In this episode I have interviews about how men can be a major part of the change in attitudes about women and domestic violence, as well as the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Womens Shelter, the Soroptomists, and a number of other participants from the 2016 Hornsby Walk the Talk. Also highlighted this week is an interview with Zohara Mendes who spoke about the work she is doing raising awareness for her generation about domestic violence. the wealth of experience and wisdom in our community is evident in these interviews. This is about people who care, sharing how and why they care and being prepared to step outside their comfort to encourage others to do the same.
We can be the change we want to see in the world. Listen out for the interview with Zohara Mendes who I suspect you will hear about in the future. She is a passionate yet unimposing speaker and here talks to me about her work around Domestic Violence.
This weekends show brought the local to international, then back to the local.
Elizabeth King graduated yesterday - a double degree Arts/Law with honours! In amongst all of that Elizabeth has a passion for human rights and social justice. She has pursued that passion by working with various NGOs and businesses across the human rights and environmental sustainability sector. She has recently returned from a three month internship in the Office of the Co-Prosecutors at the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials in Cambodia. A few tickets are still available and I would love to see you there :-) Details below Or you can book here
In this episode we covered the Boyer Lecture 2016 at the ABC with Professor Sir Michael Marmot, marriage plebiscites and other perhaps more financially sound alternatives as well as the inconsistencies of the lock out laws and who they apply to. It was jam packed and that was before my interview with Tamer Morris from Normanhurst Uniting Church who is directing their production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Check it out - all proceeds go to The Dish, a support service feeding the homeless in our local area.
This event was run by Chatwood Chamber of Commerce in order to give a taste of what sleeping rough is like. Stig Falster and Julie Burgess work extremely hard to make it happen and this year got support from Willoughby Council, Storage King Chatswood (who supplied the very valuable venue!) and Orora Fibre Packaging (who supplied the very valuable cardboard which were our home and bed for the night). For next year they are looking for some sponsorship to do some banners...contact Chatswood Chamber of Commerce if you can help out.
Fusion are an institution in Hornsby and the team have been incredibly active in the community these last few weeks raising our awareness of homelessness.
Last week they ran a HHH day - Hornsby Helping the Homeless - of course TripleH100.1fm had to go down and do some interviews.... Then Friday night they had a Sleep in Your Car fundraiser which I took part in, hopefully this will get you all out next year!!
Judy Hopwood was my guest today to discuss Homelessness in the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai community. Judy worked as the former MP for Hornsby and set up the original Homelessness Task Force in Hornsby. Hornsby are pioneers when it comes to delivering outreach which does not make homeless people a collective group and puts the whole issue in the 'too hard basket' but works with people who are homeless as individuals who need tailored support. The Task Force now incorporates Ku-ring-gai and are addressing the growing concern of people looking for assistance in the Gordon area. The fundamentals of this research are transferable anywhere in the world, learning from each other.
Key for change is relationships and seeing all people as equal regardless of their circumstances. Ever thought about what the SES do and how you could help out?
Maddie Croft, a volunteer at Hornsby SES came in to tell us all about what sort of things the SES do, how you can get involved and talked about some great apps to download. One of the key messages for us all was make sure you do the prep now to ensure your house and garden are protected from storm damage.
Dave Sturmer is a local man who just stood out to me as someone we should all know. He went to Vietnam at the tender age of 20 and experienced horrors, lost friends and came back to Australia a changed man. Slowly but surely he has chosen to look at what happened and do something about how he was feeling and the way he was expressing that, he didn't want to hide in the 'grog' and behave the way he was.
Seems like I am posting this one a little late...I didn't realise it hadn't posted yet. Enjoy - small snippets for this one. This week was a bit of a collection of interviews I had done in the week with some amazing music thrown in! I am back live in the studio next week...Mark Wilkinson, West Side Vibe and Single with Children.
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AuthorLucy Dahill is the presenter of Stay in the Loop with Lucy, she has a passion for offering people the platform to share their voice. Young, old or somewhere in between we all have wisdom to share if we trust our hearts over our heads. |