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1 - Sisters Of Invention - Aimee Crathern talks to Kim by Kim Stewart

Sisters of Invention are a nationally acclaimed all-female pop group with disability who push the boundaries and show the world that anyone can make music. Based in South Australia, the five singers perform original songs and wow-crowds with their unique sound. Their music is unexpected and surreal, and it puts disability voices and faces firmly in the pop-culture landscape. Their 2014 debut single, “This Isn’t Disneyland” was added to QANTAS inflight entertainment and the music video screened at the UN headquarters in New York. They are performing at the Choice, Passion and Life event, celebrating 70 years of the organisation working with people with cerebral palsy in Queensland.

The Brisbane Women’s Community Radio Training Project was organised to help balance gender bias in Community Radio, and to empower women who may not be able to access community radio training and volunteering by usual pathways. The project was run by Kim Stewart, Maddie Watt, Lucy Czerwinski and Elena Black. Each episode is 60 minutes and includes music. Episode 1 - Getting to know you In this first episode of the Women On The Edge Series CJ talks to the diverse range of women who signed up for a rollercoaster ride into community radio! CJ is a multimedia producer who is a big picture thinker! Episode 2 - Food Not Bombs Please! In this episode we meet Alison Maclean, who is new to radio production. Alison explores the history and work of Food Not Bombs in Brisbane where for over a decade they have been feeding the homeless with food that would otherwise go to landfill, while creating community. Alison is a disability advocate and member of the Whoopeedo Crew writing and singing songs. Episode 3 - Wh

The Brisbane Women’s Community Radio Training Project was organised to help balance gender bias in Community Radio, and to empower women who may not be able to access community radio training and volunteering by usual pathways. The project was run by Kim Stewart, Maddie Watt, Lucy Czerwinski and Elena Black. Each episode is 60 minutes and includes music. Episode 1 - Getting to know you In this first episode of the Women On The Edge Series CJ talks to the diverse range of women who signed up for a rollercoaster ride into community radio! CJ is a multimedia producer who is a big picture thinker! Episode 2 - Food Not Bombs Please! In this episode we meet Alison Maclean, who is new to radio production. Alison explores the history and work of Food Not Bombs in Brisbane where for over a decade they have been feeding the homeless with food that would otherwise go to landfill, while creating community. Alison is a disability advocate and member of the Whoopeedo Crew writing and singing songs. Episode 3 - Wh

The Brisbane Women’s Community Radio Training Project was organised to help balance gender bias in Community Radio, and to empower women who may not be able to access community radio training and volunteering by usual pathways. The project was run by Kim Stewart, Maddie Watt, Lucy Czerwinski and Elena Black. Each episode is 60 minutes and includes music. Episode 1 - Getting to know you In this first episode of the Women On The Edge Series CJ talks to the diverse range of women who signed up for a rollercoaster ride into community radio! CJ is a multimedia producer who is a big picture thinker! Episode 2 - Food Not Bombs Please! In this episode we meet Alison Maclean, who is new to radio production. Alison explores the history and work of Food Not Bombs in Brisbane where for over a decade they have been feeding the homeless with food that would otherwise go to landfill, while creating community. Alison is a disability advocate and member of the Whoopeedo Crew writing and singing songs. Episode 3 - Wh

The Brisbane Women’s Community Radio Training Project was organised to help balance gender bias in Community Radio, and to empower women who may not be able to access community radio training and volunteering by usual pathways. The project was run by Kim Stewart, Maddie Watt, Lucy Czerwinski and Elena Black. Each episode is 60 minutes and includes music. Episode 1 - Getting to know you In this first episode of the Women On The Edge Series CJ talks to the diverse range of women who signed up for a rollercoaster ride into community radio! CJ is a multimedia producer who is a big picture thinker! Episode 2 - Food Not Bombs Please! In this episode we meet Alison Maclean, who is new to radio production. Alison explores the history and work of Food Not Bombs in Brisbane where for over a decade they have been feeding the homeless with food that would otherwise go to landfill, while creating community. Alison is a disability advocate and member of the Whoopeedo Crew writing and singing songs. Episode 3 - Wh

The Brisbane Women’s Community Radio Training Project was organised to help balance gender bias in Community Radio, and to empower women who may not be able to access community radio training and volunteering by usual pathways. The project was run by Kim Stewart, Maddie Watt, Lucy Czerwinski and Elena Black. Each episode is 60 minutes and includes music. Episode 1 - Getting to know you In this first episode of the Women On The Edge Series CJ talks to the diverse range of women who signed up for a rollercoaster ride into community radio! CJ is a multimedia producer who is a big picture thinker! Episode 2 - Food Not Bombs Please! In this episode we meet Alison Maclean, who is new to radio production. Alison explores the history and work of Food Not Bombs in Brisbane where for over a decade they have been feeding the homeless with food that would otherwise go to landfill, while creating community. Alison is a disability advocate and member of the Whoopeedo Crew writing and singing songs. Episode 3 - Wh

The Brisbane Women’s Community Radio Training Project was organised to help balance gender bias in Community Radio, and to empower women who may not be able to access community radio training and volunteering by usual pathways. The project was run by Kim Stewart, Maddie Watt, Lucy Czerwinski and Elena Black. Each episode is 60 minutes and includes music. Episode 1 - Getting to know you In this first episode of the Women On The Edge Series CJ talks to the diverse range of women who signed up for a rollercoaster ride into community radio! CJ is a multimedia producer who is a big picture thinker! Episode 2 - Food Not Bombs Please! In this episode we meet Alison Maclean, who is new to radio production. Alison explores the history and work of Food Not Bombs in Brisbane where for over a decade they have been feeding the homeless with food that would otherwise go to landfill, while creating community. Alison is a disability advocate and member of the Whoopeedo Crew writing and singing songs. Episode 3 - Wh

The Brisbane Women’s Community Radio Training Project was organised to help balance gender bias in Community Radio, and to empower women who may not be able to access community radio training and volunteering by usual pathways. The project was run by Kim Stewart, Maddie Watt, Lucy Czerwinski and Elena Black. Each episode is 60 minutes and includes music. Episode 1 - Getting to know you In this first episode of the Women On The Edge Series CJ talks to the diverse range of women who signed up for a rollercoaster ride into community radio! CJ is a multimedia producer who is a big picture thinker! Episode 2 - Food Not Bombs Please! In this episode we meet Alison Maclean, who is new to radio production. Alison explores the history and work of Food Not Bombs in Brisbane where for over a decade they have been feeding the homeless with food that would otherwise go to landfill, while creating community. Alison is a disability advocate and member of the Whoopeedo Crew writing and singing songs. Episode 3 - Wh

The Brisbane Women’s Community Radio Training Project was organised to help balance gender bias in Community Radio, and to empower women who may not be able to access community radio training and volunteering by usual pathways. The project was run by Kim Stewart, Maddie Watt, Lucy Czerwinski and Elena Black. Each episode is 60 minutes and includes music. Episode 1 - Getting to know you In this first episode of the Women On The Edge Series CJ talks to the diverse range of women who signed up for a rollercoaster ride into community radio! CJ is a multimedia producer who is a big picture thinker! Episode 2 - Food Not Bombs Please! In this episode we meet Alison Maclean, who is new to radio production. Alison explores the history and work of Food Not Bombs in Brisbane where for over a decade they have been feeding the homeless with food that would otherwise go to landfill, while creating community. Alison is a disability advocate and member of the Whoopeedo Crew writing and singing songs. Episode 3 - Wh

The Brisbane Women’s Community Radio Training Project was organised to help balance gender bias in Community Radio, and to empower women who may not be able to access community radio training and volunteering by usual pathways. The project was run by Kim Stewart, Maddie Watt, Lucy Czerwinski and Elena Black. Each episode is 60 minutes and includes music. Episode 1 - Getting to know you In this first episode of the Women On The Edge Series CJ talks to the diverse range of women who signed up for a rollercoaster ride into community radio! CJ is a multimedia producer who is a big picture thinker! Episode 2 - Food Not Bombs Please! In this episode we meet Alison Maclean, who is new to radio production. Alison explores the history and work of Food Not Bombs in Brisbane where for over a decade they have been feeding the homeless with food that would otherwise go to landfill, while creating community. Alison is a disability advocate and member of the Whoopeedo Crew writing and singing songs. Episode 3 - Wh

Kim talks to Jas Rawlinson, founder of Brisbane's domestic Violence Memorial and local author of a new book “Reasons To Live: one more day, every day” telling stories of 10 Australians who considered self-harm, and what they did to overcome depression and move ahead with their lives. You can get a copy of Jas' book here: https://jasrawlinson.com/

Jane Gray is a chef and coordinator of Chefs Who Care in Newmarket and neighbourhood breakfast at New Farm. Chefs Who Care is a free service that makes meals for domestic violence survivors out of a kitchen in Newmarket. We’ll be talking to Jane about what motivates her and what you, the listeners, can do to help Chefs Who Care or the join in the New Farm Neighbourhood Breakfast. Contact Communify to volunteer! https://communify.org.au/chefs-who-care-one-year-anniversary/

My Disability Matters is an online community for people with a disability their family members, friends and carers, and by people who work in the disability sector. Kim talks to Dale Reardon, founder and powerhouse behind the growing community. From their website: "Living with disability can be lonely and very challenging. Despite over ONE BILLION people worldwide living with disability, many do not have access to the information and resources they need that could improve their lives. Many do not feel a sense of community. Founder Dale Reardon has been blind for almost 30 years, since the age of 17. Dale has created MDM to address the isolation and marginalisation often felt by people with disability. MDM provides news and information to the disabled community, along with a social network for discussion, peer support and friendship." https://mydisabilitymatters.com/

PWDA is a national peak body for advocacy policy and research in Australia. We talked to Frances Quan Farrant, Policy Officer about what PWDA do and their research plans. For more info: http://www.pwda.org.au

There are many myths in our society about LGBTIQ parenting. For more than 15 years, researchers have explored these ideas and found that our children do just as well as children in heterosexual households. Many leading child welfare, psychological and child health organisations have issued statements declaring that a parent’s sexual orientation is irrelevant to his or her ability to raise a child. Kim talked to Holly Zwalf from Rainbow Families Queensland, a community group helping LGBTIQ families with parenting, fertility and solidarity in their parenting journey, and an event that occurred on July 22nd, 2018. http://www.rainbowfamiliesqld.org/

In 2017 Kim Stewart conducted research as part of a doctorate of Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology to discover the experiences of people with a disability who had been involved in community radio. ABSTRACT Listening to the views and experiences of people with disabilities is a key process in realising increased participation of people with disabilities in community radio in Australia. Accordingly, the stories of community radio producers with disabilities provide the foundation for this research. This four part documentary series is the creative output of research conducted as two related projects. This project (n=19) used practice-led research and purposeful listening to answer the question: “What factors empower or are barriers to participation by people with disabilities in community radio?” The experiences of research participants with a disability and their allies who have volunteered in Australian community radio were recorded in semi-structured interviews and referred back t

In 2017 Kim Stewart conducted research as part of a doctorate of Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology to discover the experiences of people with a disability who had been involved in community radio. ABSTRACT In Australia, the community radio sector is supported by public funds to ensure that diverse voices from the community are heard. However, despite one in five Australians having a disability (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012) there are few people with a disability in the sector. People with a disability (PWD) face many challenges in having a voice in the media, including social, economic and political barriers, but also cultural and institutional barriers (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2016; 2009). This qualitative practice-led action research study examines the experience of 19 PWD, and their supporters, who have participated in community radio in Australia. In addition to the expected difficulties with physical access to radio station buildings, the research found th

In 2017 Kim Stewart conducted research as part of a doctorate of Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology to discover the experiences of people with a disability who had been involved in community radio. ABSTRACT Listening to the views and experiences of people with disabilities is a key process in realising increased participation of people with disabilities in community radio in Australia. Accordingly, the stories of community radio producers with disabilities provide the foundation for this research. This four part documentary series is the creative output of research conducted as two related projects. This project (n=19) used practice-led research and purposeful listening to answer the question: “What factors empower or are barriers to participation by people with disabilities in community radio?” The experiences of research participants with a disability and their allies who have volunteered in Australian community radio were recorded in semi-structured interviews and referred back t

In 2017 Kim Stewart conducted research as part of a doctorate of Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology to discover the experiences of people with a disability who had been involved in community radio. ABSTRACT Listening to the views and experiences of people with disabilities is a key process in realising increased participation of people with disabilities in community radio in Australia. Accordingly, the stories of community radio producers with disabilities provide the foundation for this research. This four part documentary series is the creative output of research conducted as two related projects. This project (n=19) used practice-led research and purposeful listening to answer the question: “What factors empower or are barriers to participation by people with disabilities in community radio?” The experiences of research participants with a disability and their allies who have volunteered in Australian community radio were recorded in semi-structured interviews and referred back t