We came together at Addi Road recently to acknowledge the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21st. Wild weather had forced us to delay the event by a week, but that only intensified the feeling; an energy that’s absolutely present in the video of you can see here now.
Word on the Street – Poetry SLAM for all ages at Addi Road, Friday, 16th April, 6pm. Open Mic night.
“We must be the change that we wish to see in the world”
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 … “
Sara M. Saleh is the very recent winner of the prestigious 2021 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. She supports our new #RACISMNOTWELCOME street sign campaign and relates it to her life and poetry.
A bold new anti-racist campaign devised by the Inner West Multicultural Network in partnership with Addison Road Community Organisation.
“There is more to it than the hampers. We’re helping people, and we’re helping one another. We’re bringing people together. Helping people has different meanings to different people,” Matthew says sagely. “It helped me just to be here.”
“I do associate art with politics. I do sing political songs; but not pamphlet songs. I try to raise awareness of issues. I try to arouse critical thinking. I try to promote all the voices that are suppressed or that are not given an outlet.” – Justo Diaz
Celia shops very regularly at Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville. She recently shared her recipes for a month of beautiful meals created from the rescued food she bought here.
Open the Vaults is the first music event of its kind in Sydney after a very hard year when so much has shut down and the arts and entertainment industries have been in crisis. It’s a calling-together of musical tribes and a celebration of community.
