Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Moreland
EDITION 17|31 MARCH 2022
THE MORELANDER The Mayor vvists our club (page 4)
YOUNG LEADERS
Hope and Nikita from Youth Projects and taking on leadership
talk about their life experience
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Award of Excellence for Club Bulletin 2018-2019
Moreland Rotary acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the eastern Kulin Nations on whose unceded lands we conduct our business. Moreland Rotary respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging. Moreland Rotary also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
Cover: supppkied by Youth Projects
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Hope and Nikita, Youth Leaders
It was a real pleasure to welcome Nikita and Hope from the Youth Advisory Group of Youth Projects. Both of them have been nominated by our club to take part in Rotary’s premier youth leadership program, RYLA, which was to run in March but now has been postponed to the end of the year. YAG activities focusses on youth mental health and youth engagement, as social anxiety amongst young people is a prevailing issue. Through the pandemic the YAG has grown in membership and many more young people are getting involved in all of their related activities. They have a voice. A direct result of their recently held Youth Mental Health Awareness Day during Youth Week was the formation of an art group. Hume City Council is so impressed with the YAG that they are now invited to reach out to their Hume young people. A snapshot of Hope & Nikita’s journey from school to where they are now is highlighted below: Hope left her school in Niddrie High after year 11 and came to YHOP. She spent her senior years in her safe space which was the school library. She loves reading and has amassed quite a collection of books. The School Librarian welcomed her continual presence and involved her in scanning and processing books. After leaving school, she learnt about Youth Projects. She completed their hospitality training course and worked at their onsite café. This has given her confidence to interact with people and now confidently speaks at most of their public events.
Nikita attended Fitzroy High School and completed Year 12. Her time at school was challenging both for her and her teachers. She was the ‘goth girl’ which fitted in well with the alternative program at FHS but not so when browsing and entering retail stores. This was the motivation for her to get a retail position and make a concerted effort to treat people with kindness and respect, irrespective of their outer appearances. An example of being the ‘change you want to see in the world’. Nikita applied for a 12 month traineeship position at Youth Projects which she has now completed. Ginetta & Wendy (Youth Projects) will offer her an ongoing position in the area of compliance, as her attention to detail and organizational skills are exceptional. Youth Projects won a substantial Vic Govt “Engage” Grant for $180,000 over a period of 3 years to deliver leadership and skill development, peer connection and celebration opportunities for Victoria’s young people. It addresses issues such as life skills, mental health and support for young LGBQTI people. The launch will be held next Friday at their Glenroy site. Youth Projects is moving from strength to strength and makes a powerful impact in the lives of young people with minimal funds…. We say a resounding thank you to all the staff at Youth Projects!!!
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TEXT: NIKITA AND HOPE'S PRESENTATION NOTES | IMAGSE: DAVID REDFEARN AND YOUTH PROJECTS
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Mayor of Moreland, Cr Mark Riley
Our club has a tradition of welcoming the Mayor of the day and it was no exception with the recent visit of Moreland Mayor, Cr. Mark Riley. Mark spoke first about the development of the council plan which will guide council programs and activities over a four year period and the current budget round. Both have had input from deliberative panels which are made up of a representative sample of local citizens. People from across the Moreland community put many proposals into to the council for consideration and the panel is a means of evaluating these and making recommendations to the council on how to spend money on behalf of the city.
The proposed name options will be presented at a Special Council meeting in the coming weeks, with a community Mark told us that a major issue has been on how the community consultation process to start soon afterwards is emerging from COVID and the many lockdowns. He spoke of Mark said that it represented two different ways of governing the trauma and the effects on general wellbeing in the between the traditional owners and their connection to country community as well as the effects on business in Sydney Road and elsewhere. There has been a real struggle to keep on top of vs that of western liberal democracy things. He then discussed the proposed name change for Moreland, a matter which was on his desk barely a couple of days into his term as mayor (he was elected unopposed). He explained how Council had received a letter from the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung elders requesting renaming Moreland due to the name’s association with a slave plantation in the Caribbean. The area was named after a Jamaican plantation, the estate of the grandfather of one of the original land purchasers - Dr Farquhar McRae - who had actually renounced slavery prior to arriving in Victoria. Most ot the land that is now Moreland was sold off within 5 years of Batman landing in Melbourne, and with no benefit to the local Wurundjeri. The holding was between the Merri and Moonee Ponds Creeks and extended from the present ring road as far south as Brunswick. An important part of the renaming process is to tell the local story of dispossession, which was swift and final.
Mark advised us that, once the name was adopted, a gradual phase in period for changes such as signage of the chosen new name will occur.
Every resident and business owner within Moreland will have the opportunity to provide their feedback on the options for names. The process will include a community education program that will encourage residents to dig deeper to understand the complexities of local history and how it impacts people today. After the community consultation process, expected to finish by late May, a Council meeting will then consider community feedback and choose a preferred new name for the municipality. The preferred new name will then be recommended to the Minister for Local Government for final decision.
The council made a Statement of commitment to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people in late 2021, and a small working group was set up to assist the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung For more information on the renaming decision and engagement process, visit the Conversations Moreland website and Council in the process.
TEXT: ADAPTED FROM CR MARK RILEY' S PRESENTATION | IMAGE: DAVID REDFEARN
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About Rotary
District Governor's Newsletter
"Our District, Our Voice" is the monthly newsletter of District Governor Anne Reid in 2021-22. There is a lot of information about the many Rotary projects and events across our District. Simply click here to read the latest edition Members of Rotary are part of a diverse group of community and professional leaders working to address community and international service needs and to promote peace and understanding throughout the world.
Rotary districts are a way of grouping a number of clubs in a particular geographic area. The area covered quite often crosses state and even international boundaries.
Rotary District 9790 encompasses the northern Rotary clubs receive a charter suburbs of Melbourne and from the worldwide organisation - stretches north and north east of Rotary International. Victoria to the Murray River and up into parts of NSW. A Rotarian belongs to a particular Rotary Club often near his/her For more information about home or work or sometimes Rotary District 9790, click here because of the club meeting time. THE MORELANDER
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Rotary Leadership 2021-22 Rotary International: President: Shekha Mehta(Susanne) , Rotary Club of District Governor: Anne Reid , Rotary Club of Alexandra Assistant Governor Group 2: Emma Davis, Rotary Club of Moreland Rotary Club of Moreland President: Emma Davis Club Service Roles 2021-22
President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Community Service Vocational Services Membership, International Service and Assistant Bulletin Editor Rotary Foundation Youth and Assistant Secretary Club Administration and Governance Environment and Bulletin Editor Australian Rotary Health Public Relations Club History Valued members Honorary Members
Emma Davis TBA Rosemary Freeman John Hoffmann Rosemary Freeman Brian Bennett Trevor Moyle Rosemary Freeman Silvana De Pretto Nino Galgano and Lee Garwood David Redfearn OAM Rosemary Freeman Russell Stuckey and Brian Bennett Nino Galgano Elly Gardner, Jo Connellan The Hon. Kelvin Thomson, Helen Bailey, John Awler, Richard McCarthy
District 9790 /Multi District Roles 2021-22
Assistant Governor, Group 2 and Director, 2023 Convention Host Organising Committee District Community Service Chair and Australian Rotary Health District Legal Officer District Bulletin Editor and Peter Toomey Community Police Award Shine On Awards
Emma Davis Rosemary Freeman Nino Galgano David Redfearn OAM Brian Bennett
WHEN AND WHERE WE MEET:
Moreland Rotary Club meets most Wednesdays at 7.30 for a 7.40 am start. We meet at the Sorrento Bar, 801 Sydney Road, Brunswick, 3056 HOW TO GET A COPY OF THE MORELANDER:
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Upcoming events and meetings A standing invitation exists for all readers of The Morelander to attend Moreland Rotary Club meetings and some of our other events. Please let us know if you intend to join us by ringing David Redfearn on 0448 852 747 or emailing on dredfearn@vtown.com.au (click on email address). Upcoming speakers/events
30 March: District Conference wrap up 6 April: Visit to Kevin Heinze Grow at Peppertrre Place in Coburg 13 April: Monthly Board Meeting (Chair: President Emma Davis 20 April: Club planning 27 April: Tassia Micheleas and Carolyn Wallace, Merri Health
Our Guest Speakers
Moreland Rotary Club invites speakers to our club both from our local community and further afield. They come from a wide range of backgrounds and are invited because they hopefully inform and stimulate our members and guests. We feel that this is of value in fostering a deeper understanding of our diverse community and even providing guidance as to the types of activites and projects our club may engage in. However the opinions expressed by our speakers do not necessarily reflect any official viewpoint of Moreland Rotary nor those of individual club members. Irrespective of this we always offer a warm Rotary welcome to all of our speakers.
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During the pandemic we met via Zoom on Wednesday mornings from 7.30-8.30 am but we NOW MEET in person at our usual venue (listed on page 7). You should contact us beforehand in case restrictions are in force but you can still join us on Zoom at any time and the link is below.
We always aim to have great guest speakers whether meeting in person or virtually! Why not join us one morning? Simply ring David on 0448 852 747 the day before to RSVP or go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3068589175 just before the meeting to join in.