Loose Change - Conversations about social change Daniel Scoullar

Daniel talks to Margherita about ILGA World, Inclusive Rainbow Voices, photography, being a gold medalist and how far we have come (and still need to go) around LGBTIQ+, disability, gender and cultural equality - and the intersections between them.

Margherita is a vibrant change agent, with a diverse range of skills and interests relating to workplace diversity and inclusion, as well as in the training arena. She is an experienced manager of diversity and inclusion projects with government, business, social justice organisations and the wider community.

This episode was recorded on 17 August 2022 and broadcast on 28 February 2023.

Daniel talks to Morgan about the growing lived experience and peer support movements and some of the current challenges and opportunities for the practice of consumer participation within organisations and systems. She shares her thoughts on a wide range of topics and offers a range of resources for people who want more.

Morgan is a social innovation trainer and consultant, as well as the Senior Manager Youth Engagement at Berry Street where she leads the Y-Change initiative. Find out more about Morgan’s work here: www.linkedin.com/in/morganleecataldo

This episode was recorded on 23 August 2022 and broadcast on 18 January 2023.

Resources mentioned:

Understand and reckon with power (personal and structural)
Lukes and Gaventa – Three Faces of PowerMaya Goodwill – Power Literacy ToolkitVeneKlasen and Miller – Power as a positive force
Understand systems thinking and value different ways of knowing, being and doing

Donella Meadows – Dancing with SystemsNora Bateson – Warm DataPaul Callaghan and Uncle Paul Gordon – The Dreaming Path
Understand the impacts of personal and systemic trauma

Gabor Mate – The Myth of NormalGood Therapy – Systemic traumaJudy Atkinson – Trauma Trails
Use creative and alternative communication methods

Noterie Abrams & Jerrod Schwarz – Make Blackout Poetry: Activist EditionPoetry Foundation – Poems of Protest, Resistance, and EmpowermentWe Al-li – Dadirri

Daniel talks to Maria about academia, activism, allyship and (nearly) everything under the rainbow, including building up a new organisation, tracing her Southern Italian heritage and watching a generation of LGBTIQ+ activists grow and flourish as agents of change.

Maria is an academic, author and activist specialising in the study of gender, sexuality and intersectionality. She is an Honorary Fellow at Deakin University and a member of its Gender and Sexuality Studies Network and LGBTIQ+ Network.

This episode was recorded on 3 May 2022 and broadcast on 8 August 2022.

Daniel talks to Gerard about long and winding careers, personal re-invention, attitudes to ageing and elder abuse - as well as how we can understand people's different life experiences and the music of Bob Dylan.

Gerard is Victoria's Commissioner for Senior Victorians and Ambassador for Elder Abuse Prevention.

This episode was recorded on 7 April 2022 and broadcast on 22 June 2022.

Daniel talks to Harriet about finding her voice and place in the world, the highs and lows of politics, her career as a lawyer, and the importance of friends, family and animals when times are tough.

Harriet is a lawyer, Labor Member for Eastern Victoria, and Parliamentary Secretary for Creative Industries, Equality, Water and Digital Government.

This episode was recorded on 11 April 2022 and broadcast on 18 May 2022.

Daniel talks to Dan Stubbs about his journey from Macleod Tech to become Victoria's first Disability Worker Commissioner - with international development work, running community legal centres and continuous advocacy for disability inclusion along the way.

Dan is a lawyer, former community sector CEO and the Victorian Disability Worker Commissioner.

This episode was recorded on 7 October 2021 and broadcast on 15 December 2021.