Collaborative Action Plan Launch

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Jesuit Social Services’ Centre for Just Places and the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation invite you to attend the launch of our Collaborative Action Plan which articulates a shared vision for climate justice in the west of Melbourne.

The Plan is a result of our year-long Mobilising Climate Just and Resilient Communities in Melbourne’s West project, which brought together a wide range of health and community service organisations, policymakers, and sector networks to identify needs, opportunities, and a strategic direction for action and advocacy in this region.

We will hear from Dr Catherine Brown OAM, CEO, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, and Julie Edwards, CEO, Jesuit Social Services, about the significance of this work for the community sector and the communities they work with.

Susie Moloney, Executive Director of Jesuit Social Services’ Centre for Just Places, will provide an overview of the project’s findings and host a panel discussion featuring speakers who will share how this process of collaboration is being used to advocate for, and take action on, climate justice in Melbourne’s West.

We look forward to sharing the findings of this important research with you.

Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Time: 11am-12pm (AEDT)

Zoom link: Please register for Zoom link. 

We acknowledge the Bunurong, Wadawurrung, and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the unceded lands on which this project took place. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend this acknowledgement to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who continue to care for Country, community, and culture in the west of Melbourne and beyond.

Further information

Jesuit Social Services is dedicated to providing accessible and inclusive events. Live transcription will be enabled for this event. Please advise in your registration if you have any accessibility needs.

If you have any questions regarding event details, please don’t hesitate to contact us via email: events@jss.org.au

About Jesuit Social Services’ Centre for Just Places

The Centre for Just Places was established by Jesuit Social Services in 2021 with seed funding from the Gandel Foundation and Victorian Government to enable and support place-based approaches to social and ecological justice through research, collaboration, engagement and knowledge exchange.

The Centre aims to:

● Demonstrate leadership in research and advocacy on place-based inequities and injustice
● Focus on addressing the root causes of social, economic and environmental inequity and injustice
● Promote a social and ecological justice lens in place-based research and action, and
● Collaborate and partner with communities and cross-sectoral stakeholders to support and enable effective place-based approaches.

About our project partners

This project is funded and supported by the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, in partnership with organisations supporting health and wellbeing in the local government areas of Maribyrnong, Brimbank, Melton, Wyndham and Hobsons Bay.

The Advisory Group includes: IPC Health, GenWest, Network West, Victorian Council of Social Service, Brimbank City Council, Melton City Council, Hobsons Bay City Council, and Wyndham City Council. Stakeholder input is provided by the Department of Health.