Developing Ourselves
These articles share lessons we have learned developing ourselves as an organisation, reflecting on our history and experiences in cross-cultural community engagement.
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I can still remember sitting with Jon and Alex, drinking coffee and talking about the beginning of what is now Amplifying Voices. It’s hard to believe that 9 years have passed. Since that time, I’ve watched in amazement at God’s provision of people, money and blessings.
COVID19 has highlighted the vital role of communication for disseminating health and hygiene advice in a crisis, and for building cooperation across diverse populations. Although we have had to adapt working practices to observe physical distancing, community-centred media remains our primary tool in responding to Covid19. We have also provided some emergency funding so our partners…
Johnny Fisher “… you’re still on mute! …” If I could have a pound for every time I hear that phrase, I could probably fund our projects many times over! Love them or hate them, free Zoom webinars quickly established themselves in March this year as a means for organisations to contribute in the prevailing…
We’ve been looking through HCR’s archives and have asked our founder, Dr Ross James, to explain the story behind photos that mystify us ‘young ‘uns’. By Ross James It comes as something of a shock to walk into a museum and discover something that you used displayed as an historical object. It was 1991. There,…
The HCR network uses the Chinese pictogram “ting” (to listen) to help explain what we call community-centred media (CCM).
Reconciliation week is one of great importance, for both Indigenous (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) and non-Indigenous Australians. The biggest milestone for reconciliation was the 1967 referendum, where an overwhelming amount of the non-Indigenous population voted ‘Yes’ to the end of official discrimination and the promise of full and equal citizenship. This was a…