Last month the SSH was pleased to receive an Innovative Community Grant from UnitingCare NSW/ACT. The grant enables us to do two things: stage an art exhibition in May 2015 in partnership with The Factory Community Centre in Waterloo and host an end-of-year party on December 6 to say “thank you” to our wonderful volunteers.
WATERLOO: A new show has opened at the Orchard Gallery. Face to Face, curated by Catherine Wood, presenting 28 portraits – pencil, pastel and charcoal drawings, paintings and a photograph – by participants of the Saturday art classes at South Sydney Uniting Church.
REDFERN: At the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE), learning to swim is more than just “learning the strokes”. It’s about providing an environment that encourages confidence in the water.
GLEBE: The Glebe Lands (Appropriation) Act, no 35 of 1974,passed on August 6, 1974 by the Whitlam government, enabled the purchase and transfer of housing in the Anglican estates of Bishopthorpe and St Philips from the Glebe Administration Board.
Ross Smith is right to draw readers’ attention to important democratic legislative changes to how we vote and how councillors will vote in Sydney Council (“City of Sydney Act Amendments”, SSH August 2014).
ASCA (Adults Surviving Child Abuse) is calling on members of the community to get involved in something positive this Blue Knot Day, ASCA’s annual awareness-raising day in support of the five million Australian adult survivors of childhood trauma.
“I’d Rather It Didn’t Play with My Kids” by The Blak Douglas featured in the recent exhibition, Lawful & Permissible at Damien Minton Gallery in Redfern....
Rodney Pople's 'Lie of the Land' at the Australian Centre of Photography investigates the dark depths of humankind’s contradictions by drawing attention to the artificial nature of religious, colonial and political authorities.
This exhibition of new paintings presents the first instalment of an ongoing project, a restaging of Richard Wagner’s epic cycle of music-dramas, Der Ring...
“I want to plant the seed of peace. You can’t plant it in a place that’s already peaceful. You have to plant it where it is needed. And there is always a risk when you do that.” – Joy Balazo
John McIntyre (“Mac”) trained at Ridley College in Melbourne, graduating at 24. He gained a Bachelor of Divinity before starting parish ministry at Dandenong and Thomastown.
NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week is held in the first full week of July. It is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in all their rich diversity and an opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians – individuals and organisations – make to our country and society.
REDFERN: An art installation at Social-Laneway Espresso condemns the ongoing Stolen Generations. Prominent Aboriginal artist, Blak Douglas (aka Adam Hill), launched the installation to support a National Day of Action (NDA) on Sorry Day (May 26), calling for a stop to the unprecedented number of Aboriginal children being forcibly removed from their families.
Imagine a group of six Indigenous female singer-songwriters who are all remarkable artists in their own right. Imagine if they came together to sing six-part harmonies and to celebrate and share their cultural knowledge and insights. Now imagine if those women had an enthusiastic and visionary producer who wanted to take these six remarkable women and showcase them to the world. What you have just imagined is the Barefoot Divas, conceived and managed by Redfern resident, Vicki Gordon.
Last month Kings Cross ER: St Vincent’s Hospital won the Most Outstanding Factual Program Logie. From a health awareness perspective, the 10-part series, aired on Foxtel, has proven highly effective in showcasing the extent of alcohol-related injuries.
On Monday May 19 church leaders were among two groups of Christians to hold simultaneous sit-in prayer vigils at the Sydney office of Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the Melbourne office of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
The St Vincent de Paul Society NSW says it has grave concerns that people already experiencing disadvantage will be pushed further into poverty by measures included in the recent Federal Budget.
On Monday May 26 a tent embassy was established on The Block. Aboriginal protesters and their supporters call for the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) to build Aboriginal housing on The Block as the first stage of the Pemulwuy Project. Long-held grievances with respect to the AHC administration and lack of transparency were also cited.
The Harbour City Pirates are Sydney’s newest baseball club and will launch into competition this coming summer after the football season.
On April 14, with...
Among the Trees is a group exhibition featuring the work of 30 local artists (including children), and comprising drawings, paintings, photographs, collage works, sculptures and poetry.
On Wednesday March 26 over 120 people took up the invitation from the Women’s Reconciliation Network (WRN), ANTaR Inner West, and Marrickville Residents for...
In 2009, RPA consultant cardiologist Dr Rajesh Puranik asked Aboriginal elder Chicka Madden a simple question: why was the attendance at follow-up cardiac appointments so low among Indigenous people?
“My work comes out of my way of life. I attempt to continue the timeless tradition of humans making artefacts from materials at hand in order to make sense of the natural world. Land changes constantly, but so do our values about it, and constant change is what interests me” (Sally Simpson, 2013).
Last month the NSW government and Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) produced a media pack in addition to the widely available media release from Minister Goward. The pack provides an insight into how LAHC managed the media at the same time as keeping information from NGOs that may have provided alternative perspectives.
Bridging Sydney City Assembly was launched by a choir that mirrored the diversity of community organisations, unions and religious organisations gathered in a packed Town Hall on March 26.
ULTIMO: UnitingCare Harris Community Centre was overrun by volunteers from Optus RockCorps early in March. Mulching, planting, hammering and painting, the crew of around 70 volunteers took to the task of overhauling the community centre’s external spaces.
KINGS CROSS: Tuesday March 18 saw the launch of new renovations at the Sydney MSIC (Medically Supervised Injecting Centre), along with a new book detailing the history of the service.
Resident groups in Millers Point and The Rocks are protesting the state government’s plans to sell more than 300 homes. The public housing sell-off is widely considered a sell-out with regard to community and heritage values. The announcement by Community Services Minister Pru Goward to evict an entire community has bought disparate groups together, along with many concerned residents and citizens.
Wednesday March 19 saw the eighth National Ride2School Day. More than 250,000 students around Australia joined in the celebration – riding, walking, scooting or skating to school.
The “Manhattanisation” of the University of Sydney is happening apace! What were once distinctive, pleasant grounds of some heritage import, friendly to locals and...
GSM are run by the Rotary Club of South Sydney (RCSS) to promote collaboration and community. The “profit with purpose” orientation enables the markets...
