This episode features co-author of chapter 8 in the ‘International Community Development Practice’ book, Michelle Dunscombe from the Jeder Institute in Victoria, Australia; and one of the case study contributors Jaya Manchikanti from IndianCare based in Melbourne, Victoria.

With Ron Hustedde, Michelle wrote the chapter ‘Building Leadership and Infrastructure’ and she discusses the importance of diverse leaders and the need for ‘safe’ spaces in which leaders can be supported, nurtured and develop their ‘leadership muscle’.

Community development practitioner Jaya Manchikanti explains how she set up IndianCare in 2013 after a year of consultation and engagement with communities with Indian heritage to provide an infrastructure for support to and advocacy for them. She provides an insight into her approach to leadership of that organisation; how she has respected diversity within the Indian community, and not just between them and other Australian communities; and how she went about supporting her successor as President of Indian Care to take over from her.

You can follow Michelle and the Jeder Institute at:
twitter.com/MDunscombe
facebook.com/jederinstitute
www.jeder.com.au/
linkedin.com/company/jeder-institute/ 

You can follow Jaya and IndianCare at:
linkedin.com/in/jaya-manchikanti-58352622/
twitter.com/JayaManchikanti
www.indiancare.org.au
instagram.com/indiancareinc/
facebook.com/indiancareinc

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At the start Michelle makes a land acknowledgement in recognition of the lands which the Taungurung and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation are custodians of; as well as her own Gunditjmara mob.

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The episode was produced for IACD by IACD member and Wales-based CD practitioner Russell Todd: www.russelltodd.cymru

Crimson Turtles

International Community Development Practice - Diversity in leadership

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Yn y rhifyn Cymraeg hwn mae Lis McLean o Theatr Soar yn egluro rôl y Theatr yng Nghreu Cyffro fel hyb Cymraeg ar gyfer Merthyr Tudful a’i cylch. Mae hanes hir a chyfoethog gan y theatr a oedd yn gapel ers talwm. Capel chwaer Soar oedd Capel Bethesda, nad yw’n bodoli bellach, ond oedd capel Joseph Parry, y cyfansoddwr ac un o feibion enwocaf Merthyr a gafodd ei eni ym 1841.

Mae Theatr Soar yn gartref i gaffi, canolfan gelfyddydau a pherfformio, Menter Iaith Merthyr Tudful a sawl o ddosbarthau a digwyddiadau. E ei bod yn hyb Cymraeg, mae’r Ganolfan yn croesawu pobl o’r holl gymunedau ieithyddol Merthyr y dyddiau hyn megis Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, Pwyleg, Portiwgaleg a mwy. Hefyd, mae Canolfan Soar wedi croesawu’n ddiweddar y teuluoedd Wcrainaidd cyntaf sydd wedi dod i Ferthyr.
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In this Welsh language episode Lis McLean of Theatr Soar explain the role the Theatre is playing in Creu Cyffro as the Welsh language hub for Mertyr Tydfil and the surrounding area. The Theatre has a long and rich history and was formerly a chapel. Soar’s sister chapel was Capel Bethesda, which doesn’t exist anymore, but was the chapel of Joseph Parry, the composer and one of Merthyr’s most famous sons who was born in 1841.

Theatr Soar is home to a café, an arts and performance centre, Menter Iaith Merthyr Tudful and a range of classes and events. Although it is a Welsh language hub, the Centre welcomes people from all of Merthyr’s linguistic communities today such as British Sign Language, Polish, Portuguese and more. Also, Canolfan Soar has recently welcomed the first Ukrainian families who have come to Merthyr.
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Gellir ddilyn Theatr Soar ar: | You can follow Theatr Soar at:

https://www.theatrsoar.cymru/ 
twitter.com/MerthyrSoar
facebook.com/theatre.soar/
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Cynhyrchwyd gan | Produced by:
Russell Todd
www.russelltodd.cymru

Planet Terror

Creu Cyffro a Chanolfan a Theatr Soar (yn Gymraeg | in Welsh)

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