West Papua Diaspora in Naarm, native forest protection, fashion sustainability advice, Palestine voices: Samah Sabani

Wednesday, 1 November 2023 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Wednesday 1^st November 2023

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7.10am Kal Angam Kal: Stories from West Papua illuminates the little-known history of exiled West Papuan Elders residing in Naarm through the unique lens of the community's youth. The exhibition features new film works, in which six young community members conduct interviews with their chosen Elders, and is the first film exhibition to tell the stories of the West Papuan community by the community in Naarm. Fijian Australian-born artist Yasbelle Kerkow collaborated with West Papuan artist Cyndi Makabory on the project. Xen Nhà from 3CR’s Women on the Line spoke to Yasbelle about the project and its evolution.

This is an edited segment from the interview first broadcast on Women On The Line on 30^th October. Women on the Line is produced in the studios of 3CR and airs every Monday morning at 8.30am. You can listen the full interview with Yasbelle here.

For more information and exhibition tickets visit Footscray Comunity Arts. Follow Kal Angam-Kal(link is external) on Instagram. Kal Angam Kal: Stories from West Papua debuts tonight 1^st November at Footscray Community Arts. Exhibition Dates: 1 November 2023—28 January 2024 / Launch Event: 4 November 2023, 3—5 pm (Auslan interpreted)/ Panel and Screening: 16 November 2023, 6—8pm

7.30am 3CR Earth Matters presenter Sean O’Shannessy talks with Felicity Wade from the Labor Environment Action Network about outcomes for our native forests at the previous ALP National Conference in Brisbane (Meanjin). This interview first aired on Earth Matters on 24^th September 2023. Earth Matters is a nationally broadcast programme produced in the studios of 3CR. It airs every Sunday morning at 11am.

7.50am Australian is second only to the United States when it comes to textile consumption, and is the world’s number one culprit when it comes to greenhouse emissions from fashion. Claudia speaks to University of Southern Queensland researcher Dr Rachael Wallis about the “lifestyles approach” to sustainable fashion and the importance of aligning our values with our consumer choices in order to reach net zero. Click here to read Dr Wallis’ article on this subject published in The Conversation. To access the Berlin-based Hot or Cool fashion report Unfit, Unfair, Unfashionable - Resizing Fashion for a Fair Consumption Space, click here.

8.10am Patrick speaks to Palestinian Australian-Canadian playwright, poet, scholar, and human rights advocate Samah Sabawi about the ongoing conflict impacting the people of Gaza.