Educating for Social Change is bought to you by the Wellington Workers Education Association in Pōneke.
Victoria interviews Jill Oakley and Simon Bowden from the upcoming Whenua Ūkaipō Connectedness exhibition.
A United Nations 75th anniversary art exhibition, bringing forward authentic Māori, indigenous and many cultures artistic visions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Featuring over 80 artworks from 17 artists.
Hidden Histories – the untold stories of the Disability community in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Guests include audio descriptor and advocate Judith Jones, Arts Access Aotearoa Executive Director, Richard Benge, Vincents Art workshop with Coordinator Glen MacDonald, Sumara Frazer, the Artistic director of Wellington Integrated
Dance and Kezia Bennett a member of Wellington Inclusive Dance.
[image - image of mural from Vincents Art Workshop]
https://vincents.co.nz
Victoria and John interview Tina McIvor - Health Promotion Lead at Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand
Sign up to the campaign here:
https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/no-more-pokies-in-wellington
Find out more here about the Problem Gaming Foundation:
https://www.pgf.nz/
You can read more here:
https://artsaccessadvocates.org.nz/Crip-the-Lit-telling-our-stories-our-way
Leading up to the elections next month, Victoria talks to Grant Brookes from Unions Wellington about their activities and to Micah and Jamie, two high school students about why the elections are important to them.
https://www.facebook.com/samoanajazz/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_Panthers
Mike Gourley is joined by Wendi Wicks and Robyn Hunt and discusses the often acknowledged role of disabled women in our society, especially at those times we mark the successes of Women’s Suffrage in New Zealand, which was achieved at the end of the nineteenth century.
The second interview is with Kate Hunter from Te Herenga waka and Director of the Stout Research Centre.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/author/robyn-hunt/
https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/kate.hunter
[Pictured Kate Hunter at podium]
Dr Emalani Case reads her poem FISSURED and talks about what inspired it.
Please sign the petition against NZ involvement in RIMPAC in Hawai'i (Rim of the Pacific Warfare Exercises)
https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/cancel-rimpac-2020-new-zealand-withdraw-1
You can read more here:
And listen to her interview with Education for Social Change here:
https://wwea.podbean.com/e/interview-about-rimpac-with-dr-emalani-case/
[Photo of Emalani with 'Demilitarize Hawai'i' sign at Pōhakuloa in 2018]
Kate McIntyre talks about Organise Aotearoa's Justice System Policy:
https://organiseaotearoa.nz/2020/06/25/how-can-we-fix-the-broken-justice-system
You can find out more about PAPA here:
And the Prison Correspondence Network here:
You can also read more here:
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2020/06/30/organise-aotearoa-launches-report-on-the-justice-system/
This week we chat about mutual aid, what is it, and how can it work.
