Sydney can be a tough city. It’s easy to fall through the cracks. Come and hear from individuals who are fighting to make this city...

Falling Through the Cracks: Australian Museum X Vivid Ideas

Location:

1 William Street
2010 NSW
Australia

Venue:
Australian Museum
Falling Through the Cracks: Australian Museum X Vivid Ideas
Falling Through the Cracks: Australian Museum X Vivid Ideas

Featuring

Glen Marie Frost

Glen Marie Frost

After 50 years in the corporate world, traversing media and communications, marketing and PR, Glen Marie Frost is now a celebrant, MC, campaigner and survivor. She has been a board member for Sydney Theatre Company and Sydney Children’s Hospital and has contributed to the fundraising efforts of countless philanthropic and arts organisations. Through her work as a Maverick for The Equanimity Project she draws on her own experiences to raise up the voices of women advocating publicly on issues of gender inequality, ageism, domestic abuse and homelessness.

Matt Noffs

Matt Noffs

Matt Noffs is co-founder of the Street Universities and CEO of the Ted Noffs Foundation, Australia’s largest drug and alcohol treatment service provider for young people. As the grandson of the late Rev. Ted Noffs, advocating for marginalised groups has been a part of Matt’s life for as long as he can remember. He has authored two bestselling books, 'Breaking the Ice' and 'Addicted?' both published by HarperCollins. He is a regular contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian and ABC. Matt was behind the country's first pill testing pilot in 2018 and was named one of top 100 most influential Sydney-siders by the Sydney Morning Herald and one the next 100 emerging leaders by The Australian.

Rick Morton

Rick Morton

Rick Morton is the author of three non-fiction books including his critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt and the essay collection My Year of Living Vulnerably. He is the senior reporter for The Saturday Paper and has been a journalist for 17 years.

Bankstown Poetry Slam

Bankstown Poetry Slam

Bankstown Poetry Slam (BPS) is Australia's largest regular poetry slam, and has been dubbed the largest poetry slam in the Southern Hemisphere. BPS' award winning events and projects drive change by empowering young people and people from diverse backgrounds to express themselves through the medium of spoken word poetry.

Access and Inclusion

  • Auslan Interpreted - Auslan interpreted events are for audiences who are Deaf and use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their primary means of communication. Experienced Auslan theatre interpreters stand to the side of the stage and translate what the speakers are saying or Auslan signing the text and dialogue live. Audiences requiring this service are seated in the section closest to the interpreter to ensure good sightlines.
  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

Event Details

Sydney can be a tough city. It’s easy to fall through the cracks. Come and hear from individuals who are fighting to make this city more empathetic and equal. CEO of the Noffs Foundation and Founder of the Street Universities Matt Noffs joins corporate high-flyer with lived experience of homelessness Glen-Marie Frost for a conversation with social affairs journalist and author Rick Morton. Come and hear their ideas, their lived experiences, and be part of this powerful change-making discussion on poverty, class and trauma.

Matt Noffs is co-founder of the Street Universities and CEO of the Ted Noffs Foundation, Australia’s largest drug and alcohol treatment service provider for young people. As the grandson of the late Reverend Ted Noffs, advocating for marginalised groups has been a part of Matt’s life for as long as he can remember. He has authored two bestselling books, Breaking the Ice and Addicted?. Matt is regularly named as one of Australia’s most influential young leaders.

Glen-Marie Frost advocates for homeless women and has a fascinating tale. She fell from the heights of society and the corporate world (General Manager of Communications for the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, Chief Executive of De Beers) to being homeless in a few short months. Her story captures the vulnerability of older females and will make you take stock. If it can happen to her, it can happen to anyone.

Come for big hearted tales, practical ideas and stories of hope. After the talk, stay for live poetry by Bankstown Poetry Slam that responds to the theme. Top off the night with music, drinks and the exhibitions.

 

In this series of FREE talks curated by Vivid Ideas and the Australian Museum, we reflect on what makes great cities, the joys and the pitfalls of city living, and we hear personal stories of belonging.

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Access and Inclusion

  • Auslan Interpreted - Auslan interpreted events are for audiences who are Deaf and use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their primary means of communication. Experienced Auslan theatre interpreters stand to the side of the stage and translate what the speakers are saying or Auslan signing the text and dialogue live. Audiences requiring this service are seated in the section closest to the interpreter to ensure good sightlines.
  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

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