NEW: We're got exciting news... our board has confirmed Dewi Cooke (left) to be our new CEO. TSS’s Cate Coleman, meanwhile, takes up a new role as Philanthropy Executive to power up our fundraising for these very challenging times. @d3wic
Our annual winter #fundraising appeal has launched! Please consider a tax deductible donation, of any amount, to help build the digital skills of our talented students who come from refugee and new migrant backgrounds. 🙏🏻
Donate: https://t.co/1WLgDdHhb8
@TheSocialStudio is celebrating 13 years of ECA accreditation!
The Social Studio provides training and employment opportunities for people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds.
The Social Studio is proudly 100% made in Australia and accredited by ECA.
🚨 Undercover investigation finds workers in China making clothes for Shein, world’s biggest fast-fashion brand, are:
👗 Paid 3p per item
👚 Working 18-hour days
👙 Given no weekends + only one day off a month
@Channel4 findings shared with @theipaper:
https://t.co/rKma5ewuQU
The two female Iranian journalists who broke the story of #MahsaAmini’s death and her family’s reaction are now in jail, says @pressfreedom senior researcher @YeganehSalehi. “Both of those female journalists are currently in solitary confinement in Evin Prison.”
UK, 104-year-old Grace Brett, was a member of a band of guerilla knitters and was thought to be the oldest street artist/yarn-bomber in the world #UnravellingWomensArt
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Yvon Chouinard, who founded the outdoor apparel maker Patagonia and became a reluctant billionaire with his unconventional spin on capitalism, has given away the company. All Patagonia’s profits will now be used to fight climate change.🧵
https://t.co/22q91WK2Hz
Vale Jack Charles. Before he passed away, his family were able to send him off on Country during a smoking ceremony at the Royal Melbourne hospital. Uncle Jack died at the RMH after suffering from a stroke. His family have given permission for his name and image #vale
Let me tell you a story. This is Susan Lung. She taught me to read and write in a single year when I was 7 years old. I've been looking for Susan, hoping to thank her in person, for almost twenty years. And then she surprised me at my reading last night.
After 3 weeks reporting on the Ocean Viking search and rescue ship, I've hung up my lifejacket.
I'm taking a bit of time off now, but here's a recap of my reports. They aren't easy reading, but I urge you to take a look - not enough is known about what's happening in the Med.🧵
Today is World Refugee Day, an international day organised every year on 20 June by the United Nations, to celebrate & honour refugees from around the world.
For #WorldRefugeeDay we are celebrating 21 refugee artists & sharing their stories #WorldRefugeeDay2022
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