Giving a Voice to
Rural Women WHEN WOMEN COME TOGETHER, GOOD STUFF HAPPENS. RIGHT?!
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o, when Amy Walker and Jaimie McMillan, two boss-babes on their small business journey in regional Queensland Australia, serendipitously connected, their spirits and vision aligned – and Creating Stories, a little workshop project, was born.
stories become visible – to those near and far.
Truth be told, it was a process of many, many a coffee-date, flurries of messages back and forth, and ultimately a shared desire to see locals connect and come together to creatively build a network that would see their little community and its many
“With our regions enduring a time of disconnect, and economic uncertainty for many small businesses based in these locations, I saw a need to energise the creatives locally and get them together so everyone could benefit.”
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“The purpose of Creating Stories is to provide an opportunity for women to gather, identify their why, their story, and translate that into imagery and media content,” said Amy.