The exhibition Rohingya, Manus Lives Matter, Urban Agriculture, Coal Dust, Who's who in the Zoo and Civic Imagination

Wednesday, 14 February 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am


The exhibition Rohingya: Refugee Crisis in Colour opened at Footscray Community Art Centre last Thursday. The mood was celebratory but the intention of the exhibition was serious. We speak to people attending the exhibition opening and Rohingya refugee Habiburahman about his new book, First They Erased our Name.
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Manus Lives Matter Sister Jane Keogh is a Bigidine nun and a refugee advocate, co-founded Manus Lives Matter. She told us about how she became an advocate and her visit to Manus Island in October last year. 

Urban Agriculture Dr Nick Rose is a specialist in the emerging field of sustainable food systems and the related fields of food sovereignty and food security was on the phone to talk about Urban AgriculturalForum – 23ed to 24th of Feb.

Coal Dust Amelie Vanderstock from Narrabri-based Citizen Science group, Leard Forest Research Node, reports on citizen research on dust levels in the Maules Creek coal mine and Boggabri areas of Northern New South Wales. You can find them on Facebook 

 Who's who in the Zoo Loretta O'Brian  to talk to us about 3CR and Subscriber Drive and what it means to be a 3CR member.

Civic Imagination Dr Vincent Alessi Senior Lecturer, Visual Arts and Design spoke about the search for new civic imagination, and the importance of public art