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Communities in Control Conference 2009 CRISIS, CATASTROPHE, COMMUNITY: REBUILD, RENEW, RECHARGE Monday 15 & Tuesday 16 June 2009 Melbourne, Australia PLUS: PRE-CONFERENCE SKILLS DAY Sunday 14 June 2009 Fundraising, Advocacy & Evaluation: How to use indicators to produce compelling evidence- based proposals Co-Convened with: Communities in Control ourcommunity.com.au One of the 16 Knowledge Centres of: Crisis, Catastrophe, Community: Rebuild, Renew, Recharge In times of physical, environmental and economic hardship, community organisations become more important than ever, providing a safety net for the injured, the grieving, the traumatised, the jobless, the homeless, the vulnerable; giving people a place to recover, to belong, to heal; providing help, support, hope, empathy and light relief. As Australia reels from the shock of calamities from bushfires to floods to global economic turmoil, a new world is emerging. There will be challenges for many people, and for community organisations – but also opportunities. HOW WILL THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY SECTOR REACT? • What lessons must be learned from the events of recent months that have at times plunged our world into chaos? • How can we build the resilience and creativity necessary to rethink our approaches to social, environmental and economic development as we learn to adapt to new ways of doing and being? • How can we develop the visionary leadership in communities that is necessary to drive these new approaches? • How can the community sector, business, government, academia and the media come together to pursue solutions to the complex problems before us? • What do we need to do now, today, to become the modern, dynamic, flexible organisations we need to be in order to open ourselves to new ways forward? JOIN THE COMMUNITIES IN CONTROL MOVEMENT! Play a part in the development of solutions to the most challenging questions of our time. Come together with the leaders of communities across Australia, along with local, state and federal government officials, business leaders and all those who think about or care about Australian communities. OUR COMMUNITY Our Community is a world-leading social enterprise that serves as the national gateway for Australia’s 700,000 community groups and schools, providing a one- stop shop for practical resources, support and linkages between community networks and the general public, business and government. CENTACARE CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES Centacare Catholic Family Services is a co-convener of Communities in Control. The organisation provides services to assist those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged with a focus on prevention and greater social inclusion through the promotion of opportunity and advocacy for fairer social structures. Keynote Speakers PROFESSOR MICK MAJOR DAVID WENDY HARMER BRETT DE HOEDT CATHERINE DODSON AM ELDRIDGE DEVENY Professor Mick Major David Eldridge Wendy Harmer is an Brett is a media Catherine Deveny Dodson AM has is the Chair of the author, playwright, trainer and the is a comedy writer, spent decades at the National Youth Com- broadcaster, and founder and stand-up comedian, forefront of justice mission Inquiry into one of Australia’s self-proclaimed and a regular and and reconciliation Youth Homelessness best known humour- Mayor of Hootville often controversial efforts in Australia. – a best practice ists. A veteran of the Communications, opinion columnist in A Yawuru man, Prof. citizens’ advocacy Edinburgh, Montreal a PR agency that The Age newspaper. Dodson provides a initiative that has and Glasgow- serves not-for-profit Catherine’s voice living example of won plaudits for Mayfest festivals, clients. Before ranges from polemic the Communities its efforts to force Wendy has also starting Hootville, to compassionate, in Control this long-standing worked extensively Brett worked as from joke writer ethos through issue into people’s in London, America a print journalist, to speech writer, his thoughtful, consciousness and Ireland. talk radio host from stand-up to uncompromising and push for real, Along with her and publicist with sermons, from and inclusive sustained change. continuing comedy media organisations cultural terrorist to efforts to create The campaign projects, Wendy including Truth, cultural therapist. understanding was highlighted is an ambassador New Idea, Channel She’s nothing if not between all through the highly for Interplast, an 7, ABC TV and versatile. Catherine Australians and acclaimed ABC international health radio 3AK. Brett has been named pursue justice for documentary The and humanitarian is a true believer in the Top 100 his people. The Oasis, which aired organisation, in community Most Influential 2009 Australian during Youth Week and is currently causes, community Melbournians – and of the Year, who 2008. A Salvation a member of the organisations, and called a serial pest, is a self-described Army officer for National People the people who a professional pain “persistent more than 28 years, with Disabilities choose to support in the bum, and a bugger,” has served Major Eldridge has and Carers Council, them. Alongside left-wing Andrew in a variety of been instrumental whose main his PR work, he is Bolt. Love her or challenging and in overseeing goal is to advise also involved in a hate her, it’s hard to highly sensitive the Salvation the Australian range of community ignore her. roles at community Army’s support Government on the organisations, level, with for communities development of a including the Centre governments, global recovering from national disability for Sustainability NGOs and academia. disaster. strategy. Leadership. * Communities in Control 2009 Pratt Fellow. Keynote Speakers THE HON. CLARE MARTIN JONATHON PROFESSOR RICHARD JOAN KIRNER AM WELCH LEN SYME WATSON Joan Kirner cut her Clare Martin is Jonathon Welch Professor Len Syme Richard Watson is a teeth in community the CEO of the has combined his is the world-leading futurist and author activism in school Australian Council profound belief epidemiologist and who advises the and parents’ of Social Service in equality and authority on the UK Government organisations and the former inclusion with his central importance on innovation and before being elected Chief Minister deep love of music of communities scenario planning. to Parliament in of the Northern to create and in creating health The founder and 1985. While making Territory. Clare was head up some of and wellbeing. Prof. publisher of What’s her mark as a key elected to the NT Australia’s best- Syme received Next, a quarterly parliamentarian and Legislative Assembly loved community a PhD in Medical report on global Minister, Joan never in 1995, becoming choirs.One of the Sociology from Yale trends, Richard also lost touch with the Opposition Leader in finest tenors of University in 1957 writes for a number grassroots, playing 1999 and the Chief his generation, and his work has of publications an instrumental role Minister in 2001. Jonathon began been instrumental including Fast in activities such She was both the his singing career in showing that Company. His book, as the formation of first female and with the Victoria to improve health Future Files: A the first Landcare first Labor Party State Opera in 1984 and wellbeing, History of the Next groups, and key candidate to win and has performed people must have 50 Years (Scribe, educational reforms this office. Reforms with some of the control over their 2007), has been aimed at promoting during her term world’s most own community translated into 12 social inclusion. included repealing highly acclaimed organisations and editions worldwide. Joan became of controversial singers, directors networks. Prof. Richard believes Victoria’s first mandatory and conductors. Syme is currently that the future has female Premier in sentencing laws These days he is Professor of already arrived, 1990, taking over and introduction best known as the Epidemiology with many people at a time of deep of freedom of high-profile director and Community adapting to new crisis. Since leaving information of the newly named Health (Emeritus), circumstances Parliament in 1994, legislation. Clare led Choir of Hope and University of by rejecting she has remained an her team to another Inspiration, a choir California, Berkeley. globalism for a new active community election victory that has taken the sense of localism, * Communities advocate and in 2005 before marginalised into in Control 2009 and a return to champion for the resigning as Chief the mainstream. International community. disadvantaged Minister in 2007. Pratt Fellow. Also featuring: · The Honourable Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs · The Honourable Peter Batchelor MLA, Minister for Community Development · Heloise Waislitz, Chair, Pratt Foundation · The Wunsyaluv Dancers · 2009 Westpac Australian Community Idol · The Oasis: Australia’s Homeless Youth (ABC documentary) · The Jack and Robert Smorgon Victorian · Merv Neal, laughter yoga practitioner Children’s Community Awards MONDAY 15 JUNE 2009 The Program 8.00-9.00 Registration, Tea & Coffee 9.00-9.30 Welcome RHONDA GALBALLY and FR JOE CADDY, Co-convenors Performance by THE WUNSYALUV DANCERS 9.30 – 10.15 Opening The Honourable JENNY MACKLIN MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) 10.15 – 11.30 The Community Effect: How networks and connection can help keep people safe and healthy in troubled times Professor LEN SYME, PhD, Professor