“The strength of this book lies in its breadth.” HUGE thanks to Nikita Vanderbyl and Professional Historians Australia for this month’s wonderful review of #TheRelationshipIsTheProject. 🙏 🙏 🙏 More at historians.org.au/book-reviews/t… #CommunityEngagedPractice #CommunityLedPractice

This entire situation is so shameful. Ren Wyld is an uncompromising advocate for humanity and justice for all oppressed peoples. She has been honest about the challenges of funding writing work in this economy. This is a devastating blow to a staunch Blak writer’s livelihood.

‘Serious consequences for Australian democracy’: Michelle de Kretser uses Stella speech to warn against censorship theage.com.au/culture/books/…

Concentration camp 2025 Starving people forced to walk miles under scorching heat. Lined up like animals, only a few are fed. Some are arrested, Some are shot at. New Israel US joint venture. The worst humanity is capable of from the bastions of Power. We. Must. Stop. This.

terrible response from University of Melbourne to student protestors who are standing up against the genocide of Palestinians, and our collective complicity in this violence. Our universities should be spaces for activism & dissent. Free Palestine! theguardian.com/australia-news…

Indeed, it’s so very telling that the ABC received no complaints about the interview itself but more than a hundred about the decision to remove it. #MediaWatch

What women have been speaking up about for decades, men have not been listening. The epidemic of male violence a/g women. Good news is all men can play a positive role in creating protective factors to reduce this. But we must first admit as men we have a crisis & a role to play.

“Every single person who works or who wants to work directly with community needs to read this book.” Thanks, Megan. 🙏 #TheRelationshipIsTheProject #CommunityEngagedPractice #CommunityLedPractice #CommunityArt #CommunityArts #CACD #CCD #CommunityArtsAndCulturalDevelopment

“ One might pause to wonder what First Nations people, who are the victims of racism every day, feel about the priority given to 120,000 well-educated, secure and mostly affluent individuals”. Thank you Louise Adler for pointing this out!

Thanks, Nikita. 🙏 #TheRelationshipIsTheProject #CommunityEngagedPractice #CommunityLedPractice #CommunityArt #CommunityArts #CACD #CCD #CommunityArtsAndCulturalDevelopment #CommunityCulturalDevelopment #SocialPractice #ParticipatoryArt

Last week I spoke with the family of a Noongar man who died in custody in WA 2 weeks after he was first told he had cancer. Last night, a 38 year old Aboriginal man died in Hakea (WA) after a medical episode. Where is the duty of care? What the fuck is going on?

Bendigo Writers Festival sent out a Code of Conduct form speakers must abide by which includes the bogus IHRA definition of antisemitism… the day before the festival starts. Hard to imagine a bigger, more absurd own goal. Several authors and festival staff have now left.

> writers festival invites authors with long track records of talking about Palestine >writers festival tries to stop authors talking about Palestine > authors pull out of writers festival the day before it starts deepcutnews.com/p/authors-with…

New enews just dropped about our withdrawal from this weekend’s Bendigo Writers Festival, and more… Read/subscribe at katelarsenkeys.substack.com/p/strategic-pl…

With news of further bombings of hospitals in Gaza overnight, Jewish Council executive officer Sarah Schwartz explains that this is deliberate, this is a campaign of targeted killings of journalists and we need to take action and end the two-way arms trade with Israel now.

“Community and relationship building is so vital to the future of the arts.” We couldn’t agree more, nixiethepixie. Thanks for the review. 🙏 #TheRelationshipIsTheProject #CommunityEngagedPractice #CommunityLedPractice #CommunityArt #CommunityArts #CACD #CCD

Another lovely review from Rika 🙏 #TheRelationshipIsTheProject #CommunityEngagedPractice #CommunityLedPractice #CommunityArt #CommunityArts #CACD #CCD #CommunityArtsAndCulturalDevelopment #CommunityCulturalDevelopment #SocialPractice #ParticipatoryArt

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Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer-winning journalist dropped a blistering Substack post about his cancelled talk. The National Press Club’s response only deepened the mystery, challenging parts of Hedges' story. We’ve got the email receipts between the players. ettemedia.com/inside-the-nat…