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Manal Younus, Eritrean storyteller who now calls South Australia home shared the belief that language and stories are the very fabric of our existence. In Soulgen, we believe the same and thats why we got so excited when Core Community Services invited us to run a series of podcasting, interviewing and storytelling trainings to train people from refugee background to tell authentic stories from th...

Let's come together and celebrate young people in our communities during Youth Week 2021 with a special theme: "Together More than Ever". In this episode I'm presenting a few different youth-led events for Youth Week in South Western Sydney. See more details about the events in the links below: Future Proof: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/future-proof-welcome-event-tickets-148539871755 Heart of H...

Check out another brand new podcast for the series ABCD on the Go with Dimitrios visiting the Millers Point Farmers Market and interviewing local stall holders, community members, volunteers and young people about the positive ripple effects of a local, small, community- led market that supports local farmers and businesses while also creating a safe, inclusive and loving space where neighbors can...

Check out our brand new episode "Action Cures Fear" with Jahin Tanvir, Youth Advocate. Jahin is a 19-year-old student, speaker, writer, policy adviser and youth advocate whose key aspirations reside in providing equitable healthcare, meaningful youth advocacy and health research. With a penchant of being multifaceted, Jahin possesses a strong background in youth leadership and advocacy in leading...

Listen to this brand new episode about Civic Innovation & People-led Change with Amelia Loye. Amelia specialises in community and stakeholder engagement with deep expertise in digital engagement. She is passionate about representative open government, sustainable development and civic innovation. She has many years of experience across Australia, New Zealand and British Columbia, Canada helping go...

Check out this podcast episode interviewing Naz about the power of diversity for social change and progress. We also talked about systemic change, positive representation of people of colour or immigrant background individuals, struggle with diaspora identity, finding your place in a new environment, fluid identities and a holistic approach to race and identify. Enter in contact via email abcdfamt...

This is another episode for the series The PoWEr of CommUNITY with Dimitrios (host) interviewing Yvonne Daddow, Aboroginal Community Liaison officer at Western Power and Community Enthusiast. Yvonne talks about changing the stereotypes about Indigenous youth and providing opportunities to young indigenous people to move into managerial roles; the importance of inspiring confidence in young people...

Check out our new episode Communities are Changing the World with Dimitrios Papalexis from Soul Gen and special guest speaker Zizi Charida, Director Community Minds. Zizi has a wealth of knowledge, experience and wisdom when it comes to social justice through engaged and empowered communities. She doesn't shy away from challenging the status quo and provides a lot of examples of flipping the scrip...

Listen to this podcast about the Power of Youth Led Practice with Dimitrios Papalexis from SoulGen www.dimitriospapalexis.com interviewing Natalie Chiappazzo, Manager of Blacktown Youth Services Association (BYSA) https://www.facebook.com/BYSA2/about her 15 years of experience in the youth sector, the amazing youth led work they are doing at BYSA, challenges they have been through, assets and a gr...

This is a podcast episode with ABCD practitioner and host Dimtrios Papalexis, founder of SoulGen, a social enterpise specializing in Asset Based Community Development, Storytelling and Arts for Social Impact. In this episode Dimitrios shares 3 examples, stories of daring facilitation that highlight the importance of being open to surrender to the unknown, trust your intuition and let go of control...

Check out this special episode, part of the podcast series ABCD on The Go with Dimitrios Papalexis (host) and special guest speaker Kate Munro, passionate youth advocate and community development practitioner who has more than two decades of experience in the youth sector. Dimitrios is interviewing Kate about how to cultivate an attitude of gratitude during our challenging times and why is this im...

This is an episode for the ABCD On The Go podcast series where we dive into the topic of navigating difficult emotions. Dimitrios is interviewing Commmunity Development Practitioner Dean Quirk about his work with the community and practices he uses to navigate difficult emotions. Sign up to our newsletter to stay informed about new episodes and other amazing community, creative and healing initiat...