Author Archives for Taslim Oladoja Vikki Parsley, University of Wollongong, Batemans Bay Program Manager “The fires have impacted almost everyone I know personally and professionally. My parents were affected by the Currowan fires. My first priority was networking and identifying assistance available in my community to support people and exploring ways we might fill gaps... Read More
On Saturday night last week, Vanessa didn’t put on her dancing shoes and hit the town. She stayed in with friends, chatting and drinking tea. And sewing. Vanessa, her daughter and some friends gathered in her home in Coburg, Victoria, and worked late into the night, snipping, stitching and sewing... Read More
A new year, new energies, new horizons. We’ve taken some time to get our world in order and we’ve started the new year boosted and ready to create a fairer world. We have a vision for the next three years and this is how we’ll do it: together. What’s the... Read More
US actor, comedian and musician Lea DeLaria has seen the good, the bad and the great in her lifetime. In the 1990’s, Lea was the first openly gay comic in America to perform on television. She dared to be herself at a time when it was illegal, and was jailed... Read More
For over ten years, Fijikids Learning for Life has been providing financial support for deeply disadvantaged kids to attend school and university. Based in Australia, the team is made up of a bunch of volunteers juggling the work they do with FijiKids with their day jobs. For FijiKids team member... Read More
Redfern, Australia, 8 April 2020 – Global mentoring powerhouse AIME has launched This Hoodie Pays Rent, a social enterprise initiative to help alleviate income shortfalls for people struggling to pay their rent. Across Australia, more than 710,000 households were struggling to pay rent, and 2.65 million low income and casual... Read More
This may take a minute. For the last 18 years I’ve been on a radical journey, organising concerts on Sorry Day at Sydney University, founding AIME, growing it, growing my brain as a mentor and taking AIME to the world. The gift of which has revealed to me our superpowers.... Read More