“The Social Justice Group has an interesting history. It arose out of a number of groups that were operating before 1995 focusing on Anti Bias issues. 1995 was the ‘International Year of Tolerance’ and a number of people within these groups were invited to get together to organise a conference addressing related early childhood issues within the ‘International Year of Tolerance’. The conference was a huge success, though more importantly, those of us who were part of the conference organising committee (Betty Hopson, Leonie Arthur, Kerryn Jones, Sandra Cheeseman, Louise Brennan, Chris Legg, Anthea Hotten) found that we really enjoyed working together. We were like minded people that had particular views around social justice issues and so we felt inspired through the organisation of the conference. At the completion of the conference we had a wrap up session where we wanted to evaluate the conference…and that’s how the group began”
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The 2009 Conference, held at the new venue of Redfern Community Centre on Saturday 28 March, was a great success. Attendees enjoyed excellent presentations and indepth discussions throughout the day.
Public Lecture - Stress and Babies in Childcare
In May, a public lecture will be given by Professor Margaret Sims, on stress and babies in childcare. The event is sponsored by Community Child Care, Semann and Slattery and the 1:4 Make it Law Campaign, and hosted by the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University. The details are:
Date: Tuesday 13 May
Time: 6.00 – 7.30pm
Where: Building E7B, Lecture Theatre 4, Macquarie University
RSVP: Rebecca Clifford, 8922 6420, Rebeccaclifford@ccccnsw.org.au
The flyer for this event is below. The lecture is free.
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This year, we are able to post items and information that came out of our conference on the website. For names and affiliations of people featured in the photographs above, run the mouse over each image and a text box will appear with information about each photo.
Watch the space below, as presenters’ slides and notes will be posted here, as well as the notes SJIEC members took on the day.
NSW Anti-Homophobia Interagency Conference: "That's So Gay"
Who: For teachers, students, education lecturers, student welfare workers and counsellors, parents, health workers, youth workers and other interested parties.
Date: Wednesday 16 April 2008
Time: 9.00am – 4.30pm
Where: NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, 23-33 Mary Street, Surry Hills NSW
Lunch and refreshments will be served throughout the day
What: Keynote presentations will touch on key themes, which will be explored further in a range of workshop streams that will run throughout the day
More information contained in the Conference Flyer below.
SJIEC participation in Mardi Gras 2008!
Members of the Social Justice in Early Childhood Group first participated in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in March 2001. This year, SJIEC entered a walking float in the 30th Anniversary of the Sydney Mardi Gras parade. More images are contained in the download below.
Quality Assurance 2007 - 'Overhaul' News
The closing date for responses to the ‘Draft – Guide to the Standards’ was 31 October 2007. SJIEC has submitted a response which can be downloaded from the link below.
Sexuality and social justice: keeping the debate going
Sue Grieshaber, August 2001