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Stories of young people changing their worlds:
youth activism, leadership, events & campaigns

Some stories of what young people have done to change their worlds:

 

  • Lyrric changes Taree's tune 12/11-1/12

  • Skaters Festival, Nambucca Valley Skaters Competition - Nambucca Heads 11/07

  • Moree Superstar - Moree 11/07

  • Cyber Bullying – It's a Crime! Media Campaign - North Coast - Listen to interview with John Laws about this project - large file 3.2MB wav format 11/07

  • Steering Young People Straight: Eurobodalla Shire Youth Committee road safety project used radio ads at key driving times and cinema advertising prior to every movie. 10/07

  • Black Dog: The Black Dog youth committee in Orange wanted to reach out to young people and parents with the aim to raise awareness of depression among young people. They aimed to do this by providing information on services available in the local government area of Orange at youth events. 2/07 Drawing of alcohol bottles and cans

  • Narromine alcohol awareness campaign: Narromine Youth Council have completed an alcohol awareness campaign that is a lot different from the usual youth campaign. Why? Because it's really local and relevant to the young people living in the region. They have created the campaign from the ground up. 2/07

  • photo of people getting on the Peace TrainPeace Train promoted community harmony in the wake of the Cronulla riots. Youth councils from Bankstown, Hurstville, Rockdale and Sutherland joined together to create event. 12/06

 

  • Young women on the BRINK: A group of teenage girls developed Moonshine, an educational DVD to get young people talking about underage binge drinking. 12/06

 

Painting from exhibitionWiradjuri Youth Kulture - Our faces, our places... this is our story: Aboriginal youth art exhibition) 10/06

 

 

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