"People like to see kind stories in the media. The kind stories matter. The kindness matters. But people are being forced to ask why we need to be kind. And that is what we need to think about and respond to most of all. Why is it that we need to be kind?"

It's History Week in New South Wales, and the theme for this year is 'From the Ground Up'. It's a theme that means a lot to us at Addi Road, a local heritage site on Gadigal land whose history is entwined with many significant national stories, from the experiences of soldiers in World War One, to the birth of a vibrant multicultural society in the 1970s.

“It feels good to communicate and work together. To be a part of it all together.”

Another end of day, only a trace of last bird call to see us into the evening. This place is a home to a lot of people, and a backstop to many more. Right now, Addi Road is serving as a lynch-pin between the larger food relief organisations and a plethora of civil society groups, charity and community organisations...

50 years on from the Springboks '71 tour, after the appalling racism that came out this week with England's loss in the Euro Cup, the shameful treatment of AFL legend Adam Goodes, and debates over our cricket team taking the knee to honour victims of racist violence − we know that sport cannot be divorced from the values and challenges of its time.