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’. [...]

This week I was asked to help a very large corporation prepare a significant change management story for their organisation. They had heard of the emerging use of business stories and the power of stories in business change management processes but thought it might be too childish an idea. After all only children tell stories. [...]

Sometimes kids need a hand to with emotions to big and too complicated for a child to have to deal with and that’s where an innovative programme known as KidsXpress helps out. Let’s meet Margot Ward founder of KidsXpress a programme that offers a positive early intervention strategy rather than allowing the child to potentially [...]

Sandra Craig is manager of the National Centre Against Bullying (NCAB), an initiative of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation. Bullying is a complex and serious social behaviour with many faces, varying by age, gender and culture. It occurs in social situations where there’s a power imbalance and consists of repeated negative actions intended to distress [...]

We found this story on the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute website. Be warned – it’s very graphic. And very heartbreaking. It’s a story that needs to change. According to a recent report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) up to 50 million girls and women are missing in India’s population as a result of [...]

Post by guest blogger Judy Molland from Care2 Toody Maher is a woman with a dream. An artist and entrepreneur from Richmond, California, she looked around her neighborhood four years ago and decided that things had to change. Specifically, she saw a neglected, graffiti-ridden park in her neighborhood, an area that had become a dumping [...]

By guest contributor Sabrina Ferguson. Fraser Island in Queensland is a paradise for holiday makers with its long sandy beaches and deep aqua water, but it’s not a nice place to live if you’re a dingo. In fact, you’re in danger of being trapped and destroyed to accommodate the influx of tourists, according to local [...]

Earlier this year I saw something quite remarkable. It was called The Restore Tour, Child Soldier No More, living testimonies through song, dance and music of young people’s stories of forgiveness. This is a tale of the tragedy and the triumph of the child soldier and the greater community of northern Uganda, who have endured [...]