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I like to watch how communities change and evolve.
#CommunityMatters #BetterFutureMindset #community #society #future

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I love seeing communities change and evolve.
#CommunityMatters #LeadershipMatters #BetterFutureMindset #community #society #future

#CommunitySupport

🧽Best car wash EVER!

All proceeds go to supporting the Malden High Girls Volleyball Team🏐

🚗Drop by if you are in the area. They are at MHS behind the CVS on Ferry St and Eastern Ave in Malden.

Wishing them the best of success in all of their endeavors✨

#northshorema #volleyball #volleyballlife #communitymatters #photography

Original toot date: 28 April, 2023

Long (but important) read.

Earlier this week, I met with Cr. Borg, who was generous enough to give me the entire afternoon to discuss the concerns I have in our community. Top of the agenda was Disability, but I also discussed issues regarding coviding, the arts and Indigenous history.

Read the full story here 👇

https://tinyurl.com/CrBorgMeeting

#WeAreBrimbank #Brimbank #Disability #neurodiversity #indigenoushistory #indigenousculture #murruptamboore #StillCOVIDing #coviding #communitymatters

Original toot date: 17 March, 2023

#FlashbackFriday - Black Saturday Bushfires.

Back in 2009, Victoria suffered one of the most significant bushfires it had seen to date...I signed up to volunteer at a donation centre in Wallen...there is always that one interaction that sticks with you. For me, it was a mum who had come in with her toddler.
...
This woman...pulled me into an embrace and cried softly into my shoulder so that her child could not hear her.
...
We do not need to know someone to help them. We do not need to experience their trauma to sympathise with them. We do not need to understand them to be there for them. We do not need to have anything in order to give.
...
When we start seeing what the community can do for us and stop seeing what we can offer to our community, the community loses something special. We all have the ability to make our world a little better for our community. Will you share your time, your heart, your smile with your community?

*The photo below was the certificate sent to me by the Mayor of Whittlesea. I didn't know I was getting it, nor did I expect to receive it and though I am grateful for the recognition, I am more thankful that I was given the opportunity to help others and feel like I was really doing something that mattered to the community.

FULL STORY HERE 👇
https://tinyurl.com/FFBSB

#community #communitysupport #communityspirit #communitymatters #communityfirst #communityassistance #communitygiving #BlackSaturday #bushfires #wallen #whittlesea #WeAreBrimbank

Original toot date: 29 January, 2023

On January 26, I had the opportunity to speak with Mayor of Moonee Valley Council Pierce Tyson, Cr. Rose Iser and Moonee Valley City Council CEO Helen Sui, about Indigenous healing and how we can be more sensitive to our First Nations people on January 26.
We also discussed a local project I have been wanting and proposing for several years and Mayor Tyson was gracious enough to invite me to send him my proposal, in the hope that he may be able to advocate for it on my behalf (watch this space). Both Cr. Iser and Ms. Sui were encouraged by my enthusiasm to create local change for indigenous peoples, and were incredibly supportive and enthusiastic.
I also had an opportunity to speak with Niddrie Greens candidate Declan McGinness, where we discussed how collaboration not politics, will see the most positive changes for our communities come to fruition.
I thank all of these wonderful people for their warm hospitality and genuine care in what I had to say.

#MooneeValley #communitymatters #communityengagement #indigenousrights #alwayswasalwayswillbe #AboriginalLivesMatter #January26 #invasionday #DayOfMourning #survivalday #AustraliaDay

Hello everyone! !

I believe that the kindness and respect for others aee the cornerstone of this community. Where everyone treats others with empathy, engage in constructive conversations, and be open to different perspectives.
#SocialConnections #communitymatters #Mastodon

Hello my fellow #fediadmins,
Do you try to reach out to your inactive members ?

#fedipoll #fedimod #fediverse #fediAdmin #CommunityMatters

Long (but important) read.

Earlier this week, I met with Cr. Borg, who was generous enough to give me the entire afternoon to discuss the concerns I have in our community. Top of the agenda was Disability, but I also discussed issues regarding coviding, the arts and Indigenous history.

Read the full story here 👇

https://tinyurl.com/CrBorgMeeting

#WeAreBrimbank #Brimbank #Disability #neurodiversity #indigenoushistory #indigenousculture #murruptamboore #StillCOVIDing #coviding #communitymatters

Food for thought:

If Twitter is going to be a conservative hellhole, maybe Mastodon should be an oasis of care for our fellow human beings?

We can do what our supposedly representative governments won't.

Action instead of talk - we can do it!

#SettlerSaturday #MutualAid #MutualAidMonday #CommunityMatters #Native #Indigenous #NDN #BIPOC #NativeMastodon #IndigenousMastodon #BlackMastodon #Decolonize #Indigenize #LGBTQ #LGBTQ2S #2S

Thank you everyone for help with https://Woodpecker.social instance expenses!

Also #SettlerSaturday helpers!!!

Whether boost or pay, we all need each other!

#CommunityMatters

Honestly, I think Mastodon has the capacity to be a driving force in #MutualAid. If we can save journalists, how much more so our online neighbors?

I'm pretty focused on strengthening #SettlerSaturday for #Native & #Indigenous people, but maybe non-Native/Indigenous can run with a #MutualAidMonday?

The news you have been wanting to hear. I have finally got an answer for you all regarding fares for users of the new East Keilor/Keilor Park/Airport West station..

FARES WILL BE AT PUBLIC TRANSPORT RATES!

Minister Jacinta Allen has advised:
"While fares to the airport on Melbourne Airport Rail are expected to be comparable to other airport services across Australia, stations along the route not traveling to the airport will be in line with the existing metropolitan / regional fare structures."

I have attached the letter in full for your consideration. Thank you to everyone who supported me in my campaign for community transparency. I have replied to Minister Allen with my message of thanks for providing me with this information.

Also, thank you to Minister Ben Carroll MP for forwarding my email to Minister Allen.

#communitypower #communitymatters #communityfirst #Community #mooneevalley #brimbank #srl #arl #publictransport #victoriasbigbuild #publictransport #melbourne #keilor #eastkeilor #keilorpark #airportwest #melbourneairport #niddrie

#FlashbackFriday - Black Saturday Bushfires.

Back in 2009, Victoria suffered one of the most significant bushfires it had seen to date...I signed up to volunteer at a donation centre in Wallen...there is always that one interaction that sticks with you. For me it was a mum who had come in with her toddler.
...
This woman...pulled me into an embrace and cried softly into my shoulder so that her child could not hear her.
...
We do not need to know someone to help them. We do not need to experience their trauma to sympathise with them. We do not need to understand them to be there for them. We do not need to have anything in order to give.
...
When we start seeing what the community can do for us and stop seeing what we can offer to our community, the community loses something special. We all have the ability to make our world a little better for our community. Will you share your time, your heart, your smile with your community?

*The photo below was the certificate sent to me by the Mayor of Whittlesea. I didn't know I was getting it, nor did I expect to receive it and though I am grateful for the recognition, I am more thankful that I was given the opportunity to help others and feel like I was really doing something that mattered to the community.

FULL STORY HERE 👇
https://tinyurl.com/FFBSB

#community #communitysupport #communityspirit #communitymatters #communityfirst #communityassistance #communitygiving #BlackSaturday #bushfires #wallen #whittlesea #WeAreBrimbank

@TeaSipper The annual accounts of registered charities have to be examined by an independent person before they are filed. Income over £500k has to be audited. You can pay an accountant to do your Independent Examination, but I have volunteered to IE this charity for free. #communitymatters

On January 26, I had the opportunity to speak with Mayor of Moonee Valley Council Pierce Tyson, Cr. Rose Iser and Moonee Valley City Council CEO Helen Sui, about Indigenous healing and how we can be more sensitive to our First Nations people on January 26.
We also discussed a local project I have been wanting and proposing for several years and Mayor Tyson was gracious enough to invite me to send him my proposal, in the hope that he may be able to advocate for it on my behalf (watch this space). Both Cr. Iser and Ms. Sui were encouraged by my enthusiasm to create local change for indigenous peoples, and were incredibly supportive and enthusiastic.
I also had an opportunity to speak with Niddrie Greens candidate Declan McGinness, where we discussed how collaboration not politics, will see the most positive changes for our communities come to fruition.
I thank all of these wonderful people for their warm hospitality and genuine care in what I had to say.

#MooneeValley #communitymatters #communityengagement #indigenousrights #alwayswasalwayswillbe #AboriginalLivesMatter #January26 #invasionday #DayOfMourning #survivalday #AustraliaDay

Since everyone appears to be doing intros...

I'm an #ActuallyAutistic and #ADHD generally stateless being, existing somewhere in the pacific north west, and a few years into my post-late-diagnosis journey of gathering sufficient data to identify what happy means to me and what I need to do to achieve it.

My pronouns are it/she (as in use it/its/she/her interchangeably but I prefer the version that doesn't also assume humanity), I identify more heavily with the #voidpunk movement than I do humans after a lifetime of dehumanization by abusers and NT society, and have been leaning into existing as an energy state rather than attempting to be something I cannot for a reason as inconsequential to me as societal expectation to fit into a neat box.

I do tech by day, and make music by night when I am not also doing tech by night.

I'm glad I finally joined Mastodon. And I'm extra glad I found neurodifferent as a server to join via.

One of my struggles with twitter that I never figured out - and which meant that I rarely if ever used it, except to avoid the stupid popup telling me I needed to log in to keep scrolling to something I'd link clicked on - was the sheer volume of NT bullshit that was there, and would run like an unavoidable oil slick into any search or feed. Interacting with them (even passively) isn't particularly good for my well-being, so I make a habit to stay away from most social media as a result.

Having this individualized approach where everyone on a given instance happens to have a significant overlap in their venn diagram has been so incredibly liberating. Clicking on local and seeing only ND voices is so calming and uplifting, and feels safe, which is rare on the internet.

I deeply believe we are stronger as a #collective and I've been working on adopting as many people into my extended circle as I can IRL to reduce the alienation we all feel.

Thanks @squish for making this thing a thing, the hard work is appreciated.

#communitymatters

RT @STARprojPaisley
Thank you so much @ScotlandExcel - this makes such a difference to our community #CommunityMatters #GiftOfGiving https://twitter.com/scotlandexcel/status/1600812569627078656

RT @CommunityIndeps@twitter.com

Thanks for the fantastic response to our Zoom event tonight! We're looking forward to seeing many of you online.
There's still time to register and be in the chance to win one of our lucky dip prizes!
https://events.humanitix.com/what-does-putting-community-at-the-centre-of-politics-look-like
#communityindependents #communitymatters

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CommunityIndeps/status/1599974051443011592

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595535360863395842?t=Sp5Z74gMdB-LLanzNW3aJA&s=19
...
Mr. Musk,
These aren't the droids you're looking for...
🤓👋
https://youtu.be/GO_xfR64qSk
#twitter #future #LeadershipMatters #CommunityMatters

💙🐦 There are other types of birds in the universe.
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#twitter #remotework #digitalnomad #futureofwork #CommunityMatters #LeadershipMatters #future #success