The Brave Discussion

By Guest blogger Sarah Corbett People sometimes ask me what is the biggest benefit of using craft as a medium for activism. I struggle to narrow it down to 20 benefits never mind one, but the first thing many people experience as a benefit of craftivism is that it is a form of ‘slow activism’. [...]

A Forensic Psychiatrist tells us how to prevent mass shootings. This interview dates back to 2009 and says it all. How is that we have yet to learn these lessons?   Nothing further needs to be said about removing the focus from those who strive for this sort of cruel and senseless notoriety. Instead let’s [...]

When you’re sick, you see the doctor. When you get a medical test it goes to the lab. When you need medicine, you go to the pharmacy. Or not. In many places in both the developing and developed world, these basic healthcare steps — getting from point A to point B — often don’t work. [...]

Children desperate enough to take their own lives. Something is really wrong…. Bullying today does not happen just at school – it happens on the streets of our towns, in our homes, at extracurricular activities, at camp, online and in many other places. In order for us to accomplish real change kids, parents, school staff, [...]

In 2002 when Belinda Collins began work in the media team of World Vision Australia, she knew very little about HIV and AIDS. With World AIDS Day approaching, her first assignment was to make AIDS, real to Australia, a country with a relatively small HIV infection rate of 19,000 people. Belinda says she kept staring [...]

Today’s post is dedicated to Gerry Tye who has opened my own eyes as to the importance of Bear Cottage and the need for the community to assist with raising funds for this facility. Bear Cottage is NSW’s only children’s hospice, located on the grounds of St Patrick’s Estate, right next to Manly Beach Sydney. It’s a [...]

Yesterday I saw a powerful presentation on the work of Vision Rescue, helping the street kids of Mumbai. Vision Rescue’s mission is rescue, feed, and educate these children. They are given nourishing food plus lessons in reading, writing and more, all onboard a bus. Vision Rescue has an insights tour coming up and I have [...]

We wrote earlier this month about little Talin Hawkin’s whose world was recently turned upside down when doctors diagnosed him with a brain tumor. This wasn’t just any tumor it unfortunately was found to be a high grade, stage 4 Pontine Malignant Glioma, situated in the brain stems. This is a very aggressive form of tumor [...]

We spend a lot of time on The Brave Discussion talking about inspiring women and yet not so much on those of us who are just doing life, focusing on raising our families and trying to give our kids the best opportunities we can. In essence nurturing our own backyards and raising the next generation. [...]

What stirs you passion? Environmental Concerns, Poverty, Political Injustice, Homelessness, World Hunger, Family Values, Work Inequalities? Health Activism? Educating Girls? Storytelling is a powerful tool for social, political and personal activism. Experiment with storytelling to activate and pursue your passion. Help a group a group to discuss their community stories and they in turn will discover the [...]