Parragirls Project Group

Special Evening Forum
 
On the evening of Thursday 12 March, Bonney Djuric and Christine Green will tell the remarkable story of the Parragirls Project Group which they set up in 2006. The Parramatta Girls Home is Australia's oldest and longest running welfare institution for girls and was once the site of an orphanage for children of the women from the adjacent Female Factory. The Parragirls Project provides a support network for former inmates like Bonney and Christine, and campaigns to lift the profile of this part of our city’s history.
 
All are very welcome to attend.

When: Thursday 12 March
Registration & refreshments: 6.30 - 7pm
Forum: 7 - 8.30 pm
Where: Cove Room, Lane Cove Council, Longueville Rd, Lane Cove
Cost: $10
RSVP at waig@waig.org.au or 9428 3317
 
For further information about the project see www.parragirls.org.au

Download flyer for this event here.

Sarah Water's Affinity

Sarah Waters is a favourite author of our staff. We support ACON's Lesbian Health Project.

Writing Workshops

Workshops held at the NSW Writers Centre
PO Box 1056
Rozelle NSW 2039
Phone:
02 9555 9757
Fax:
02 9818 1327
Email:
info@nswwriterscentre.org.au


WRITE YOUR VISIONwith Sally Swain (09WSWAI3)Sunday 22 February, 10am - 4pmMembers $99, Members' Concession $85, Non-Members $125Morning and afternoon tea provided. Bring lunch, some pens and a notebook.12 PARTICIPANTS MAXWhat do you want to create in your life?Gently reflect on your recent journey, contemplating the highlights, lowlights and stepping stones. Choose an area of your life you'd like to strengthen and grow. This may be your writing path, a business venture, a relationship, service to others or whatever calls loudly. Let yourself dare to dream.How would you truly like this area of your life to be? Allow your expansive, ideal vision to emerge. Identify obstacles, tap into sources of support and devise action steps towards fulfilling your vision.This course is a unique blend of creative expression and life coaching in a safe and stimulating atmosphere. Use simple writing, guided meditation and collage exercises to gain clarity and purpose. Have fun along the way. Free up and build confidence in your creative self into the bargain!Comments from previous participants: "Such a lovely calm space was created. The workshop was nourishing and practical."___

ART & SOUL OF WRITINGwith Sally Swain (09WSWAI1)5 x Friday mornings, 20 & 27 February; 6, 13 & 20 March 2009, 10am - 12.30pmMembers $225, Members' Concession $200, Non-Members $250Morning tea provided. Bring writing materials.12 PARTICIPANTS MAXDo you want to experience the joy and power of creative flow?In this course you'll engage with simple, guided exercises for getting started and keeping on going. Move through fear, stuckness and procrastination towards full, alive creative expression. Write to relax, release, revitalise. Write from your senses. Give yourself permission to play with the rhythms and textures of words. Write easily, fluidly from your past, present and even your future.Have fun with lists, letters, dialogues, free writing with guiding phrases, bringing objects to life, zooming in, expanding on, visualising and collage. Strengthen your relationship with your creative self, build confidence in your unique authentic voice and learn how to access inspiration at any time.By the end of the course you will have an abundance of tools, strategies and support for continuing with the joy of writing!Comments from previous participants:"The course was wonderful. It was everything it promised to deliver and more. Sally gave great confidence and reassurance and was good fun. Thank you, Sally."SALLY SWAIN (BA Hons (Psych), Dip Ed (Art)) Accredited Hart Life Coach, has been working and playing creatively for many years. At age five, Sally began an illustrated journal. At age 30, she released her first book, Great Housewives of Art, which became an international bestseller. Her fourth book, Once Upon a Picture, was shortlisted for a Children's Book Council Award for illustration and an award for Excellence in Educational Publishing. Since 1993, she has been running 'Art and Soul' group and individual coaching to help free up creativity. The course starts on Friday, 20 Feb, so don't miss out. Book today!

Where Do We Fit?

An event not to be missed! Staff from The feminist Bookshop will be in the audience, laughing, crying and having a rollicking good time.

Mslexia Poetry Competition 2009

Mslexia magazine is holding a Women's Poetry Competition. Poems may be in any style, of any length, on any subject. Open to women of any nationality from any country. Closing date is 24 April 2009.

Further details in Jan/Feb/Mar Issue 40 of Mslexia. Now available from The Feminist Bookshop.

Mslexia - For women who write

www.mslexia.co.uk

ACON presents... Exploring Intimacy

Are your engagement with friends and lovers satisfying?
Do you feel at ease with your sense of self?
Do you get lost in intimate relationships?
Can intimacy and mystery co-exist in a relationship?

ACON invites you to a safe and confidential 12 week therapeutic group that will explore how intimacy affects our sense of self, our relationships and our community.

The women's group runs from 6.15 - 8.15pm beginning Wednesday 25 February 2009. The group facilitators are Christine Wilkinson and Ann-Maree Rundle.

Commitment for the duration of the group is essential. Place are limited.

Please call Deb or Ann-Maree on 9206 2000 from 2 tp 6 February 2009, bewteen 11am - 1pm. Donations towards this serivce are accepted.

More information visit http://www.acon.org.au/

Apology Anniversary Breakfasts

Apology Anniversary Breakfasts

13 February 2009

Sharing stories, taking the next steps …

We can today resolve together that there be a new beginning for Australia. And it is to such a new beginning that I believe the nation is now calling us….    So let us seize the day. Let it not become a moment of mere sentimental reflection. Let us take it with both hands and allow this day, this day of national reconciliation, to become one of those rare moments in which we might just be able to transform the way in which the nation thinks about itself, whereby the injustice administered to these Stolen Generations in the name of these, our parliaments, causes all of us to reappraise, at the deepest level of our beliefs, the real possibility of reconciliation writ large.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, 13 February 2008
 
On 13 February 2008, Australians everywhere stopped to hear Prime Minister Kevin Rudd deliver the national apology to the Stolen Generations. The apology provided the foundation for us to heal together and provide justice to the Stolen Generations.  It is also helping to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and make reconciliation a reality for the benefit of us all. In workplaces, schools, public spaces and homes, we stood together and shared this memorable moment in our nation’s history.
 
On the first anniversary of the apology, Australians are invited to come together again to remember where they were and how they felt one year ago, to reflect on what’s changed and what hasn’t, and to talk about what comes next.
 
Organisations and community groups of all kinds are encouraged to hold Apology Anniversary Breakfasts.  And to help set the scene and make the breakfasts successful and meaningful, Reconciliation Australia has produced the following resources:
 

• Ideas on what you can do as an organisation or individual to build on the apology and help close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
  
• A 30 minute documentary film about the apology
  
• A poster featuring the wording of the national apology by the Prime Minister
  
• A simple fact sheet answering common questions about the Stolen Generations and the apology
  
• A collection of quotes about the impact of the apology from members of the Stolen Generations and other Australians
  
• An online database for you to register your breakfast.
  

 
To register your Apology Anniversary Breakfast and request resources go to www.reconciliation.org.au.
 
Further resources are also available from the National Sorry Day Committee www.nsdc.org.au  and the Stolen Generations Alliance www.sgalliance.org.au

Reconciliation Australia
Ph: +61 2 6273 9200
Fx: +61 2 6273 9201
www.reconciliation.org.au

Reconciliation Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land and community. We pay our respect to them and their cultures, and to the elders both past and present.