16 Songs For 16 Days of activism to stop violence against women + Bonus track download & launch details

December 9, 2011 Jim Steps

Melbourne Citymission has teamed up with CASA House (the Centre Against Sexual Assault) and the YWCA in an exciting project working with young people to create music with messages against violence towards women. A CD entitled ‘16 Songs for 16 Days‘ will launch at Federation Square today at 2pm. The CD launch is part of ‘16 Days of Activism’ – an international campaign calling for an end to violence against women, which runs for 16 days from 25th November to 10th December 2011. The project has had a major focus on running workshops for young people who are interested in … Continue reading 16 Songs For 16 Days of activism to stop violence against women + Bonus track download & launch details

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Australia’s top hip hop artists unite to speak for multiculturalism  

April 18, 2011April 18, 2011 Jim Steps

Australia’s top Hip Hop artists, including hip hop legend Hau of Koolism and international award winning slam poet and rapper Omar bin Musa, have come together to speak out against the recent attacks on multiculturalism.   In a hip hop video specially recorded in support of the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA), the four artists of diverse cultural backgrounds (Malaysian, Indian, Greek and Tongan Australians) expressed their personal take on the recent issues.   FECCA is the national peak body representing multicultural Australians. FECCA has been inundated with responses from communities and leaders across Australia about recent articles in … Continue reading Australia’s top hip hop artists unite to speak for multiculturalism  