Lilla: International Women's Movement - Showcasing "Ted & I"

You know, I've always had a a women empowerment in my bones so it doesn't stop me short from participating and involving myself in some fantastic movments that has emerged earlier this year. So come check out a selection of ICE digital stories made by women (and also one by me called "The Adventures of Ted & I") from Western Sydney on the 8 November at the Lilla International Women’s Network event launch “Walking Together” at the Mori Gallery. Guest speakers include Lillian Holt and Paula Abood.

I know you might think that this is for chicks only, but let me reassure you its not. So all the boys and girls please come along to this event on a nice Sunday afternoon.

Lillia is a project of the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education and was set up to connect women at the grassroots working for social justice. This exhibition “Walking Together” will showcase women’s creative responses to a range of issues they tackle in their every day lives. The event will also celebrate the official launch of Lilla: International Women’s Movement.

Date: Sun 8 November, 2009
Time: 4pm
Place: 168 Day St Sydney, Australia
RSVP: info@lilla.com.au

Lilla: International Women’s Network Creativity Workshop – 7th to 8th of March

What a fantastic initiative of an overnight retreat for a gathering of very exciting women and workshops. The skills and experiences of these women were very diverse, from painters, object artists, filmmakers, animators, poets, performer, writers, clowns all united to share a weekend together at Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains.

The event began with Candy B from Powerhouse Youth Theatre’s hip hop rap song making and that was a laugh. Candy B is such as powerful facilitator, so down-to-earth and such urban presence. I love her vocal games and abilities.

I was one of the 6 mentors on this ongoing project and presented on a workshop on Digital Storytelling. Due to technical difficulties, I had to low key it, using paper, crayons, markers etc… to create a workshop on the idea of Storycubes. I love storycubes and love the novelty of this kind of brainstorming. I also learnt that the process can be very emotional as well as insightful.

Boy…did I enjoy the atmosphere; the serenity; the peace; the air. Its all so fresh and everything is so …just ..ahhh…..green.

We enjoyed a good Vietnamese lunch and a great take-away Thai dinner with complimentary wine. I later took the chance to duck out in my Civic for a cruise around the mountains. No shops, scarce lighting and extensive bushlands is all I can sense.

Oh, did I also tell you that I forgot my luggage? Yeah, that’s right. I packed everything except my overpacked luggage. Thus I only have what I’m wearing on for two days. Of course, being practical and hygienic me, I hand washed my “under garments”, to be polite and hand ironed then to crisp dryness.

By the way, I’m based in Room 17 at the Hideaway Retreat on 50ish Railway Pde, Wentworth Falls. I feel quite guilty have a room to all myself. Two beds and an ensuite all to little old me! What a great International Women’s weekend!

Okies…I better get going now, time to iron my socks!