Engageme

Next Tuesday evening, April 29^th, Get Up is inviting all Australians to ‘start a conversation and begin the process of turning reconciliation into reconcili-action.’

All Australians… Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous… are invited to attend or even host Reconciliation GetTogethers, where they get to yarn about reconciliation and “build a united country from the grassroots up.”

The process is simple… just enter your postcode, or look at a map, to find the closest GetTogether!

Everything at Get Up is simple… And effective….And able to add value to classroom discussions and experiences. 

Where politics and politicians might fail to inspire young people or offer meaningful platforms for democratic participation… GetUp! can step in and allow – through user-friendly and colorful multi-media-messages – opportunities to engage in conversation and action. 

Alongside providing digestible snippets and links to important information and news… It also provides users with opportunities to CHOOSE to engage in active citizenship, to hear and be heard on campaigns of importance and interest to them.

Fiercely and politically independent, it has played a significant role in many political success stories including increased funding to the ABC and also the thwarting of the Howard Government’s attempts to re-instate its policy of detaining children. 

Another powerful tool and space for youth… and run by youth… is Vibewire.  Again, a non-profit and non-government media organisation, Vibewire is designed to provide young Australians with a forum where they can comment on matters pertinent to their lives.

It’s simple to join and then submit articles, blogs, images, and video or podcasting material in true Web 2.0 style!

The opportunities through both these sites – to add vibrancy and participation to the classroom and beyond… (and meet many competencies) are limited only by choice!