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Tag Archives: Social change
Community engagement and the Stop Adani national day of action
Last weekend (7-8 October 2017), people around Australia put their bodies on the line to send a message about Adani’s plans for the Carmichael Mine in Queensland: one of the World’s largest coal mines. In over 45 locations in Australia, … Continue reading
My response to the campaign against same-sex marriage
As I said in the previous post, to me the YES case in the same-sex marriage postal vote is largely based on love, acceptance and justice, while the NO case is largely based on fear, exclusion and poor logic. Much … Continue reading
Posted in Families & parenting, Social change
Tagged Personal, Same-sex marriage, Social change, Social justice
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Why I voted YES in the same-sex marriage postal vote
I try to be fair and to understand other points of view, but to me the YES case in the same-sex marriage postal vote is largely based on love, acceptance and justice, while the NO case is largely based on … Continue reading
Posted in Families & parenting, Social change
Tagged Personal, Same-sex marriage, Social change, Social justice
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In some countries (and USA states) our marriage is illegal
In some countries (and 30 states of the USA), Cathy and I would have been prevented from marrying. In fact, even though we are happily married after 31 years and have two wonderful daughters, in some countries (and some states … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Social change
Tagged Personal, Same-sex marriage, Social change, Social justice
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It’s better to light one candle
It’s better to light one candle than curse the darkness is like a guiding principle for much of my work and life. At times I do rant and rave about what is wrong with the world, but most of the … Continue reading
Retelling the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott (Paul Schmitz)
At the recent Connecting Communities conference, one of the highlights was Paul Schmitz retelling the story of Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks is the woman whose arrest after refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man … Continue reading
Posted in Working with communities
Tagged Civil rights, For students, Leadership, Social change, Video
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Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy
An interesting short (7:05 mins) TEDx talk about barriers to community engagement. Dave Meslin suggests apathy isn’t the reason people aren’t involved in community engagement initiatives; it is because they are actively discouraged from becoming involved. He gives a number … Continue reading
Posted in Working with communities
Tagged Community engagement, For students, Social change, TED Talks, Video, Working with communities
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Congratulations to Lock the Gate!
AGL, an Australian gas and electricity company, recently announced that it was abandoning a controversial coal seam project in Gloucester (just north of Newcastle). The Gloucester Gas Project had plans for over 300 gas wells and was facing fierce opposition. … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental sustainability
Tagged Environmental sustainability, Social change, Video
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Earth Hour 2016
With 2015 being the hottest year on record (by a large margin) and too little being done to address climate change, activities like Earth Hour continue to be very important. Clearly Earth Hour isn’t going to solve climate change – … Continue reading
The Sydney People’s Climate March
Yesterday my family and I joined around 45,000 people at the Sydney People’s Climate March. We travelled down from Newcastle with some of our friends from Transition Newcastle and another 100 or so other people going to the rally. It … Continue reading
