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Run Against Violence Run Against Violence
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Listen, learn and talk - that's our route to ending family violence in our communities.
Each year, starting 30 August, 1000s of runners and walkers from around the globe come together in teams of up to 20 people to participate in the Run Against Violence Virtual Team Challenge. The teams race each other online for 19 days, covering a route of 1300km. This podcast captures the very personal stories of the event participants. These stories inspire us all to be better people and play our role in the prevention of family violence.
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The End. And It’s Only The Beginning
The party is over. Now that the Run Against Violence Virtual Team Challenge has finished for another year, we look back and reflect on the 2022 challenge and remember why it’s important to continue shining a light on domestic and family violence in our communities.
In this episode:
meet Colleen from the Tomaree Road Runners in our Team Spotlight,
hear return guests Sammy, Mark and Natalie share what they loved and learnt during the 2022 Virtual Challenge, and
listen as the co-founder of the Run Against Violence, Kirrily Dear, shares what she has learnt this year and what she is grateful for.
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Where Are They Now?
The first Run Against Violence Virtual Team Challenge was held in 2017. 5 years on, we speak with 3 of our original Team Captains, Margie, Ben and Belinda about why they are still passionately involved with the Run Against Violence and how conversations in their community have changed over that time.
In this episode:
meet Mayor Sharon Cadwallader from Ballina Shire Council, and
meet Melanie from the Newcastle Anglican Walk for Change and Peter Stuart, the Anglican Bishop of Newcastle, in our Team Spotlight.
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Amplify, Amplify, Amplify!
The Katherine Women’s Legal Service (KWILS) is a not-for-profit community legal centre based in Katherine in the Northern Territory that provides free legal services in the Katherine region. In fact, they cover an area the size of Victoria & Tasmania combined!
Siobhan Mackay is the CEO of KWILS and has a unique insight into the challenges faced by domestic and family violence victims, and the support services available to them, in remote and regional communities (and our First Nations and Indigenous women in particular).
Also in this episode, you'll meet Belinda from the Dead Ringers in our Team Spotlight.
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Love Bites
Run Against Violence partners with the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) to help ensure that every teenager in Australia has the opportunity to learn about what healthy relationships look like for them. Over the last 2 years, the RAV has donated $200,000 to NAPCAN to enhance and expand its Love Bites program (and 100% of funds raised in 2022 will be donated too).
Madelene McGrath is the National Stakeholder Manager and NAPCAN and Dr Brenda Dobia is an Adjunct Fellow, with the School of Education at the Western Sydney University and has worked with NAPCAN for many years to adapt, expand and develop Love Bites. Today they join us to talk about Love Bites, including how the money raised by RAV has and will be used to expand and enhance the program.
In this episode:
meet Mayor Greg Williamson from Mackay Regional Council, and
meet Michelle from the Warrandyte Mum Runners Trailblazers and Warrandyte Mum Runners Legends in our Team Spotlight.
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Behind the Scenes
The co-founders of Run Against Violence, Kirrily Dear and Brad Smithers, return today to lift the lid and take you behind the scenes of the Run Against Violence. Together they share the financial report for the 2020 - 2021 Financial Year.
In this episode:
hear Kirrily outline the history of the partnership between the Run Against Violence and the National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) and how RAV has supported their Love Bites program over the last 2 years,
hear Brad share the future plans for Run Against Violence
meet Mayor Tom Kennedy from Broken Hill City Council, and
hear from Renae from BMMC3 in our Team Spotlight
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Leading From The Front
How do we change our way of life, one conversation at a time? Today we’re joined by two women - Kathy Kelly and Jane Caro - who have, in their own ways, played a pivotal role in changing the culture in our community in different ways.
Kathy Kelly is mum to Thomas and Stuart Kelly and in 2012 received that phone call every parent dreads. Thomas had been killed after an unprovoked and fatal attack at Sydney's Kings Cross. Four years later their younger son, Stuart, took his own life. Both boys were 18 years old. After Thomas was killed, Kathy and her husband Ralph began speaking started speaking about their experience, which gathered community support leading to widespread changes around alcohol-fuelled violence.
Jane Caro is a Walkley Award winning columnist, author, broadcaster, documentary maker, feminist and social commentator. She shares her views on how the language and stories we share need to change if we are to see an end to domestic and family violence in our community.
In this episode:
hear Kathy share the role that conversations played in changing our culture around alcohol-fuelled violence and why it’s important to talk about difficult topics with and in front of our children
Hear Jane explain how the messages we give men and women, as well as young boys and young girls, reinforce our existing culture,
hear from Beth from Social Walkers in our Team Spotlight.
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