A Recipe For Community Harmony Film Launch BYO (acr.) Bring Your Own (unclassified 18+) Saturday 1 March 2008 Melbourne The Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition Invites you to join us at our International Women's Day Out and 'A Recipe for Community Harmony' Film Launch BYO (acr.) Bring Your Own (unclassified 18+)
(funded by the Department of Planning and Community Development Office of Women's Policy - Women Creating Harmony Grant - developed and organised by the Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition)
**28/2/08 Only 20 tickets out of 170 tickets left - please reserve your seat (and any guests) now by completing the Recipe for Community Harmony Event Registration Form by 28 February 2008**
Do you know
Your best dish?
Your most moving food memory?
Your secret ingredient for community harmony? Would you like to hear stories ....stirred and shared by women? Between Friday 25 January 2008 and Sunday 27 January 2008, 11 women participated in a 3-day workshop in Seymour, regional Victoria. The 11 women who cooked and shared their recipes and stories of ‘community harmony’ were:
Caroline Lambert, Sheryl Furman, Clare Nugent, Lily Rosanna Fuentes, Nazife Sahin, Zelaikha Nurani Akram, Vienna Toma, Wendy Alexander, Margaret Majok, Nora Simkin and Melba Marginson.
They brought various diversity – cultural (Chilean, Malaysian, Filipino, Afghani, South African, Iraqi, Sudanese, Turkish and Anglo-Saxon Australian), religious, linguistic, sexuality, to the 'kitchen.'
They cooked their favourite recipes, brought their own ingredients and cooking pots, told stories of love, harmony, conflict and family around food, and came up with 'recipes' to solve some of the ‘conflicts’ they experience as women. They sang songs about food, community, life, struggles and country, they reflected on what they missed and the longings they have within them despite the busy lives they now live in Australia.
The workshop was facilitated by artist/director Catherine Simmonds, who effectively used creative drama to move the women into a re-enactment of their experiences. As expected, drama is a powerful medium for a group of women, especially when they are from non-English speaking backgrounds, as it allows all of the women to share and speak to each other without having to worry about whether they speak good English or not.
The short film documentary of the weekend workshop, directed by Riza Manalo Eteve, will be a 20 minute condensed version of the main themes from the weekend. At the launch, there will be an interactive discussion with the audience facilitated by Ms Simmonds and the women who took part in the weekend workshop. The conversations that started in the film will be continued on March 1, this time with hundreds of women. After the film screening, our audience will walk to the Queen Victoria Women's Centre where real food will be served, and the symbolic RECIPE FOR COMMUNITY HARMONY will be cooked. Certificates will be presented to women who completed the Get Skilled Training in 2007. Then it will be time for lunch and anyone who would like to can join in the dancing and fun.
This is one day of the year where you can also wear your favourite cultural dress and mix with other Victorian women and celebrate your cultural diversity! Enjoy your day out - and celebrate International Women's Day with us!
Program:
09:30am Arrival and meeting one another **PLEASE COLLECT YOUR TICKET AT THE BOX OFFICE - registered guests are guaranteed entry**
10:00am Aboriginal Welcome
10:15am Welcome Speech
10:30am Guest Speaker - Parliamentary Secretary Lily D'Ambrosio
10:45am Introduction to the Recipe project - Melba Marginson, VIRWC Executive Officer
**NO ADMITTANCE TO CINEMA AFTER 10:45AM**
11:00am Film Launch - A Recipe for Community Harmony - developed by 11 women from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds
11:20am Interactive discussion with the audience
12:00pm Women's Walk to Queen Victoria Women's Centre, to Level 4, 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (along Swanston Street)
12:15pm Certificate Presentation for all the women who completed the "Get Skilled" project last year (50 approximately)
12:30pm Lunch (light only) and dancing (if you wish)
Date: Saturday 1 March 2008 (for International Women's Day http://www.internationalwomensday.com)
Time: 9:30am - 1:30pm (includes light lunch)
Where: Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Cinema 1 from 9:30am to 12:00pm
Federation Square
Flinders Street
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Phone 8663 2200
http://www.acmi.net.au
AND
From 12:00pm to 2:00pm
The Victoria Room
Level 4
210 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
http://www.qvwc.com.au
Entry:
Free but you need to tell us that you are coming as there are limited seats and as the film has not been classified, you MUST register before the day.
Tax deductible donations welcome (please make cheques or money orders payable to the Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition Inc)
RSVP:
Please print and complete the Recipe for Community Harmony Event Registration Form and make sure it is received at our office by Thursday 28 February 2008. On the day, you can collect your cinema ticket at the ACMI ticket office where a VIRWC staff member will confirm your place. We cannot give out tickets on the day, you MUST REGISTER before the event.
Phone: (03) 9654 1243
Email: virwc @ virwc.org.au
For more information please contact::
Riza Manalo Eteve - Community Arts Officer
Email: arts @ virwc.org.au
Proudly supported by:
Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition
- maximise our potential
http://www.virwc.org.au
Department of Planning and Community Development
http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au
Victorian Multicultural Commission
- committed to fostering harmony and encouraging the full participation of Victoria’s ethnic communities with the social, economic and cultural life of our community
http://www.multicultural.vic.gov.au
Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union
- working together for better pay and conditions
http://www.lhmu.org.au
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
http://www.qvwc.org.au
National Council of Women of Victoria
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