In this podcast series, we chat with some amazing speakers. Our speakers include politicians, government workers, service providers, researchers, academics and people with a lived experience of homelessness. We tackle some of the important issues faced by children and young people at risk of or who are experiencing homelessness.
Author: Jaya Prisco
Housing the Homeless: The Solution
Homelessness is a broad term which encompasses a diverse range of people and experiences, but in it’s simplest form, it is the state of having no home. In Australia an increasing number of people are finding themselves in this state due in part to a lack of affordable housing, which can both lead to homelessness…
Housing the Homeless: The Cause
Homelessness is not a choice. But for many it is a reality. On any given night one in 200 people in Australia are homeless. And the problem is getting worse. In the last few years the number of people seeking help from homelessness services has been increasing faster than population growth. While there are many…
Their journey home- Youth Homelessness in Melbourne: First Nation’s Young People
Indigenous Australians carry the legacy of one of the oldest living cultures in the world but are sadly overrepresented in homelessness statistics. On Census night in 2011, an estimated 26,743 Indigenous people were experiencing homelessness. The podcast explores this issue with Katrina D’Angelo, Melbourne City Mission’s Aboriginal Cultural Advisor.
Solidarity
Featured May 30th, 2022 Her skin is full of holes, andshe’s raped bythe dawn on adaily basis;wandering the midnightstreets of thisbroken City.Her feet arecalloused and raw.That once tough heart issoft now, looking forlove in the rabidfaces of evil.Seagulls still fly intocars, and spidersspin webs in the dark.Abandoned houses havebecome her homeand her soul achesfor someone to…
HOMELESSNESS
Homelessness is a notoriously difficult subject to talk about. Unfortunately, during the 80’s, moral aggrandizing attached a type of cultural structure to homelessness that caused a large amount of otherwise decent and empathetic folk to see homelessness in a specific way. A caricature of a homeless white male shaking a cup at pedestrians to buy drugs or…
Why gender equality is good for everyone — men included
Michael Kimmel makes the surprising, funny, practical case for treating men and women equally in the workplace and at home. It’s not a zero-sum game, but a win-win that will result in more opportunity and more happiness for everybody.
The Power of a Female Education
Gwyneth Martin brings to our attention a topic that may be difficult to talk about but is nonetheless extremely important: menstruation and its impact on education for girls.
Empower a girl, transform a community
Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school where girls can live and study safely — and uplift their community along the way. “When you empower…
The surprising neuroscience of gender inequality
Janet Crawford dives into the unconscious associations that are often made with regard to gender. It’s hard not to reflect on our own unconscious associations as she talks through how our brain creates associations to help us make sense of the world. Her empowering talk speaks to men and women alike, challenging us all to…