Podcasts about roj amedi

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Chloe DS, Jacob Andrewartha, Rob ZocchiNewsreportsDiscussion from the presenters responding to the following developments.Student encampment forces Uni of Melbourne to disclose weapon ties via Green LeftAnnouncement that the British General Election has been called for July 4Presenters discuss the political implication of the ICC arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes and what it reveals about the hypocrisy of the West.Interviews and DiscussionsSue Bolton, Merri-Bek councillor and member of Socialist Alliance responds to the right-wing slander against the party which alledged that their opposition to Israel is based on anti-semitism. You can listen to the individual interview here.Nic Maclellan, journalist and researcher in the pacific islanders discusses the current unrest in Kanaky-New Caledonia and issues related to the Kanak's right to self-determination within the land. You can listen to the individual interview here.Roj Amedi from Unionists for Palestine discusses the upcoming National Rally at the Docks where Palestine solidarity groups and Trade Unionists for Palestine will be holding rallies at every port across the country to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and the boycotting of Israeli shipping and goods through Australian ports. You can listen to the individual interview here.Songs played"I cant Breathe" by Dobby, feat: BARKAA"Dana Dan" by Bloodywood"Division" by BARKAA.  

This conversation will elaborate upon the relations between sovereignty and dwelling struggle in the political projects of panellists. Themes include incarceration, displacement, policing and race, making explicit connections between those intersections of dwelling and sovereignty.Natalie Ironfield is a Dharug person whose PhD research focuses on the limitations and consequences of carceral reformism for First Nations people. Natalie is also an educator and is currently working on the #BanSpitHoods campaign.Debbie Kilroy OAM is one of Australia's leading advocates for protecting the human rights of women and children through decarceration – the process of moving away from using prisons and other systems of social control in response to crime and social issues. She is a founding member of Sisters Inside.Roj Amedi's life work is racial and economic justice which she aspires towards as a community organiser, building solidarity between intersecting communities.  Roj is the current head of Communications and Engagement at Justice Connect, a legal services organisation and charity that designs and delivers high impact interventions to increase access to legal support and progress social justice.Idil Ali is a proud Somali woman raised by the east African community in the Carlton flats. A settler on unceded Wurundjeri land, Idil embeds her belief in freedom, sovereignty and resistance into her work as a writer, performer, youth practitioner and community organiser.Witt Gorrie is a transgender social worker who, for the past decade, has worked alongside communities impacted by criminalisation and incarceration. Witt runs a project at Flat Out called Beyond Bricks & Bars, providing direct support to trans and gender diverse people who are incarcerated in Victoria and also the Incarcerated Trans & Gender Diverse Community Fund.From September 8 - 29, each Thursday from midday - 1pm 3CR will be broadcasting some of the conversations from the Forum for Dwelling Justice that brought together grassroots individuals, groups and activist-scholars to identify the radical potential for resistance to dispossession, displacement and precarity in our campaign work. The purpose of the event was to foreground the relationship between ongoing colonial dispossession, housing injustice, incarceration, racial violence and poverty, and to build solidarity among movements.The forum was organised by RMIT's Centre for Urban Research and supported by the International Journal of Housing Policy(link is external), Renters and Housing Union and 3CR Community Radio.#DwellingJustice #housingjustice #ForumForDwellingJustice

 7.00am Acknowledgement of Country 7.07am  We take a look at the way the media is reporting on the crisis at the Ukraine-Russia border. Jacques Boulet and Jennifer Borrell from 3CR's Think Again programme https://www.3cr.org.au/thinkagainask whether the hype and rhetoric about the tensions on the border is part of an information war led by western leaders, particularly by the US and NATO. This segment was recorded before Russia's dispatch of troops to the Ukraine regions of Donestsk and Luhansk and provides an alternative view of the state of affairs. Presented in two parts. 7.35am Ella speaks with Deanna Grant-Smith about multi level marketing and the financial risks associated. Deanna is an Associate Professor, Queensland Univertsity of Technology (QUT) and Deputy Director of the QUT Centre for Decent Work and Industry. 7.53am Claudia speaks with Roj Amedi from Justice Connect, a charity assisting people in need access legal help. The organisation is calling for contributors to a language data base reflecting the speech patterns and language use of everyday people describing their legal problems. The data will be used to upgrade the organisation's digital services and connect more people to free legal help.http://justice connect.org.au/ai 8.13 Alice speaks to Karinda Taylor CEO of the Aboriginal controlled health service named “First People's Health and Well-being” about the Take Your Shot campaign, which focuses on spreading health information to Indigenous communities around Australia, and looks to tackle the lagging vaccination rates of Indigenous communities. Music Hula Rock - Lew Howard and the All StarsNormalizo - Letta MbuluVacuum - Gang Gang DanceWaitin on Ya - Genesis Owusu 

Two authors confront the impossibility of untangling the enduring racism of Australia without seriously reckoning with the ongoing dispossession and genocide of First Nations people. Join Gunai/Kurnai writer Veronica Heritage-Gorrie (Black and Blue) and activist and thinker Randa Abdel-Fattah (Coming of Age in the War on Terror) as they examine how modern-day racism is bound to the violence and traumas of colonisation, and how we can forge a path forward. With moderator Roj Amedi. Recorded for MWF in 2021.Support MWF: https://mwf.com.au/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roj tells a story about going out, and about the sacred wonder of a queer bar. Roj Amedi is a writer, strategist and human rights campaigner. She is currently the Engagement and Communications Manager at Justice Connect, where she leads a team on advocacy, communications and fundraising. She also serves as a Director of the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival and Overland Journal. Previously, Roj was the Senior Human Rights and Racial Justice Campaigner at Getup, where she expanded the work of Colour Code - a national movement of First Nations and migrant communities for racial justice. Roj contributes regularly to online and print publications including ABC, SBS, Sydney Morning Herald and The Saturday Paper, and broadcast stations such as ABC, SBS and PBS.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit www.queerstories.com.au and follow Queerstories on Facebook.The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia.To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetterAnd for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow Maeve Marsden on Twitter and Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Acknowledgement of country// Introduction// Alternative news: Genevieve explores health and medical disparities amongst various marginalised identities in light of COVID-19, and how the virus has been reported to effect people differently// Zoya speaks to Mark Camerelli from queer space about different strategies in ensuring access to queer services for LGBTQI+ people during COVID-19// Zoya speaks to Roj Amedi about state violence, mutual aid, immigration, eco-fascism and using COVID-19 as an opportunity to build a civil rights movement//  SONGS// Ngaiire - BoomMiiesha - Twisting WordsBruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

“One way to know you’re in the presence of – in possession of, possessed by – a racial imaginary is to see if the boundaries of one’s imaginative sympathy line up, again and again, with the lines drawn by power.” Claudia Rankine In this session Roj Amedi, Denise Chapman, Genevieve Grieves and Odette Kelada upack the practice of racial literacy and discuss the impact of race and place in one’s imagination, work and storytelling. -- -- Full artist bios here: 2019.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/the…maginary/ Download the transcript of the podcast here: https://2019.digitalwritersfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DWF19-The-Racial-Imaginary.docx Check out the full Digital Writers' Festival program at https://2019.digitalwritersfestival.com

One of the unique parts of the NYWF are their Late night Readings where diverse, young writers get to share their words, their perspectives in what er format they like, on a range of fun and interesting topics. In this episode writers Pavan Dutta, Meleika Gesa, Roj Amedi, Laura Elvery and Cher Tan provide their answer to the question "Why I Write" through comedy, plays, poems, reflections and deeply emotional narratives. #NYWF19 #Newcastle #Writing #Diversity #Fiction #Poetry #Comedy #Podcasts #Non-Fiction SHOW NOTES: National Young Writer's Festivalwww.youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook / Twitter @NYWFPavan DuttaTwitter @PvnDuttaFacebook @pavanduttaMeleika Gesahttp://endlessyarning.comTwitter @yarningqueenRoj Amedihttp://rojamedi.comTwitter @Roj_AmeLaura Elveryhttps://lauraelvery.comTwitter @lauraelveryCher Tanhttp://jerkofalltrades.netTwitter @mxcreantListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler / @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelB

In a special "LIVE" edition of James' Colley's tongue bitingly funny podcast, "Nailed It", four artists share their pet peeves and the hill they’ll die on. Hosted by James Colley featuring Eamonn Marra, Chloe Escott, Roj Amedi and Alistair Baldwin doing stand up guaranteed to make you laugh. If you like this episode of the Writes4Festivals podcast, check out our other episodes at www.writes4women.com OR SUBSCRIBE to Writes4Festivals (free and painless) at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods. #w4wpodcast #NailedIt #comedy #standup #NYWF2019 #youngwriters #publishing #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #podcasts #Newcastle SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivalswww.writes4women.comFacebook - @Writes4FestivalsTwitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast National Young Writers Festivalwww.youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook / Twitter @NYWF Nailed It! Podcasthttps://omny.fm/shows/nailed-it-1/playlists/podcastFacebook / Twitter @NailedItPodcast Pamela Cookwww.pamelacook.com.auFacebook @pamelacookauthorTwitter @PamelaCookAU Kel ButlerFacebook / Twitter @kelbutler James Colleyhttp://www.jamcolley.comFacebook / Twitter @JamColley Eamonn Marrahttp://eamonnmarra.comFacebook / Twitter @EamonnMarra Chloe EscottTwitter @vesselskirt Roj AmediTwitter @Roj_Ame Alistair Baldwinhttps://alistairbaldwin.comFacebook @Ali.S.B.BaldwinTwitter @BaldwinAlistair

Acknowledgement of CountryShantha Rau Barriga, founding director of the disability rights division at Human Rights Watch, discusses the disproportionate rates of violence and imprisonment experienced by people with disability in Australia, and the importance of accountability and allyship. Shantha will be speaking at the Wheeler Centre next Friday 5th AprilExcerpts from the Melbourne solidarity rally to show support for Muslim communities on Tuesday 21 March. Speakers included Roj Amedi from Colourcode, Mohd Halmy from the Islamic Council of Victoria and Husain Al Qatari, union delegate for the Preston Chemist Warehouse StrikeCarolyn Graydon, manager of human rights law program at ASRC, discusses fast track asylum seeker process for people living in community and changes to SSRS payments. Recent updates from the Djab Wurrung embassy: Victorian Trades Hall has come on board and VicRoads has given an undertaking that no work will start until 22 April - however support is still urgently needed! Merret joins us to talk about youth detention in the Northern Territory and new laws that go against Royal Commission recommendations.The original 855am and 3CR Digital versions of this program featured the following music tracks: (Lady Lash, Yadu - new track, check it out!) (Removed from the podcast due to license restrictions) 

On the show with Will [Segment times in brackets] || 3CR is proud to acknowledge the Kulin Nations as true owners and custodians of the lands from which we broadcast. We pay respect to their elders past and present and acknowledge that their sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty has yet to be signed || [10:21] Excerpts from yesterday's rally organised by Campaign against Racism and Fascism (CARF) in protest against the normalisation of islamophobic and racist hate speech. CARF argues that this climate of racist hatred encouraged a white-supremacist to murder of 50 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, Aotearoa, last Friday || [23:33] The development of Genetic Manipulation (GM) tech like CRISPR continues unabated and some in our government want to deregulate the industry even further. This is why Bob Phelps from Gene Ethics is developing a GM Free school materials kit to give kids all the information they need || [37:58] To protest Government inaction on the Climate emegency, Shannon is walking from Coburg to Canberra with a petition arguing for a switch to 100% renewable energy sources, among other demands. We invite him into the studio to tell us about his walk for climate action and you can find out more at myextremelylongwalk.com and on Twitter and Facebook || [55:20] Blak Betty from Blak Noise Radio speaks to Djab Wurrung elder Aunty Sandra Onus for the latest update from the Djab Wurrung Embassy camp, where VicRoads is planning on destroying sacred and culturally significant trees on Djab Wurrung land. The camp has been running for months and needs fresh volunteers to join: Top Camp is at Warrayatkin Rd, off the Western Hwy between Ararat and Buangor, two hours from Narrm (Melbourne) || [1:06:46] Roj Amedi is a campaigner with Colour Code and spoke yesterday afternoon at the CARF-organised rally in solidarity with Muslims in Australia and Aotearoa || Music:Venus by Peter PeterTree by Deline Briscoe

Tuesday Breakfast 29 January 2019 Summer Skool ep 4: Gender and Sexuality  7.00 am  Acknowledgement of Country7.10 am  We talk to Jamie Lim, a trans man working as a migration professional, writer and volunteer at Out for Australia  We discuss queer terminology, queer experiences and intersections between queer and racial/cultural identities. 7.30 am Anya chats to Claire Coleman, writer from Western Australia who identifies with the South Coast Noongar people, and whose recent book, Terra Nullius  has sparked national and international praise. They discuss queer representation in writing and literature.  8.00 am Lauren speaks to Roj Amedi, a queer, Kurdish woman who came to Australia from Baghdad as a refugee. She’s currently the senior human rights and racial justice campaigner at Colour Code  and GetUp  Her work focuses on coordinating an independent and national racial justice movement with First Nations people and people of colour. song: They Come and They Goartist: Mojo Juju song:  Make Me Feelartist: Janelle Monaesong: Woman's World artist: Okenyo feat. Miss Blanks song: Closer artist: Tegan and Sara song: Friends with Feelingsartist: Alice Skye

In Episode 2, Aamer Rahman talks about Malcolm Turnbull’s innovative ideas boom, political opportunism in the wake of the Orlando shooting, the future of micro parties and why Liberal candidate Chris Jermyn has been trolling pizza chains. Panel features writer Roj Amedi, Sex Party Secretary Nevena Spirovska and astrophysicist Alan Duffy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

25 days to go of Bath Time! Roj Amedi is a friend from Paul’s university days that he didn’t realise he hadn’t seen in over 3 years! They talk editing a magazine, secret Facebook groups and a brilliant business idea involving sleeping pods. Buy tickets to the Bath Time finale episode on Saturday 8th August in Melbourne here: http://mammth.co/bathtimefinale facebook.com/BathTimePodcast @BathTimePodcast The post 341 – What is Couture w/ Roj Amedi appeared first on Mammoth Audio.