Awesome to kick off 2023 with a fun SECNA meetup to catch up with friends and make new ones while exploring the topic of social justice.
Thanks to everyone who was able to make it… thanks to Greg and our SECNA CEO Kylie for organising and hosting… and thanks to our great panellists Greg Hodgkinson, Tirrania Suhood & Mel Flanagan for their insights – it was great to see you all again. It was also great to hear from a bunch of social enterprises about their wins and things coming up.
The start of another big year for social enterprise in Australia. Come join us.
After 2+ weeks in Thailand, it feels good to be back home on Gadigal Country
Meetup Announcement
Thursday, 2 February 2023 @ 6pm. Canva Space, Sydney
Welcome back to the new year, its 2023, a year full of anticipation and excitement for what lies ahead. How do we get past that yearly discussion and division around 26th of January that clouds the start to every year. What does it mean to us all?
As we approach World Social Justice Day in February, how do we come together as individuals, organisations, and as a nation to achieve social justice for everyone?
At SECNA we know, its important to understand, respect, and all play our part in supporting people from all walks of life to be able to come together and achieve social justice in Australia. That’s why we’re here – to support amazing social enterprises doing just that every day.
Come along to our 2 February meetup to hear from a great panel as they explore how we can really make a difference and come together as a collective to achieve social justice in Australia and hear what they are doing to achieve this. Grab your ticket now!
Our meetups are about having fun and enjoying each other’s company while sharing and learning from each other. We start with about 45 minutes of networking before getting into the content. It’s a way to make new friends, stay connected with old friends, and the focus is on bringing the community and ecosystem together.
We also want social enterprises attending to share some exciting things happening in your organisations this year, and in particular discuss how we can help you achieve these great things.
Our first meetup of the year starts at 6pm in person at Canva Space in Surry Hills and includes drinks and snacks. We welcome people to join us online and that will kick start at 6.45pm.
Speakers
Greg Hodgkinson
Founder of First Innovators
Tirrania Suhood
Founder of InCollaboration
Tirrania is the founder of InCollaboration, which joins with others to strengthen collective wisdom and capacity for local resilience and systems change. She is also the lead catalyst and convenor of Sydney Commons Lab, part of a global commons movement to strengthen community agency and ways of operating that support caring for each other and our Earth.
Her current work has been informed by the many years that she led a small community organisation in Western Sydney, tackling social issues. Her ability to see patterns and recognise context enabled her to engage people and networks to take on big picture systemic challenges while working to strengthen the local.
Mel Flanagan
Founder of Nook Studios, Social Justice Advocate/Designer/Storyteller
Mel is a transparency, social justice, environmental, and open government advocate – with a background in storytelling and film making. She is the founder of Nook Studios, a Sydney based research, content, and design company.
Nook designs revolutionary content, information services, and collaboration tools to bring complex data, concepts, legislation, and decision-making processes to life in an engaging way for community audiences.
Mel and the Nook crew are dedicated to improving public access to the information, making civic technology and data meaningful so people can participate in issues that impact them. Nook works with governments, international NGOs, civil society and First Nations community organisations.
Mel is on the steering committee of Publish What You Pay Australia, a global movement of over 1000 organisations who work across natural resources, extractive industries (mining, oil, and gas) and energy transition transparency.
MakingOpen.org is Nook’s project to support and connect global social justice and open movements using visual design and stories.
Sponsors
Thanks to Canva Space for their generous support as the venue and refreshments sponsor. Proudly supported by City of Sydney.
