Community Research Newsletter | Feb 2020
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The Indigenous Criminologist: Addressing inequities of the NZ justice system
Join our March webinar to hear Dr Juan Tauri – a.k.a The Indigenous Criminologist – present on the challenges and opportunities for improving Māori justice outcomes, following the recent social sector reforms. These have the potential to make significant changes to allow for a more just system and society in Aotearoa.
11.00am NZ time, Thurs 12th March 2020. Book here.
Co-Design for Well-being
In our first webinar for 2020, Angie Tangaere and Dr Penny Hagen from The Southern Institute will discuss their work empowering whānau to be active participants in their well-being by leading co-design processes to develop systems and services that support their tamariki to have the best start in life.
11.00am NZ time, Mon 24th February 2020. Book here.
Tiriti-based futures + Anti-racism 2020
Tiriti-based futures and Anti-racism is an innovative online and offline, Tiriti-based, anti-racism and decolonisation event in Aotearoa 21st - 30th March 2020
Webinar topics include institutional racism, anti-racism and Tiriti stories, decolonisation, building Tiriti-based futures and transforming our constitution. Register here
2020 Australasia Pacific International Community Development Conference
Registrations are now open for the 2020 Community Development Research Conference, themed 'A local expression of a global movement', which will cover topics such as: Indigenous innovation, Community engagement and the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
20th-22nd April 2020, Whangerei, plus pre-conference workshops and field trips. Register here
INVOLVE 2020 - National Conference for Youth Health and Development in Aotearoa
Doing great mahi with, for or on behalf of young people in Aotearoa? Applications are invited from across the sector to present at this year's Involve conference – from anyone and everyone keen to share their insights and learning from practice and research, or expertise in capability building.
Apply to be a presenter by 21 February 2020 here.
17-19 August 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Tickets and more details here.
Watch the Recording: White Fragility - Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.
If you missed our most popular webinar for 2019, this is your chance to hear Dr Robin DiAngelo discuss how to better understand how we can engage and partner more effectively in cross-cultural dialogue, anti-racist action and change.
The Real Life of Us
The rapid growth that the Western Bay of Plenty area has experienced in recent years is reported to be putting pressure on services working to alleviate social issues such as family harm, drug and alcohol addiction, violence and abuse, poverty and mental illness.
SociaLink initiated this report to better understand the social issues in the WBOP in order to work towards attaining SocialLink's vision of a thriving social and community sector improving Western Bay of Plenty communities.
