TALKS & FORUMS
In this episode of The Paul Ramsay Foundation’s podcast series, “Life’s Lottery”, take a trip into the Think+DO Tank Foundation’s Community House in Fairfield and hear how our Community Connectors and Creative Educators work to build holistic, people-centred practices that promote creativity, wellbeing, social connectedness, joy and the conditions for equity.
Inequities in internet access existed before the COVID-19 pandemic, but its onslaught has only exacerbated the gap. Monica Crouch talks to the people trying to close it.
Monica Crouch follows the story of inequities in digital connectivity, capacity and devices and hardware in Western Sydney in conversation with Wester’ly members, Jane Stratton, CEO, Think+DO Tank Foundation and Claire Thomas, Manager of School and Community Engagement for Jesuit Social Services.
In this episode of The Paul Ramsay Foundation’s podcast series, “Life’s Lottery”, take a trip into the Think+DO Tank Foundation’s Community House in Fairfield and hear how our Community Connectors and Creative Educators work to build holistic, people-centred practices that promote creativity, wellbeing, social connectedness, joy and the conditions for equity.
Inequities in internet access existed before the COVID-19 pandemic, but its onslaught has only exacerbated the gap. Monica Crouch talks to the people trying to close it.
Monica Crouch follows the story of inequities in digital connectivity, capacity and devices and hardware in Western Sydney in conversation with Wester’ly members, Jane Stratton, CEO, Think+DO Tank Foundation and Claire Thomas, Manager of School and Community Engagement for Jesuit Social Services.
The hero spot (60 & 30”) features a children’s multilingual bookstore in the western suburbs of Sydney, where the owner and storyteller share their remarkable story of how they’ve used digital tools to continue connecting with their loyal customers through this time.
This interview is only available in Arabic. By Manal Al-Ani. Presented by Australia Alyaom: Ghassan Nakhoul & Manal Al-Ani
In this edition of Shop Talk, Winnie Dunn (Sweatshop Women) tells us about a multilingual independent bookshop for children in Sydney that is also a café, safe space for women, creative learning centre, and language exchange hub.
The wheels on this bus will not only go round and round - it will be a community arts centre on wheels. Introducing the 'The People Movers' and 'Universe of Possibilities'.
El espacio multicultural “Lost in Books” ofrece libros en 40 idiomas y está enfocado en la educación infantil y la cohesión de la comunidad inmigrante. Una librería que busca algo más que “perderse entre los libros”.
More than 180 languages are spoken in the Sydney suburb of Fairfield, with creative storytellers at one of its bookshops ensuring many are passed down to the next generation.
We caught up with Jane Stratton, director of Lost In Books, a multilingual bookshop for children in Sydney's west. The bookshop is celebrating its first birthday this month.
Some of western Sydney’s finest talent was showcased at the first Fairfield Live Art, Music and Entertainment (FLAME) Festival at Lost In Books.
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