CEO @thesocialstudio, ex @theage journo. Wearer of multi-colours.
Melbourne, Australia
Joined September 2010
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It’s official!
NEW: We're got exciting news... our board has confirmed Dewi Cooke (left) to be our new CEO. TSS’s Cate Coleman, meanwhile, takes up a new role as Philanthropy Executive to power up our fundraising for these very challenging times. @d3wic
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Our annual winter #fundraising appeal has launched! Please consider a tax deductible donation, of any amount, to help build the digital skills of our talented students who come from refugee and new migrant backgrounds. 🙏🏻
Donate: tss-winter-appeal-2023.raise…
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@TheSocialStudio is celebrating 13 years of ECA accreditation!
The Social Studio provides training and employment opportunities for people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds.
The Social Studio is proudly 100% made in Australia and accredited by ECA.
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A welcome development….thank you for all those who worked hard to achieve this. 💪🏾
#BREAKING Thousands of refugees across Australia who have lived in limbo for years will be eligible to stay in the country permanently as Labor moves to implement its pre-election commitment.
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The Iranian climber who competed without a hijab in South Korea has been given a hero's welcome in Tehran:
The crowd cheers as Elnaz Rekabi, a female climber who competed without a hijab in Seoul and was later censured and forced into an apology by Iranian authorities, arrives at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport in the early hours of the morning.
#مهسا_امینی
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🚨 Undercover investigation finds workers in China making clothes for Shein, world’s biggest fast-fashion brand, are:
👗 Paid 3p per item
👚 Working 18-hour days
👙 Given no weekends + only one day off a month
@Channel4 findings shared with @theipaper:
inews.co.uk/news/consumer/sh…
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The two female Iranian journalists who broke the story of #MahsaAmini’s death and her family’s reaction are now in jail, says @pressfreedom senior researcher @YeganehSalehi. “Both of those female journalists are currently in solitary confinement in Evin Prison.”
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Ukrainian French artist Sonia Delaunay's 1920s - 1930s clothing designs #WomensArt
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UK, 104-year-old Grace Brett, was a member of a band of guerilla knitters and was thought to be the oldest street artist/yarn-bomber in the world #UnravellingWomensArt
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Yvon Chouinard, who founded the outdoor apparel maker Patagonia and became a reluctant billionaire with his unconventional spin on capitalism, has given away the company. All Patagonia’s profits will now be used to fight climate change.🧵
nytimes.com/2022/09/14/clima…
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Vale Jack Charles. Before he passed away, his family were able to send him off on Country during a smoking ceremony at the Royal Melbourne hospital. Uncle Jack died at the RMH after suffering from a stroke. His family have given permission for his name and image #vale
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Let me tell you a story. This is Susan Lung. She taught me to read and write in a single year when I was 7 years old. I've been looking for Susan, hoping to thank her in person, for almost twenty years. And then she surprised me at my reading last night.
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After 3 weeks reporting on the Ocean Viking search and rescue ship, I've hung up my lifejacket.
I'm taking a bit of time off now, but here's a recap of my reports. They aren't easy reading, but I urge you to take a look - not enough is known about what's happening in the Med.🧵
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You won't regret reading this.
Marcia Jolley and Nayran Tabiei formed a strong friendship after meeting at a local community centre.
By @danivalent | Photo by Simon Schluter.
theage.com.au/national/i-fee…
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Today is World Refugee Day, an international day organised every year on 20 June by the United Nations, to celebrate & honour refugees from around the world.
For #WorldRefugeeDay we are celebrating 21 refugee artists & sharing their stories #WorldRefugeeDay2022
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🗣️ "I knew I was going to score. It was the only way to say thank you to Australia, from me and my family.
“My family fled Sudan because of war, I was born in a hut. For Australia to take us in and re-settle us, it gave me and my family a chance of life." - @awermabil17 🙏
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It was an important moment for Anthony Albanese to appear in Jakarta but for someone behind the scenes, it mattered even more.
#9News cameraman Ghaith Nadir left Indonesia as a refugee 11 years ago and this week returned with the PM for his official visit. @Fi_Willan
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"I think we’re growing as a nation’: Meet Fatima Payman, likely WA senator. Her father was an asylum seeker from Afghanistan and she was resettled here in Australia as a child. #refugees abc.net.au/perth/programs/dr…
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In North Africa, the door is a symbol.
For some, the door reflects the luck & happiness the inhabitants of the building may have. For others, there exist doors of notable beauty which inspire generations.
Here are 24 doors influenced by Islamic art in North Africa…
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