Redwater Events Update Aug 2010 - http://bythewaybigyin.blogspot.com/

Friends of the Factory Community Centre, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=26438062113

Details of our World Children’s festival for 2010 can be read on http://www.childrenstheatrefest2012.blogspot.com/

Event: Waterloo Neighbour Advisory Board Action Group Bi-annual Review - The Gathering Event 2

For the last two years, the Waterloo NAB has being piloting a new framework of engagement; this was achieved through the establishment of four thematic Action Groups. This has included groups that looked at Tenant Participation and Maintenance, Learning and Employment Training, Community Safety, and Health. The groups ran a number of initiatives; from community events (such as summer on the Green, and the Older Wiser Festival), overseeing the Waterloo Green Action plan and facilitating partnership based training courses for local young people.

These groups consisting of local residents and agencies from across sectors meeting regularly and who formed their own action plan to address community priorities set by local residents. In addition the Local Member and the Lord Mayor held two forums a year each where resident could raise issues directly with Heads of Government Agencies.

The time has come to review the progress of this new framework and celebrate the successes, and look at the lessons learnt and plan together for the framework which will take us through the next two years.

So we invite all Residents and Agencies to come along and hear the reports of the action groups and help us to set the vision for the coming two years.

When: THIS Thursday 19th August 2010 between 10 am and 2pm Lunch provided

Where: - Factory Community Centre

For more details and to RSVP contact Mike on 9698 9569

Event: - Waterloo NABs – Learning, Employment, Enterprise Action Group

The above action group is open to all agencies and residents working on projects that enhance Learning, Employment and Enterprise in the Redfern Waterloo Area.

When Operational/Project group (those facilitating the actual courses) meet on the 17th August 2010 at 2pm and

The Strategic meeting (those involved in planning, funding, service delivery) on the 7th September 2010 at 2pm

Where: Factory Community Centre, Raglan Street, Waterloo

Contact: Mike on 9698 9569 or email: Info@the-factory.org.au

THE REDWATER MARKETS

3RD Saturday of every month

Redfern Park

Corner Elizabeth and Redfern Streets, Redfern

8am-4pm

Clothes, plants, books, bric-a-brac, recycled goods, sausage sizzle

Next Market - This Saturday 21st August 2010

Stall enquiries: 0434 197 527

Email: redwatermarkets@live.com.au

‘Come and be part of this new inner city market held under the shady trees in beautiful Redfern Park’

New introductory rates for stall- holders Subject to conditions – call for more details

Redwater Markets currently have a special offer to all stallholders: Book and pay for 3 months and get 3 stalls at 1/2 price = $60 for 3 stalls and free to not for profit- community organisations. This is a great opportunity to become part of this inner city market for the spring and summer months.....

Event: - South Sydney Interagency


Inner Sydney Regional Council is hosting the South Sydney Interagency at Redfern Town Hall, 71 Pitt St, and Redfern on Wednesday 18th August at 2pm.

Any agencies or service providers who work in the South Sydney area are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Pam Marsh on 9698 7461 or email pam.marsh@innersydneyrcsd.org.au.


Event: - Inner South Community Forum - Redfern Waterloo - 24 August 2010 6- 8pm

Held at Redfern Town hall, community forums, local residents can get updates on Council action in their local area and talk about individual issues with Councillors, Council staff and local police

Formal presentations at both Forums begin at 6.45pm, with the forums scheduled to end at 8.15pm. You will be able to discuss your concerns with Councillors, Council staff or local police between 6pm and 6.45pm.


EVENT: REDFERN WATERLOO COMMUNITY RENEWAL FORUM Estate Renewal and Social Mix: The good, the bad and the ugly


When: Thursday 26th August 2010 9.30am – 3.30pm (lunch provided)

Where: Redfern Town Hall 73 Pitt St, Redfern


Public housing estate renewal projects around the world aim to address disadvantage by creating more diverse communities. This is usually done by redeveloping estates to reduce the concentration of social housing and increase the numbers of private owners and renters. There is a lot of debate about whether this is the right approach to be taking, whether it works, and how to go about it.

This Forum will explore the issue from a number of angles:


• David Lilley will outline the research on social mix and identify the issues

• George Housakos will tell us about the Kensington Renewal Project in Melbourne and how public and private residents created a harmonious community, and

• A panel of experts, including Peter Phibbs (UWS) and Michael Darcy (UWS) will lead discussion on what’s important and how all this might relate to Redfern and Waterloo.


Please come along for a lively and informative event.



RSVP: By Monday 23 August 2010.

Please advise Tuyen Duong on 9268 3492 or by email: tuyen.duong@housing.nsw.gov.au



Event: NAB - Community Events Planning Group

Anyone who is interested in supporting the annual community events that we planning to host over the coming summer months in Waterloo and Redfern, is invited to join us at our initial planning meeting. This year like last, we hoping to again host the ‘summer on the Green Event’ at Waterloo Green, Redfern Neighbourhood day at Redfern High rises, Waterloo’s sesquicentenary festival, and more. As always this relies on the good will of our volunteers and partner agencies, sharing expertise and resources. If you would like to help organise these great events come along to our planning meeting or get in touch with us here at the Factory.

When: Friday 27th August at 10:30 at the Factory Community Centre Call Mike/Patrick on 9698 9569


EVENT: Monthly Informal Gathering Friday – 27th August 2010 at 1 pm

As usual, on the last Friday of the month, we invite agencies and community groups reps and volunteers to come together for an informal lunch time ‘get -together’. We meet at the Norfolk Hotel – Cleveland Street (Beer Garden if Dry – upstairs if Wet). It is a great chance to take time out of our busy schedules and catch up with each other, sharing news, and information informally. You buy your own refreshments and lunch and can stay a short or as long as time will allow.

LITTLE BLACK DUCK SAYS, "THIS IS MY COUNTRY!"

THE COORABIN




LITTLE BLACK DUCK SAYS, "THIS IS MY COUNTRY!"


Wednesday, 30 June, 2010    The South Sydney Herald



Local group, Yurungai Dance, has been honoured for their outstanding performance at the 11th World Children’s Theatre Festival in Lingen, Germany, with a performance of "The Little Black Duck", a story about a (cute -little black) duck called Yurungai who lives on an island and doesn’t dare to fly.


Yurungai Dance comprises children from Mount Carmel and Alexandria Park Community schools and involved in the Factory community centre and the Yurungai Learning Centre. The group, which rehearses at the PACT Theatre in Erskineville, interprets and reconfigures traditional Indigenous dance.


The simple yet very poetic story about the little black duck can be read as an allegory of Aboriginal people marginalised in their own country.


Once there was a little black duck called Yurungai. He lived on an island and liked to swim. Yurungai was different from the other birds on the island. He could fly. All the other birds on the island had their wings cut so they would not fly. The island was a zoo. Yurungai had a friend called Curlew who used to chase Yurungai to watch him fly. But Yurungai was scared of flying away.


When Yurungai saw a flock of black ducks he trembled, then called out to them. The flying line heard. Yurungai flew to them and across the land. They came to a wide river. On every side stretched vast plains. “This is my country!” shouted Yurungai. At last Yurungai was in his own country.

The set design featured symbols from traditional Aboriginal culture as well as everyday elements from contemporary Australian life. Animal and urban sounds, as well as live didgeridoo, voiced confusion and conflict. The actors, in colourful costume and face paint, depicted playfulness, caution and liberation.

Ultimately, ‘Yurungai Dance’ was a celebration of the festival’s motto – “Realise your Dream”. Yurungai realised his dream of flying without fear in a country where he belonged.

The next World Children’s Theatre Festival will be held in Sydney in 2012 and will be hosted by The Factory Community Centre. For more information contact Patrick Russell or Mike Shreenan on 9698 9569

Draws on report by Ann-Christine Simke, Lingener Daily Post, Lingen (27/06/2010).