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Gurwinder Kaur at Addi Road, Marrickville 07.03.24. Photo by Mark Mordue.
7 March 2024 / Human rights, Social Justice

Every Day is Women’s Day

“The multicultural people that come here make me feel good. I learn every day from them. It’s something I really want to talk about and share: how there are all these different people coming to Addi Road; how much it inspires me, especially the powerful women that are around me all the time in this place.”
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4 March 2024 / Human rights, Social Justice

The Black Days Will Finish

"I can feel my capability, my rights, my dreams. I can fight for them and I can reach them.”
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14 February 2024 / Food Relief, Human rights, Social Justice, Sustainability

Breaking Bread

Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers: the name kinda says it all… A group of people cooking and preparing meals together to help feed the community, sharing their own stories and learning a few kitchen tricks and tips - as well as helping the environment and improving their own wellbeing and that of many others along the way.
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7 February 2024 / Human rights, Social Justice, Sustainability

Sisters

An organisation is, as the word suggests, an organism. And a cellular level examination is necessary to be sure of its historic record and ongoing good health... But where do you factor in loyalty, sharing, laughter, the questing philosophy of a good conversation that is never quite finished, but somehow relevant and inspiring for another day to come?
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30 January 2024 / Arts & Culture, Food Relief, Human rights, Social Justice, Sustainability

Home Made

The morning dogs are barking. By the Return and Earn machine in the carpark you can already hear the clink and clatter of glass and plastic bottles rescued by people making a few extra dollars to get them through the week. Vehicles are pulling in steadily; soon it will be full-on busy as the Marrickville Organic Food And Farmers Market gets underway at Addi Road in Marrickville...
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Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville, 8 Jan 2024. Photo Mark Mordue.
8 January 2024 / Food Relief, Human rights, Social Justice, Sustainability

The Door is Open

Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville is open again for businesss. On a warm, drizzly Sydney day we welcome everyone as our community comes together.
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John Pilger and Natasha Jones at Addi Road Writers' Festival 2023 in Marrickville, Sydney.
5 January 2024 / Arts & Culture, Human rights, Social Justice

Vale John Pilger

Twice awarded Britain’s journalist of the year and winner of the 2009 Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger was never afraid to speak truth to power. We were honoured by his presence at Addi Road Writers' Festival 2023. Condolences to his family and friends.
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Achol Arok of SBS interviews Addi Road CEO Rosanna Barbero. Hampers of Hope, 14 Dec 2023. Photo Mark Mordue.
18 December 2023 / Food Relief, Human rights, Social Justice, Sustainability

Breaking Bread, Breaking News

SBS visits Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville and #HampersofHope
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Heather Priest at the Stirrup Gallery, December 2023. Photo by Mark Mordue.
8 December 2023 / Arts & Culture

Dream Machine

Ten year ago, on the 23rd December 2013, Heather Priest went into hospital for a routine MRI scan and “came out a different person”. She had a very rare allergic reaction the Gandolinium Contrast dye. It caused her all kinds of neurological issues, not least the trembling she now lives with. For a while it also killed her. After her near death experience she became a painter.
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Shifa-Kanyini at Addi Road. Photo by Peter Arfanis.
25 November 2023 / Arts & Culture, Human rights, Social Justice

Healing Fire

Last night we came together in a ‘healing circle’ around a fire at Addi Road. Our event was called Shifa-Kanyini… in Arabic the word ‘shifa’ means healing; in Pitjantjatjara the word ‘kanyini’ evokes a concept of responsibility and unconditional love for all creation.
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