Consent education in schools, Charlotte Laurasia Raymond, Open Table Melbourne, and real race talk on Q&A

Tuesday, 21 August 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am
Tuesday Breakfast August 21st

7.00 am  Acknowledgement of Country

7.05 am  News headlines  

7.15 am  Rena and Katie join us in the studio from Empowered Together, a consent education program for schools. We discuss how to have conversations around consent with young people, the role of social media and what needs to change to address the prevalence of sexual assault 
 
7.30 am   Hang Do, chairperson of Open Table, joins us to talk about Open Table's initiative to combat food waste, food insecurity, and a lack of community connection in suburbs around Melbourne.  

7.45 am  Charlotte Laurasia Raymond, a Melbourne poet who uses poetry to explore identity, joins us to talk about her work and her upcoming appearance at the Melbourne Writer's Festival's 'Sunday Salon'.

8.00 am  Alternative news: The team discusses a recent episode of ABC's Q&A, screening on 20 August 2018, and the implications of frank conversations about race on mainstream television.  

Songs

artist: Tirzah
song: Devotion (feat. Coby Sey)

artist: Janelle Monae 
song: Django Jane


artist: M.I.A 
song: Bad Girls
 
artist: Bic Runga 
song: Sway
 
artist: The Clash