
As a bit of a follow up to last week’s blog post and the power of working with others to create change in the world, I read something that I found interesting and inspiring during the week. On the surface … Continue reading
Month of Action (including another Butterfly Walk)
November (and it’s immediate surrounding weekends) is known as the Month of Action on Domestic Violence in the city of Onkaparinga. I have taken part in three activities this year, culminating yesterday in the Butterfly Walk, which has featured here … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, change, community, community development, dv, photovoice, Victory Hotel
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Respect (in NAIDOC Week)
This week I went to an event put on by the social workers association (AASW) during NAIDOC Week to highlight some of the work that is being done in and by various aboriginal communities. The highlight of the night for … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal people, ARAS, camps, change, community, NAIDOC, respect
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Some thoughts about change…
At this time of new year’s resolutions it is common to think about how we want to move on, be different, become more how we dream of being. I do anyway. How do we change, and how do we … Continue reading
The rewards of community life (a post for Ron)
There is a choir called Australian Voices which ‘sings’ famous speeches by well-known Australians. At the end of the final Q & A program for 2014,they did a version of parts of the speech Noel Pearson made at Gough Whitlam’s funeral. The line that … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Voices, change, community, community life, connection, power, public life, public progress, Ron
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