Sharing young women's stories...inspire, action,vision

Sharing Young Women’s Stories: Inspire, Action, Vision

 
Equality Rights Alliance is celebrating 100 years of International Women's Day in 2011 and we want you to be a part of it!
 
Our International Women’s Day Project is called "Sharing young women's stories: Inspire! Action! Vision!". The project is designed to roll out in three phases:
1.       We want to share stories of inspiring women, past and present
2.       We will create an online space for young women to take action and discuss their views and thoughts on Body Image and Women’s Representation. See http://iwd.equalityrightsalliance.org.au for a sneak preview or what’s to come....
3.       We will also work with young women to be part of a vision for change in an action to change society’s and media representation of women – for the better.
 
In the first phase of our project We want to share stories of inspiring women, past and present. Who are the women that inspire you? Who were the women that inspired you when you were younger? Who are the women that inspire you now you are older?
 
All you need to share is:
·         An inspiring woman
·         300-400 words about her
·         If possible , we’d love to also collect images. This might be an image of the inspirational woman...or an image that reflects how you have been inspired.
 
Submit it to https://iwd2011.wufoo.com/forms/era-iwd-who-inspires-you/ Only submissions sent via the form will be accepted.
 
To help us get our project rolling , please make a submission by Friday 17 December 2010. Any queries or for assistance, please contact Garmisch Riley, our International Women’s Day Project Officer: era.admin@ywca.org.au, ph 02 6175 9926
 
We also have produced a beautiful bookmark for our project. See attached, and please let us know if you would like us to mail some hardcopies to you.
 
Can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
 

School students free to speak their mind

NSW school students free to speak their mind
Locusts, vegetables, flowers and the country versus the big smoke debate, will be the hot topics when Years 5 to 10 students speak their minds in a bid to win cash prizes in the LandLearn NSW Speech Spectacular.
Industry & Investment (I&I) NSW education officer, Carolyn Smith, said the competition is open to students across NSW with first-round entries closing on Friday, December 17.
“Students should record their two-minute speech as an MP3 file which can be sent on disk or emailed to I&I NSW,” Ms Smith said.
“They can submit entries as individuals or as a team of up to three students in one of three categories – Years 5 to 6, Years 7 to 8 and Years 9 to 10.”
Topics which the young speakers have been asked to address are:
Locusts do more harm than good
It is better to plant a potato than a rose, or
Working in the country is better than working in the city.
Speeches from the top eight performers in each category will be published by I&I NSW and they will be invited to compete in the grand final to be held at the NSW Beef Spectacular on March 16, 2011 at the Dubbo Showground.
Winners in each category will receive a $500 prize, with $250 for the runner-up placings.
Rising star awards, $100, will also be presented to talented speakers.
The LandLearn NSW Speech Spectacular is sponsored by I&I NSW and The Land newspaper.
Students and teachers can get entry forms and more information about the free competition from LandLearn NSW, http://www.landlearnnsw.org.au/ or by contacting Carolyn Smith, (02) 9872 0136 or
landlearn.enquiries@industry.nsw.gov.au
Check out last year's winners on the Landlearn website

RAS $25,000 question

The RAS Foundation is again offering young people in rural and regional NSW the opportunity to secure $25,000 to deliver a new and innovative community project.
 
Applications for The $25,000 Question are now open. To enter, simply tell us how you would use $25,000 to address a need in your local community.
 

For the first time, this year’s grant will be open to all young people under 35 years.  (In the past it has been limited to The Land Sydney Royal Showgirl or Rural Achiever entrants.)
 
As an applicant you must identify a need in your local rural or regional community, come up with an idea to address this need, and partner with a community organisation to create a project plan.
 
It is easy to apply. See the website for details: www.rasf.org.au
 

Applications close on 14 January 2011.
 
Please contact the RAS Foundation on 02 9704 1234 or foundation@rasf.org.au with any questions.