Communities in Control is Australia's most inspiring social movement, each year bringing together many hundreds of community sector workers, volunteers and supporters and an A-list of speakers to listen, debate, network, exchange strategies, and recharge. Between conferences, the movement fans out to transform communities into thriving, inclusive towns, cities and suburbs.
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Communities in Control is Australia's most inspiring social movement, each year bringing together many hundreds of community sector workers, volunteers and supporters and an A-list of speakers to listen, debate, network, exchange strategies, and recharge. Between conferences, the movement fans out to transform communities into thriving, inclusive towns, cities and suburbs.
Dr Fiona Kerr – Replacing alert and alarmed with informed and engaged
Communities in Control
30 minutes 47 seconds
4 years ago
Dr Fiona Kerr – Replacing alert and alarmed with informed and engaged
“The world is a scary place. Or so our media would have us believe. Who controls the narrative we see on our television screens, or read online or in the paper? Why does it feel everything is going wrong? Governing for a population of alert and alarmed voters is vastly different to governing for a population of informed and engaged citizens. What needs to change in the system to ensure we are all informed on government policy, and engaged in the decision-making processes?"
Communities in Control
Communities in Control is Australia's most inspiring social movement, each year bringing together many hundreds of community sector workers, volunteers and supporters and an A-list of speakers to listen, debate, network, exchange strategies, and recharge. Between conferences, the movement fans out to transform communities into thriving, inclusive towns, cities and suburbs.
