Inner West Council | Addison Road Community Organisation

Directors’ Statement for Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022

by Mark Mordue | Apr 14, 2022

No one can escape the reality of how strange and difficult these times have been. War, Covid, climate change. And that persistent feeling our digital communications are polarising attitudes to everything from politics to telling a joke. Claustrophobia and oppression...

Here Comes the Night

by Mark Mordue | Aug 11, 2021

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 linchpin between the larger food relief organisations and a plethora of civil...

Our Island Home

by Mark Mordue | Jul 3, 2021

Wonderful feature story in today’s SMH Good Weekend about the photography exhibition ‘We Bleed the Same’, which made its debut here at the Stirrup Gallery in Marrickville. Addi Road was integrally involved in sponsoring the exhibition and helping...

Australia Talks about Racism

by Mark Mordue | Jun 1, 2021

“Australians are familiar with racism. Three in four Australians say there is ‘a lot of it’ here. “In fact, the prevalence of racism is one of the more widely agreed-upon propositions bowled up to the 60,000 Australia Talks...

Addi Road WORD ON THE STREET Poetry Slam on film

by Mark Mordue | May 25, 2021

Take a look at this short film about our ‘Word on the Street’ Poetry Slam from Youth Week 2021. Supported by the Inner West Council, Addi Road’s ‘Word on the Street’ featured Mel Ree and Ifeoma Obiegbu. They were followed by an open mic where young spoken-word...