Jen, our Creative Director, and Carl, our Executive Producer, will regularly post discussion points and talk about issues related to media empowerment education and capacity building through digital media for marginalized communities.

Coorong, SA April 2013

Media Release April 21, 2013
‘Tom Trevorrow passes away’
It is with considerable sadness that we announce the passing of Mr Thomas Trevorrow at the age of 58 years from a heart attack at his office at Camp Coorong, Meningie.
Mr Trevorrow was a strong and proud Ngarrindjeri man and a leading advocate for Aboriginal Rights in Australia. He worked throughout his life to better the relationship between Indigenous and non-indigenous people and to support the advancement and recognition of the Ngarrindjeri People. With his wife Ellen, Tom worked for 30 years to develop program’s like the Ngarrindjeri Lands and Progress Association and Camp Coorong that fostered and supported Ngarrindjeri culture, arts and tradition, such as weaving. Tom shared with Ellen a commitment to enriching the life of the Ngarrindjeri community and ensured this focus was integral to the development of the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority. He worked closely alongside his brother, Mr George Trevorrow and his Ngarrindjeri brother, Mr Mathew Rigney.
Tom Trevorrow was highly respected by all for his wisdom and insight into Aboriginal matters and a key leader in advancing Indigenous issues. His contribution to asserting the position of Aboriginal People and its proper relationship to Governments and non-Indigenous people was significant at state and national levels. His reputation as an Indigenous leader and educator was internationally recognised. He was a sought after speaker by political leaders at all levels of government, by universities, local councils and community organisations. Mr Trevorrow was highly respected for his spiritual and cultural life. He was a person of great honesty and personal integrity. He will be sadly missed by many people.
Tom Trevorrow believed strongly that the relationship between Indigenous and non-indigenous people needed healing. He felt that the government did not consistently act in a meaningful or respectful manner in its dealings with Indigenous People. This was particularly the case when issues of power and control of government were being challenged by Indigenous People. Mr Trevorrow believed that the original promises of a just settlement in the 1836 Letters Patent for South Australia needed to be followed through by the State Government and that a treaty needed to be negotiated between Indigenous People and the State Government. He thought that a treaty would be a powerful healer of the pain felt by Aboriginal People in their daily lives and would provide justice to those who had passed without knowing it, and provide a proper platform for those Indigenous People living in the future.

FUNDING PARTNERS: Indigenous Cultural Support, Office for the Arts, Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport; Australia Council for the Arts; Arts SA; Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority; Tallstoreez Productionz.

Leeton, NSW Oct 2013

CHALLENGE:
The Change Media team will work with the Leeton Shire in the second collaborative workshop about binge drinking, as part of the Leeton Shire Council’s Bidgee Binge campaign, supported by the Australian Government. The aim for the 4-day workshop is to co-create another 30-45-sec TV commercial with young people from the region, to raise awareness about the issues around excessive alcohol consumption.

The workshop is part two of our two year collaboration with the Leeton Shire Council and Western Riverina Arts to respond to the culturally acceptance of binge drinking. Last year’s collaboration created a powerful media message to be screened on WIN TV to an audience of over 72,000 people in the Riverina. The Change Media team also produced a funky 15-min behind-the-scenes documentary and a 2-min web-only version of the TV commercial, which you can watch, right now! Don’t be That Guy – click the links above to start watching!

PARTNERS: Australia Council for the Arts Creative Community Partnership Initiative; Leeton Shire Council and its Bidgee Binge Project, supported by the Australian Government; Western Riverina Arts and Leeton’s Roxy Theatre; Tallstoreez Productionz.