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7:15AM // Bec Sogal, Wiradjuri woman and PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia) RAP (Reconciliation Action Plan) committee member and community champion, on the challenges of perinatal anxiety and the new online resources released by PANDA designed to provide critical education on perinatal mental health for First Nations communities.

7:30AM // Olive, activist and artist from Gumbaynggir Country, on forest defence activism and the latest action that stopped logging at Shea's Nob State Forest. Welcome, Olive.  To learn more about the campaign to save native forests, you can join Bellingen Activist Network on Instagram and Facebook.

7:45AM // Lu Lin, a talks producer at Triple R, on the importance of supporting community radio, independent media and the role of Triple R – our fellow community radio friends. The Triple R grid has over 60 diverse programs, and it’s the time of the year where they ask people to subscribe and donate.

8:00AM // Afifeh Saeidavi, an Iranian Arab woman, one of the more than 10000 refugees living in limbo without permanent visas, on the campaign for permanent visas that is going on round the clock outside the Department of Home Affairs. You can turn up and show your support anytime at 808 Bourke Street, Docklands.

8:15AM // Year 7 students at Footscray High School, Arrow, Anoushka, Archer and Jaspar, have created a podcast on sexism as part of a Community STEAM project on social justice. We play their first episode on why sexism is bad and how it affects the community. 

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Change is Coming - Emma Donovan