[Reader-list] Youth mobilisation in Australia

[Dee Jefferson]

Hi
- as a young Australian i have very much enjoyed "lurking" in this list  
and discovering what other members are doing in their parts of the  
world - things that i am interested in, but unaware of until now.
I really appreciate lists like these which connect ideas and different  
perspectives - it's one of those points where your world suddenly  
expands *POP*!

So to share something from Aus: an organisation i work for is currently  
running an "E-festival" - online festival of ideas. Vibewire Youth  
Services is non-profit youth media organisation, mostly run by  
volunteers. It exists to create online and offline forums for youth  
expression - on everything from politics to the arts, poetry, personal  
musings...
I hope this is an appropriate link to share: i just thought that  
perhaps people would be curious to see what is happening in our corner  
of the independent media world.

See below:

The Vibewire.net e-Festival
is now in progress at http://www.vibewire.net/efestival
{http://www.vibewire.net/efestival}.

The e-Festival runs till MondayApril 18 and features more than 50  
guests across 9 panels, giving you
unprecedented opportunities to engage in discussion with some of
Australia's and the world's most interesting people including Nancy
Soderberg, former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Robert
Greenwald, Director of the documentary Outfoxed, Peter Wintonick, the
current Adelaide Thinker in Residence and international editor for
Canadian film magazine POV and Craig Silvey, author of the acclaimed
novel Rhubarb, chosen as the “One Book” of the recent Perth
International Arts Festival.

Rather than sitting in a stuffy room,
nodding off to the dull monotone of an academic reading verbatim off
their research report, the e-Festival is a dynamic, lively party.  
Everyone, expert or non-expert, is able to take part in
conversations, share ideas and offer perspectives and insight not
only into the issues themselves, but how you can do something about
them.

If you’re a writer or emerging artist you should definitely
check out the panels in the Creative Juices theme. Here’s your chance
to talk directly with the Australia Council and Australian Film
Commission about how to get funding, with young writers like Craig
Silvey about how they got started, with publishers and literary
agents about what they look for and with a variety of experts from a
range of artistic practices on how they promote and distribute their
work.

The festival is focused around three themes which each contain
three panels:


GLOBAL ISSUES:
{http://www.vibewire.net/2/index.php? 
option=com_content&task=view&id=8999&Itemid=57}
- **Nancy Soderberg, Adam Ma'anit, Tim Colebatch, World Vision, Alan
Wu +more*
*Panels ::* we're rich, they're poor, so what? // global democracy vs
global dominance // green becomes grey

CREATIVE JUICES:
{http://www.vibewire.net/2/index.php? 
option=com_content&task=view&id=9000&Itemid=57}
- **Peter **Wintonick**, **Australia** Council, Craig Silvey, Stewart
Ferris, Ember Swift +more
Panels ::* inspiration, perspiration & publication // strut your
stuff // dollars and sense

MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY:
{http://www.vibewire.net/2/index.php? 
option=com_content&task=view&id=9001&Itemid=57}
-* *Robert Greenwald, Julian Morrow, Andrew Leigh, Margo Kingston,
Nick Moraitis +more*
*Panels ::* seen but not heard // virtual campaigning // headline
fever?


See you at the e-Festival! /Vibewire / ----


Dee Jefferson
Reelife Short Film Festival
Festival Director
www.vibewire.net/reelife

Dee Jefferson
Reelife Short Film Festival
Festival Director
www.vibewire.net/reelife
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