A preview of 'Anxious Caring' by Paula Abood and Safdar Ahmed. This visual essay is the newest edition in the Radical Accessibility Essay Series, a collaboration between @SydReviewBooks and Utp.
Read the essay here 👉 tinyurl.com/3wwvzane
The @Utp___ presents M'ap Boulé, a play with songs that tells the story of a child born of immigrants growing up in a country called Australia. The play is written and created by Nancy Denis, playing from 6 December.
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We're excited to discuss the ‘15 Cigarettes’ project at the Power to the People conference this week!
15 Cigarettes is a project that confronts cross generational loneliness through the vehicle of digital up-skilling and literacy.
@BankofIDEASAU@CommunityMinds_
"In Islam, language is sacred...so for me writing, I feel there's a spiritual weight to it. I'm not the first person to feel this way" - Jumaana Abdu.
Part of the Writing in Parramatta series, thanks to @SydReviewBooks and Writing & Society Research Centre @westernsydneyu.
Join us on Wednesday 12 October at 5pm for a conversation with @birdpham and Jumaana Abdu as they discuss their recently essays with @utp___’s Kiri Zakinthinos.
It's a free event in Parramatta and all are welcome:
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What does it mean to be a writer from Western Sydney? How do we push back against reductive labels that have been thrust upon us?
Join @birdpham and Jumaana Abdu on 12 Oct in conversation with Kiri Zakinthinos, as they discuss their recent essays in @SydReviewBooks
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'When it comes to access, everyone is becoming ~Radical~ these days. I’ve noticed.'
New on the SRB, THE R WORD by Riana Head-Toussaint, part of the SRB's RADICAL ACCESSIBILITY collab with @Utp___sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essa…
'To get to what Western Sydney means now, we need to begin in the past, like what happens when two Sheilas meet on stolen land.'
In collaboration with @Utp___, we're thrilled to launch a new series, Radical Acccessibility, with this essay by @birdpham.
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essa…
15 Cigarettes is Utp’s antidote to loneliness in our local community.
We’re bringing together artists, young people and local seniors in circles of conversation, skill-sharing and creativity.
Donate now: lnkd.in/dWt7zf6q
📷: Nancy Trieu
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Loneliness is just as detrimental to health as smoking 15 cigarettes per day.
With your help together we can ensure that Utp’s projects continue to make a positive social impact in Western Sydney and beyond.
Donate now: givenow.com.au/15-cigarettes
📷: Nancy Trieu
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Support our EOFY fundraising campaign for 15 Cigarettes and be part of bringing this important and timely project to life.
Hear from community partner Zizi Charida from Community Minds about the importance of the project.
Donate now: givenow.com.au/15-cigarettes
📸: Nancy Trieu
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In conversation - Jagath Dheerasekara and Neha Kale
'for the circular movement of knowledge' premieres 30 June.
We can’t wait to share this new program of collaboration and knowledge sharing with you soon…
✨: utp.org.au/event/for-the-cir…
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Why should you support 15 Cigarettes?
With your help together we can ensure that Utp’s projects continue to make a positive social impact in Western Sydney and beyond.
Can you dig deep and help us make this impact?
✨:givenow.com.au/15-cigarettes
📷: Nancy Trieu
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Support Utp. Support 15 Cigarettes.
15 Cigarettes is our antidote to the negative impacts of loneliness.
All money raised will go towards engaging artists to lead these circles of connection and creativity.
Donate now via the link below:
✨: givenow.com.au/15-cigarettes
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Radical Accessibility Essay Series - What does Western Sydney mean now? From @birdpham is available to read now from our partners over at @SydReviewBooks
Read now via the link below
✨: bit.ly/3xnJOOW
'I was 25-years old when Western Sydney started to attract attention as a hotbed of raw artistic and literary talent, the likes of which the otherwise monochrome Australia Literary Industry had apparently never seen before.'
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essa…
‘Art is a life-force, it is a vital way of existing’ - Samuel Kanaan-Oringo
Donate now to support our EOFY fundraising campaign and support us to employ artists to work within these collaborative circles of conversation and sharing.
Donate now: givenow.com.au/15-cigarettes
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Calling all arts workers! 🎨
Artist Linda Brescia will be facilitating a printmaking and multi-material hands-on workshop for arts workers to come together at Utp in Bankstown.
Find out more: utp.org.au/event/utp-local-a…
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