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    POOF BAR – A SUPPORTIVE SAFE SPACE NOW NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT

    Depending on when you go there is music, dancing, live performance, drag shows. It’s a hive of community fun and action.

    THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERS IN CREATING A BETTER WORLD

    Volunteers are social activists in action, making direct and practical contributions to the local community.  They are at the heart of the work we do at YCC.

    MAKING THRIVING PLACES TODAY NEEDS AN HONEST CRITIQUE OF PAST COLONIAL WAYS

    Wonder, curiosity and pause are critical human expressions of connection and attachment; a wanting to belong and contribute. They’re also the essence of regenerative development. 

    A HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS ACTIVISM IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS

    This year we revisit the same question of an Indigenous Voice. Ancient history, salty side of the Yarra.

    FACES OF FOOTSCRAY

    Uncle is a Taungurung man and Aboriginal cultural leader and storyteller.

    PEOPLE OF BRIMBANK PODCAST

    Mai Huong is a Brimbank-Vietnamese community powerhouse.

    THE CHALLENGES OF STUDYING FOR A FIRST-BORN CHILD FROM TANZANIA

    I am the first born in the family and I had to sometimes take care of my other siblings.

    IT’S TIME FOR AN INDIGENOUS VOICE TO PARLIAMENT

    'We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country.'

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