Podcasts about roominations

First up on the program, Kevin and Zeb speak with Spike Chiappalone and Kelly Whitworth, co-hosts of the former 3CR peer homelessness show, Roominations, and Homeless Persons Union Victoria co-founders.Together, they talk to us about about the upcoming launch of Homeless in Hotels, a 3-part radio series documenting life in hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic and discussion on what to expect from the series, including the rollout of Victorian Government initiatives during lockdown, safety, stigma and substance use, public housing and injustice, and more.The series premieres on 3CR, this Thursday 28 July at 12pm, and you can listen back online here.Later on the program, activist-scholars Libby Porter and David Kelly come on the program to discuss the upcoming Forum for Dwelling Justice, bringing together various groups and activists in a discussion of housing injustice with relation to sovereignty and land justice, as well as abolitionist movements.They discuss importance of galvanising a broader dwelling justice movement by bringing together interrelated movements and shifting the narrative to a wider one of disposession and what that means for discussions of public housing on stolen land. They also speak on their experiences as activists working as academics within colonial institutions, misdirected government resources, incarceration, and more. The free event will be held 1-7pm on Friday 26 August 2022 at the Capitol Theatre, and involves:Three facilitated panel conversations on how abolitionism, resistance to state violence and anti-racism intersect with housing struggle and sovereignty, andTwo sneak-peek film screenings (Bendigo St, and Things Will Be Different) and discussion with filmmakers and guests with lived experience of homelessness, displacement, squatting and public housing. For more information and to book tickets, go to www.cur.org.au/events/dwelling-justice/

Acknowledgement of Country// News Headlines// 7:15 - Yemurraki Egan and Naomi Kennedy-Bamblett//We'll hear a short clip of speeches from the Naarm NAIDOC March this past Friday the 8th of July, featuring Yorta Yorta, Wemba Wemba and Gunditjmara man Yemurraki Egan, and Yorta Yorta, Wiradjuri and Trawlwoolway woman Naomi Kennedy-Bamblett . Thanks to Ayan from Diaspora Blues for the recordings.  https://www.3cr.org.au/diasporablues Mondays at 2:30pm on 3CR 7:30 - Stephanie Bernard//Stephanie Bernard is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, researching the most distant galaxies with space telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope. She joins us today to discuss the recent release of images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, and to talk about telescope's potential to deepen our understanding of the universe. Stephanie is also an astronomy and science educator at Scienceworks, the Melbourne Planetarium, and the Victorian Space Science Education Centre. Stephanie also co-presents an astronomy podcast called Spaghettification that you can listen to here.  7:45 - Kelly and Spike//Kelly Whitworth and Spike Chippalone speak with us about the upcoming launch of Homeless in Hotels, a 3-part radio series documenting life in hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic, which premieres on 3CR on Thursday the 28th of July at 12PM. Kelly produces Radical Australia here on 3CR and is passionate about peer-produced media. Spike is a peer support worker at a Melbourne homeless health service with a lived experience of homelessness and drug use. Together, they co-hosted the former 3CR peer homelessness show, Roominations, and co-founded the Homeless Persons Union Victoria. 8:00 - Ella Shi//Ella is the Digital and Communications Organiser at the Migrant Workers Centre. She's previously worked as a community organiser, student union representative and is also a former ASU workplace delegate. She joins us today to speak about importance of the Migrant Workers 2022 Survey, and how this impacts their work and policy recommendations.  8:15 - Renuga Inpakumar//Renuga Inpakumar from Tamil Refugee Council is a young Eelam Tamil activist and Law/Arts student with a long history of organising to amplify Eelam Tamil issues. She joins us today to provide an analysis of the economic crisis and mass protests in Sri Lanka from an Eelam Tamil perspective, highlighting some important concerns that have often gone neglected in mainstream media coverage. Renuga's activism and organising has focused on issues including the return of land to Eelam Tamil people, and the recognition of Tamil Eelam and Tamil Eelam genocide, calling for those responsible to be held to account. If you're in Sydney, support the action by joining the July 24 rally at Sydney Town Hall. Songs//Thelma Plum - When It Rains It Pours

 Acknowledgement of Country Headlines 7:15AM -  An excerpt from a conversation with Dr Mary Graham, a Kombu-merri and Wakka Wakka person from SE Queensland on Collaborative Governance and relational ethos. Introduced by Dr Michelle Maloney (Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance). You can catch EarthMatters Sundays on 3CR from 11am MC Dreckschwester (aka Stinky Girl) from Roominations speaking at 3CR's IWD street party on Tuesday March 8. An event actively pushing back against white liberal corporate feminism. Roominations Radio was a show produced and presented by people with a lived experience of homelessness that until recently was presented on 3CR - sadly a casualty of the corporatisation of community services. You heard at the end there - part of a set from DJ Marroushti from Salaam Radio Sundays on 3CR from 4pm. Check out the full IWD 24hour Broadcast. 7:30AM - We were joined by Karen Fletcher, CEO of Flat Out Inc. and Sara Stilianos, a performer for Outside Voices. Outside Voices is a free online event for International Women's Day in collaboration with Creative Brimbank and Flat Out Inc. Together they are running a short series of creative readings and songs from women & trans and gender diverse folks who have experienced criminalisation and imprisonment. The event will be online tomorrow Fri 11 March 2022 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM AEDT through Eventbrite.  7:45AM - Lucy Honan is a high school Humanities and English teacher, a member of the Australian Education Union (AEU), and of the rank and file educators group Melbourne Educators for Social and Environmental Justice (MESEJ). They join us to discuss the call for improvements in the working standards for teachers. 8:15AM - Claudia, a former employee at the Australian lingerie company Honey Birdette, and Felicity Sowerbutts from Young Workers Centre, join us to speak about the campaign to end sexual harassment at Honey Birdette. Despite the tireless organising of former employees associated with the 2015 Not Your Honey campaign, Claudia's recently launched petition raises concerns about the company's failure under the Equal Opportunity Act to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace. Find out more and sign the petition here. You can also sign the 2015 Not Your Honey petition here. Songs:Everything is Great - Alice Skye Find out more about Alice Skye's upcoming tour and tour dates here Smile - IZY  IZY is playing at The Old Bar on Saturday 19th of March

Do you think that after almost eight years, we wouldn't make a big deal out of Dr. Mindflip returning to The Bloc?!? That's right for this March, 2022 episode, Pot-C interviews The Doctor and learns a little about the band's background, how they came to be at blocSonic, Creative Commons licensed Music, Roominations and much more! As always, Pot-C takes you on a tour of blocSonic's latest and greatest, playing music by Wals, SKOL X Donnie Ozone, Timezone Lafontaine, Danke Sun, Viktor Van River, Moki Mcfly, The Impossebulls, and of course a few by Dr. Mindflip! Thanks again to Pot-C for continuing to make Tha Bloc Report the best podcast in #ccmusic land. Thanks also to The Doctor for stopping by! Of course, thanks once again to you for downloading & listening. We always strive to deliver content you'll love. Please spread the word about blocSonic, if you enjoy what we do.

Disability rights adtivist and presenter of The Boldness Phineas Meare (with Roominations presenter and homelessness advocate Dear Old Daz)

7am Acknowledgment of country  7:02am Alternative news: New Film by Boots Rielly 'Sorry to Bother You", Yellow Vests turn on NeoLiberal Price Macron, Kids Strike for the Planet, International Day of Human Rights and Australia's Hypocricy.  7:25am Song MIA Borders.Song : Theme from “Sorry to Bother You” - The Coup. 7:30am Chris Breen from Refugee Action Collective on the plan to bring Children and seriously ill refugess off Nauru and Manus. Song: “So Solider” by #1 Dads. 7:50am OTW – Peter Davis reflects on the victorious Vic Gov's continued ignoring of housing issues in the state. 8:00am Kelly from Roominations to talk about homeless and housing crisis perspectives on the state of housing in Victoria.  8:15am Chinese Historian Shan Windscript reflects on a growing anti-Chinese sentiment in the USA and Australia, with China recently blamed for USA's opiod crisis and Oz Gov (through Clive Hamilton) suggesting all academics working on China are at risk of becoming foriegn agents.  

- Launch Housing CEO Bevan Warner on the housing first approach to addressing homelessness.- Kelly from the Roominations homelessness show on 3CR on the importance of public housing.- Nicks ABC interview on dogs being considered property under the law.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2018/12/04/218/

Roominations Homeless show advocate Darren Burns aka Dear Old Daz. Tune in to Roominations at midday every Thursday on 3cr.

- This episode features an interview with Spike and Kelly from the Homeless Persons Union Victoria and the radio show Roominations on 3CR. - We also bring you some of the event Ending Homelessness in WA, Scenarios and Seeds of the Future. This recording is thanks to Karun Cowper from Perth Indymedia. - Increasing homelessness in Melbourne. - Government moves to criminalise homelessness in Melbourne. - Brainstorming solutions to overcome homelessness. - The best thing to do when passing homeless people asking for money. - Looking back on the Bendigo Street Occupation. - Imagining a future without homelessness. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/01/26/160/

Interview with Dream, who features regularly on the Roominations show, 3CR. Dream discusses the complex issues surrounding becoming homeless, advocates for changes that would improve access to accommodation for people in crisis, and discusses his own experience of homelessness.