How can we use social media to promote social inclusion?

Check out this presentation from the Museum of London - How museums can promote social inclusion using social media.

http://www.slideshare.net/sounddelivery/museum-of-london-inclusion-prog-and-social-media

Challenging what it is to be a 'warrior'

A new partnership between Juvenile Justice and the Australian Museum is helping young people from Pacific communities build self-esteem by reconnecting with culturally significant artefacts.

For more information go to http://australianmuseum.net.au/BlogPost/Science-Bytes/Being-a-Warrior

City of Voices Community Theatre - Port Melbourne

The Port Melbourne Neighborhood House is a non-profit community based organisation that host the City of Voices Community Theatre. This program welcomes people of all ages and abilities.

Participants can learn performance skills and participate in quality theatrical performance.This year they are developing a range of exciting performance projects.

City of Voices Community Theatre

Grant Funding website

Looking for Grant Funding for that next creative project. Check out this website http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/community/

Footscray Community Arts Centre

http://footscrayarts.com/

This place is a buzz with a huge variety of arts programs for people from all ages and cultural backgrounds.

Their mission - to offer the diverse communities of Melbourne’s West a place and an opportunity for cultural expression, participation and exchange by working with artists, producers, teachers, students, community groups and cultural facilitators to build communities which are capable, inclusive and creative.
(taken from http://footscrayarts.com/about-us/about-us/)

OUT THERE - An international ideas exchange hosted by Glasgow's Open Museum

A wealth of information for museums and galleries comitted to social justice and cultural activism
http://openmuseumoutthere.wordpress.com/

Milk Crate Theatre

A brilliant example of an organisation demonstrating the art of social inclusion. Using theatre as tool to connect with homeless and marginalised person's,the Milk Crate Theatre is committed to creating original theatrical works that give a voice and a vision from those often lost and abandoned by the society they inhabit.

http://www.milkcratetheatre.com/index.html