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Nine Yarra neighbourhood houses join forces to strengthen local climate resilience
Nine Yarra neighbourhood houses gathered this week to launch a plan to reduce their environmental footprint and support the local community to adapt to climate change.
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Artful Dodgers Studios, a program of Jesuit Community College, is a flexible and welcoming studio space where young people aged 15-27 years old can create art and music with the support of experienced artists and musicians. Established in 1996, Artful Dodgers Studios is one of Victoria’s longest running community cultural development programs.
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Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA)
Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS Australia) co-convene the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) — a unified national network campaigning for the just and humane treatment of people seeking asylum in Australia, founded in 2013. CAPSA is supported by an advisory group of representatives from Australian Catholic organisations working to promote social justice.
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Housing support helps self-belief grow
The strong links between homelessness and contact with the criminal justice system are well documented. Twenty-five per cent of people entering prison experience homelessness in the four weeks before entering prison and more than half of those...
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Engaging the social justice leaders of tomorrow
Jesuit Social Services’ Schools and Community Engagement program encourages high school students to become more aware and active in social justice through volunteering. Beginning in 2014 and continuing throughout COVID-19 lockdown,