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Australian Progress retweeted
22 Nov 2022
The Australian Democracy Network’s Saffron Zomer is running an advocacy training program for civil society activists. It was a pleasure to share a few ideas about effective engagement.
If you’re keen to learn more, this toolkit is a useful start:
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Australian Progress retweeted
5 Sep 2022
Come work with me! 🎉
5 Sep 2022
📢 We're hiring! We're looking for an Event and Training Logistics Coordinator, who'll work across our programs to build the capacity of social change makers and movements.
For more info --> ethicaljobs.com.au/members/a…
$72k p.a. (0.8 or 1.0 FTE); applications close Sun 19 Sept.
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5 Sep 2022
📢 We're hiring! We're looking for an Event and Training Logistics Coordinator, who'll work across our programs to build the capacity of social change makers and movements.
For more info --> ethicaljobs.com.au/members/a…
$72k p.a. (0.8 or 1.0 FTE); applications close Sun 19 Sept.
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29 Jun 2022
Join us on July 5 from 11:00 AEST in a webinar with govt relations experts @DaneyHrlc, Lauren Frost and @MariaPConklin in convo with @ray__yoshida to take an inside look at how policy reforms are made and insights on how to position your campaigns to win: australianprogress.org.au/ev…
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20 Jun 2022
Join us this Friday with govt relations experts @SimonBanksHB and Saffron Zomer (Aus. Democracy Network) in conversation with Osmond Chiu (@redrabbleroz) from @CPSUnion to learn how to win reforms in the new political context. Register at: australianprogress.org.au/ev…
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23 Feb 2022
Join us Feb. 23 at 12:00PM AEDT in our lunchtime webinar as we hear from @nswnma and @FPDNAus on the impact of #Omicron on frontline health and care services, and learn about the national campaign for healthcare reform. Find out more and register: australianprogress.org.au/ev…
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7 Dec 2021
Check out the Economic Media Centre here: economicmediacentre.org/ 🌟🌟🌟
6 Dec 2021
The Economic Media Centre, a project facilitated by our customer and partner @ausprogress, is training up people with lived experience to front the media on the issues that affect them most ➡️
bankaust.com.au/blog/meet-th…
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2 Dec 2021
Thank you for coming and engaging so thoughtfully! 🥰
2 Dec 2021
Thank you to @ausprogress, the FWD Organise team, and all the inspiring speakers who spoke of their experience, shared successes and challenges, and generously provided resources, expertise, and encouragement.
#SocialChange is often long exhausting work.
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2 Dec 2021
Just a small* sample of the campaigns work that the closing plenary speakers @Riss_Bundjalung and Edie Shepherd are working on getup.org.au/campaign/first-…
They are powerhouses!! 👏
*It is not small AT ALL.
#FirstNationsJustice 💛❤️🖤
Australian Progress retweeted
2 Dec 2021
#EdieShepherd notes that their big campaigns are interconnected, all underpinned by the same colonisation, racism, imposition of restrictive ideas of what is valued. "We don't have laws that protect our sacred sites and heritage."
#FWDorg #FirstNationsJustice
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Australian Progress retweeted
2 Dec 2021
#EdieShepherd cautions the excitement of a government enquiry announcement. The report doesn't ensure action and change.
#FWDorg #FirstNationsJustice
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2 Dec 2021
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Australian Progress retweeted
2 Dec 2021
#FWDorg #KirstyAlbion : "we need to build people power"
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2 Dec 2021
"It's not about who wins or loses [an election] but about whether people gain a change in their material conditions" Andrea Marta (Faith In Action Fund), in the Flipping the Formula breakout session #fwdorg
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2 Dec 2021
[on social organising and election campaigning]: "not trying to build up the political parties, but building up independent organisations who can hold folks [who are elected] accountable" - Andrea, #fwdorg
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2 Dec 2021
What can you to do support the @HometoBilo campaign? Call your MPs, and continue to pressure the Federal government to grant visas to the Murugappan family. #HomeToBillo #FWDorg
hometobilo.com/
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2 Dec 2021
Final Plenary Session is Home to Bilo: The Accidental Activists #hometobilo @HometoBilo
Simone Cameron and Bronwyn Dendle share the most important organising lesson they’ve learnt in the campaign to bring their friends Nades, Priya, Kopika and Tharnicca Murugappan home. #fwdorg
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2 Dec 2021
"We have made sure that we kept saying their names and sharing their stories. We have even shared home videos with the public in the same way that someone might share a home video with their grandma." Bronwyn @HometoBilo #fwdorg
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2 Dec 2021
"What we found is that it invited a wide range of people to feel like they were connected, and therefore, invested in our little family." - Bronwyn @HometoBilo #fwdorg
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