Community Cup – Radio meets AFL
A questionably skilled Aussie-rules match between Melbourne’s music community (The Rockdogs) and community radio stations PBS and Triple R FM (The Megahertz), with a line-up bigger than anything we have seen before at Reclink Community Cup!
Kicking off on Sunday 25 June 2017, the Melbourne leg will settle into its new home at Collingwood’s heart of football, Victoria Park, bringing the good-vibing, winter-braving, sports-loving punters north side to the broadcasters’ home turf and making the national theme this year absolutely fitting. Spiderbait, The Peep Tempel, Jen Cloher, and REMI will all perform live sets, along with Aussie legends Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier with She Said Zed performing ‘Streets of Your Town’ – a tribute to The Go-Betweens and the 2017 theme. For the big and little kids alike, the original cardboard warriors Boxwars will bring destruction to the Community Cup field for the first time, before Murray Wiggle and Wally Meanie get the crowd dancing with the Bubblegum Machine
Buy tickets here: https://communitycup.oztix.com.au/Default.aspx?Event=73255
Host a night in, to get the word out!
White Ribbon Australia fundraiser!
Get together with your friends, family or colleagues on 28 July and stand up against men’s violence against women. White Ribbon Night is a fun way to stand up, speak out and act to prevent the cycle of violence. Hosting a White Ribbon Night is easy. Check out the new website for ideas to make yours a huge success.
DON’T STAND BY – STAND UP!
On average, one woman dies of intimate partner violence every week in Australia – and this figure is rising.
Don’t stand by – STAND UP and
Register your White Ribbon Night NOW.
Busy on Friday 28 July?
Make any night in July your White Ribbon Night.
And then I found me: Noel Tovey in conversation with Fiona Patten
To celebrate the recent release of his memoir And then I found me we are excited to welcome to the Hare Hole Noel Tovey in conversation with Fiona Patten
*half of all ticket sales will be donated to the Noel Tovey Scholarship Fund
And then I found me is the triumphant story of Noel Tovey’s stellar career in London as an actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, director and curator. For more than 30 years his acclaimed stage productions reached audiences across Europe, South Africa and Australia. Martin Luther King’s assassination, the dismantling of apartheid, the criminalisation of homosexuality and the rise of AIDS are the backdrop to this bold and deeply moving recollection of glamour and politics.
Noel Tovey AM was born in Melbourne, the son of an Aboriginal–New Zealand mother and a father of African–Canadian descent with ancestral links to Scottish/English aristocracy. Tovey’s early years were entrenched in poverty, abuse and neglect. Against all odds, and despite these hardships, he forged a successful theatre career in Australia and the UK. Tovey taught at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and he co-founded the London Theatre for Children. He returned to Australia in 1990. Tovey was the artistic director of the Indigenous Welcoming Ceremony at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. In 2014 he was awarded the Uncle Bob Maza Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to Victorian Indigenous theatre. In 2015 he received an Order of Australia.
Noel has also been highly active in advocacy for older gay men, and has been instrumental in several recent changes in the law, including the quashing of convictions for historical homosexual convictions. He also set up the Noel Tovey Scholarship to assist young people in need to attend the nationally recognised Flying Fruitfly Circus.
Fiona Patten is the founder and leader of the Australian Sex Party and a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Northern Metropolitan Region. She came to politics after 20 years of lobbying for the rights of organisations involved in the sexual rights movement, including small businesses, sex workers, HIV/AIDS organisations, adult media and online anti-censorship groups. Before that she was an established independent fashion designer with her own label called Body Politics.
Her political career began as an AIDS educator with ACT sex worker advocacy group, WISE. She also held positions on the Board of the AIDS Action Council, as an Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations committee member and a member of the ACT Attorney General’s Sex Industry committee.
Northern Health Fundraiser – Run/Walk N Chalk!
Northern Health’s Run Walk ‘n Chalk event on 21st May 2017, was a great success with fine weather and many family and friends taking part. It was wonderful to see how a little coloured chalk could liven everybody’s mood and turn adults into children again!
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This year the event is less focused on the competition and more on enjoying a colourful day out with family and friends.
The event aims to promote healthiness and happiness by bringing together the local community of all ages and abilities to participate in a 3km run or walk, weaving your way through the crazy chalking stations along Cooper Street. The start and finishing line will be at The Northern Hospital, Epping.
Join with colleagues, friends and family as they raise funds for Children’s Services at Northern Health. Fiona will be in attendance with members of her electorate office.
The fun will continue after the main event with live performances, a food truck park, giveaways, market stalls, kids’ activities and much more!
Register here: https://support.nhfoundation.org.au/nhrunwalknchalk17
The Brainy Bunch: Health, Harm & Highs
Book tickets now to join us for a forum style event with Fiona Patten MLC, Comedian Greg Fleet, Human Rights Lawyer and Barrister Greg Barns and Executive Officer for Yarra Drug and Health Forum Greg Denham to discuss how to win the war on drugs in Victoria.
Panellists will reflect on their lines of work to bust myths, discuss the drug industry and provide recommendations for Drug Law Reform.
After interval, guests will have the opportunity to ask the panellists questions.
Raffle on the night and drinks available at bar prices.
What: The Brainy Bunch on Health, Harm & Highs – How to win the war on drugs
When: Wednesday 3rd May, 7:30pm till 9pm
Where: City of Melbourne Bowls Club, Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne
How Much: $12 per person. Purchase your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-brainy-bunch-on-health-
Sydney Road Street Party – March 5th 2017
Straight off the plane from Mardi Gras, I headed to our Fiona Patten MLC stall set up by my electorate office. A beautiful, sunny Melbourne day saw many people attend for the food, music and market stalls. Our promotional fans were also a hit as a result of the warm weather! We got some great feedback on the recent votes I have had in Parliament and with our recent campaigns. Our needle nightmare campaign was an interest to many, with lots of people signing our petition to trial a Supervised Injection Centre in Richmond.
Read more about this campaign here:
Come Together Festival, Saturday 25th March 2017. Edendale Farm, Eltham
Cultural Diversity Week 2017
Come Together World Music & Arts Festival in Eltham is very proud to be officially apart of Cultural Diversity Week 2017 – 18th – 26th March! Family friendly, culturally diverse & socially aware bringing the wider community together to celebrate life.
Come and visit Fiona MP between 12pm and 5pm, have a chat and enjoy the festivities with her. In it’s third year, this festival celebrates diversity and raising awareness for mental health issues.
Buy your tickets at the Come Together webpage.
http://cometogether.org.au/
Grand Opening of Bargoonga Nganjin – North Fitzroy Library
Check out this amazing new community facility with Fiona and Yarra City Council at the grand opening Saturday 8th April, from 11am-4pm. Fiona will be in attendance for the beginning of the celebration at 12pm.
Featuring children’s story times, live music performances, Koori games, face painting, a petting zoo, tours, a sausage sizzle and much more! As well as a contemporary library, Bargoonga Nganjin will be home to a maternal and child health centre, customer service area, community meeting rooms, function spaces and a rooftop garden.
Bargoonga Nganjin means ‘Gather Everybody’ in Woiwurrung, the language of the Wurundjeri people.