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Foundation for Young Australians: Young Social Pioneers Announced!
Congratulations to all those who were selected to participate in the Foundation for Young Australians - Young Social Pioneers program. It is an exceptional program, and I imagine we will be seeing a lot from these young people really soon!
Amy Craig - the cup project
the cup project is an initiative that positively profiles young Australian artists on takeaway coffee cups in Melbourne. the cup project seeks to form connections between the wider community and young artists, increasing recognition of the positive works created by young people living and working in Australia.
Carl Scrase - The Wemakeus Collective
The Wemakeus Collective is an emerging political party aiming to bring creative thinking to the forefront of public opinion and working towards new ways of engaging all ages and all professions to think creatively. Wemakeus believes that a creative thought process gives you the ability to see a world of possibilities instead of a world of constraints.
Dominic Greenwood - Major Raiser
Major Raiser is a not-for-profit project that supports worthwhile causes through live music performances by young Australian bands and artists. It provides young members of the community with the opportunity to engage with charities and delivers fundraising appeals that fall outside the scope of more conventional fundraising initiatives. Major Raiser aims to establish a network of wellbeing that will enhance and develop the fabric of society.
Laura Egan - Enterprise Learning Projects (ELP)
Host for 1700
Power Shift 2011
One Thousand Young People. Three transformational days. Power Shift is going to be Huge. You’ve heard about climate change, and you’re ready to be part of the solution. Power Shift 2011 is your moment to have an impact. Hear from inspiring speakers, be empowered by workshops and training, and connect with incredible young people from across the country. Register on the website to get updates.
Price on Pollution
The carbon price package may have been announced - but the debate is just heating up. Over the next few weeks you can expect to see lots of scare campaigns from the big polluters. But at AYCC, we're going to fight back, ninja style! We've got volunteers across the country flooding the media with our message.
Soften the F--- Up
Soften the F*** Up is a campaign that challenges young men's perception of "real man" with the hope of reducing stigma around mental health and all its associated issues amongst young men.
Suicide is the number 1 cause of death amongst young people and 80% of all suicide is men. There is lack of program that targets young men, or communicate well with young men regarding mental health issues. Most of all, we have a strong culture where men do not recognise that depression and other mental health issues is a health problem.
The campaign will be supported by videos, website and social media all going and have a team of supporter and ambassadors.
Soften the F*** Up is the brain child of Ehon Chan.
UN Youth Ambassador Calls On Aussie Youth to Step Up and Lead
For the first time Australia will send an indigenous person, to represent young Australians at the United Nations general assembly, in New York in September.
23-year-old Benson Saulo has a rich cultural heritage, his Grandmother is “Wemba Wemba” (Swan Hill, Victoria), his Grandfather is Gunditjmara (Warrnambool, Victoria) and he was born in South Australia and raised in New South Wales and Queensland (Gomileroi Country).
Benson has a big task ahead of him.
After four months travelling across the country, meeting with young people, finding out what their big hopes, dreams and needs are; he’s compiling what he’s found into a report, to be presented to the Australian Government and the to the UN.
Benson’s working life has been diverse; at 15 he got a traineeship with ANZ bank, he studied business at the University of Technology in Sydney and then worked in banking for and indigenous employment.
He says he was ready for a change.
Read the rest of the article at http://www.abc.net.au/heywire/stories/2011/06/3250044.htm
OurSay.org featured on ABC 7:30 Report
Very good work to the peeps at OurSay.org, they were recently featured in a segment for the ABC's 7:30 report.
Our Say is a new online forum that has been set up by a group of young people(Gautam Raju, Eyal Halamish, Matthew Gordon and Linh Do) which aims to engage more people in political debate. Their vision was to connect democracy with social media.
Check out the clip:
