Word on the Street

by Mina | Mar 31, 2021

No one could doubt the psychological impact that Covid-19 has had on young people around the world, and it’s been no different in Australia, where youth mental health was already a serious concern well before the pandemic. According to Beyond Blue, over 75% of mental...

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Saturday March 27th

by Mark Mordue | Mar 18, 2021

 All over the world, March 21st is marked by a United Nations supported event known as ‘International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’. Only in Australia has it been rebranded as ‘Harmony Day’, diluting its relevance. Addison Road Community...

Faces of Addi Road: Estelle

by Mark Mordue | Feb 1, 2021

Estelle has been volunteering at Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville for the last year. “It’s been fun,” she says. “The people are nice. There’s such a variety of people from all steps of life who volunteer here … we have students, a Qantas engineer … then there’s the...

Poetry in the Streets

by Mark Mordue | Jan 28, 2021

Sara M. Saleh is the very recent winner of the prestigious 2021 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. “Say it fast as you can,” she jokes when she walks into the Addi Road offices. “The P-eter P-orter P-oetry P-rize.” Presented by Australian Book Review, the $10,000 prize is one...

#RACISMNOTWELCOME street signs to be erected across Sydney’s Inner West

by Mark Mordue | Jan 28, 2021

As of today, street signs declaring #RacismNotWelcome are being erected at key locations across Sydney’s Inner West.     It’s part of a bold new anti-racist campaign devised by the Inner West Multicultural Network in partnership with Addison Road Community...