When
Sat 2 & Sun 3 Sept 2023
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Decorate gum leaves, paper bark and paper using natural materials collected from Country in this creative art experience led by Yarn Strong Sista.
About Yarn Strong Sista
Yarn Strong Sista is an Indigenous owned and run organisation offering a range of services, including visits to Early Childhood environments to facilitate storytelling and arts workshops with children, hosting Professional Development training for Educators, facilitating arts experiences and face-painting at festivals and events, and providing First Nations designed resources and educational tools on their website.
Beyond Early Years education, Yarn Strong Sista customise their programs to meet the curriculum needs of Primary and Secondary students, and work in community contexts supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Their Aboriginal Early Childhood Education Resources include Artefacts, Dolls, Children’s Music, Children’s Books, Games, Felt Hand and Finger Puppets, Felt Mats for Storytelling, Puzzles and Teachers Resource Guides.
They have expanded into three additional projects: Foregrounding Anti Bias Perspectives, Yarn Strong Brutha and Enterprise for Empowerment.
Goddess Weekend program (Saturday 2 & 3 Sunday Sep 2023)
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Stand Up Against Street Harassment
training by L'Oréal Paris with Plan International Australia
The Stand Up Against Street Harassment campaign and intervention program, an initiative by L’Oréal Paris in partnership with girls’ rights charity Plan International Australia, is focused on raising awareness about street harassment, and providing training in the 5 Ds – Distract, Delegate, Document, Direct, and Delay – to support bystanders to safely stand up to street harassment when they see it.
Learn how to safely combat street harassment by taking the Stand Up training. Scan the barcode at the L’Oréal Paris machine (located on the Ground Floor at ACMI) to complete the 5 minute training and receive a L’Oréal Paris product in return.
L’Oréal Paris is a Supporting Partner of the Goddess Weekend.
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