Imagine you’re the new girl in town on your first day of high school. After travelling around Australia for a year, you’re feeling positive about settling in one place and making friends. Imagine your delight when the first girl you meet invites you to sit with her friends at recess. Imagine that by lunchtime, your […]
In her poem, “What They did Yesterday Afternoon”, often quoted after tragedy strikes, Warsan Shire asks the ‘whole world’ where it hurts – and it answers, ‘everywhere’.* The world is hurting. If we’re honest, it’s been hurting for a very long time, but last Friday that pain become much more difficult to ignore. It’s not […]
In a world where the media is full of tragedy, fake news and trolls, I love hearing stories about people making a real difference in the world. I’m especially encouraged when those stories involve young people. That’s why I want you to meet 13-year-old Patrick Gleeson, who’s helping serve up justice for children forced into […]