This event is for volunteers with the Raise The Rate campaign to build their confidence and skills, and ability to fight for a raise Newstart and Youth Allowance.

There will be sessions on how to share your story; dealing with media; lobbying politicians; speaking to members of the public about the campaign; responding to objections and counter-arguments; and organising your own meetings and events.

It will be an interactive event, with group activities and role-playing, and opportunities for volunteers to share their experiences from their own lobbying, media, and other campaign activities.

​​​​​For more info, contact Raise The Rate Community Organiser Pas Forgione: ​pas@acoss.org.au or 02 9310 6216 or 0444 590 297.

We are excited to announce the second Eco Clothes Swap Party, run by volunteer members of your local Extinction Rebellion community! All welcome!

Let’s come together & reduce fast fashion’s effect on the environment by sharing our clothes, listening to some great local music, enjoying delicious vegan eats and getting inspired by the beautiful, strong voices and spirit of our environmentally minded community.

This year, in light of the fires that devastated so many lives and ecosystems around the country, we will be using this event as an opportunity to fundraise for some important groups for climate action and the protection and recovery of all life on the planet.

Donations will be collected upon arrival and distributed to the following organisations:
Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network: Seed is Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network building a movement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice.

National Indigenous Fire Network: Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation is an Indigenous led network and aims to re-invigorate the use of cultural burning by facilitating cultural learning pathways to fire and land management.

Suggested donation amount is $10, but any amount you are willing and able to give will be greatly appreciated. Donations are highly encouraged but non-compulsory. We don’t want money to hinder anyone’s participation in this joyous free community event.

Last year we had these awesome people donate their time for the event:
Food stalls by Mi & Tea & Koshari Korner
Music performances by Noisey Neighbour, Little Green & ELKI
Speech by Jenny Leong MP for Newtown
Yarn circle and Acknowledgement of Country by Warren Roberts for YARN Australia
Repairs & Repurposing stall by Boomerang Bags
Info Stall by School Strike for Climate
Screen-printing, Meditations, Crochet, Speeches and Info Stall by Extinction Rebellion

So who will be joining us this year??

Watch this space for program updates and clothes swap guidelines!

Saturday 21st March is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

As an active member of the Inner West Multicultural Network, Addison Road Community Organisation is organising the inaugural ‘Inner West March and Festival for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’.

We believe we must challenge harmful forces that are growing in our society. We believe that coming together as a community is the best way to do this.

MEET: Enmore Park, 10am, 21st March
MARCH: To the Addison Road Community Centre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville.

DETAILS:
March will leave Enmore Park and follow a direct route along Addison Road, which will be closed for the morning to allow the march to travel in the style of the multicultural street parades held in Marrickville in in the 1970s and 80s

Once the march reaches Addison Road Community Centre, festivities will begin, starting at 11am.

Guest speakers include Local Elders and Thinethavone ‘Tim’ Soutphommasane (former Race Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission from 2013 to 2018). Further speakers to be announced over coming weeks.

There will also be music, dance and other entertainment, as well as an Open Mic for poets and performers. Workshops and food stalls will reflect the multicultural and community spirit.

CAUSE:
All over the world the 21st March is known as ‘International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’.

Only in Australia has the name been changed and rebranded as ‘Harmony Day’, diluting the meaning of the day.

Addison Road Community Organisation says there is,
“NO HARMONY IN RACISM”.

Come join us for one of this year’s most important expressions of community solidarity. Come make your voice against racism in our society heard, loud and clear.

“We must all work harder to repair the fissures and polarization that are so prevalent in our societies today. We must nurture mutual understanding and invest in making diversity a success. And we must counter and reject political figures who exploit differences for electoral gain.” – UN Secretary-General António Guterres

This event takes places on the land of the Gadigal and Wangal people of the Eora Nation.