Check out our newest episode, "The Unique Journey of a Disability Advocate," where our student with Soulgen Nora is interviewing Nidhi Shekaran about her experience as a disability advocate and volunteer. Nidhi talks about her own disabilities, challenges, strengths, passions, learnings, and dreams. Nidhi also highlights systemic issues and barriers for people, especially women, with disabilities from multicultural backgrounds. Enjoy listening to this podcast and enter in contact via our website or email info@soul-gen.com.au for any questions, comments, or ideas for collaboration ? --- Support ..read more

This is a podcast about the importance of community as the safety net when it comes to mental health and suicide. It is inspired by a traumatic incident in a public setting that Dimitrios recently offered Critical Incident Consultancy for and it quotes an article in the news. It discuss first response, vicarious trauma, grief cycle, best practice, deeper conversations and community mobilising when it comes to addressing complex mental health issues and reducing suicide. See article about incident here: https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/aussies-push-for-westfield-change-after-spat ..read more

This is a podcast episode with Richard Holmes, KCA passionate community builder, educator and sector leader in the UK about Asset Based Community Development and how to build compassionate, connected and inclusive communities and workplaces. Enter in contact for more info via info@soul-gen.com.au and stay tunned for part 2 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dimitrios-papalexis/support ..read more

This is a new series of podcasts with a special guest Ojok Ojello who following academic studies and work in various NGO and policy bodies, returned to his destroyed village and transformed it to a green town through community development, social enterprise and education! In this episode 2, we delve into Ojok's work with his community, how he harnessed local assets to create opportunities, how he used the power of education to empower children and adults, how he created the Okere Bank and other amazing initiatives that talk to the true essence and power of Asset-based Community Development Wor ..read more

This is a new series of podcasts with a special guest Ojok Ojello who following academic studies and work in various NGO and policy bodies, returned to his destroyed village and transformed it to a green town through community development, social enterprise and education! In this episode 1, we delve into Ojok's past and childhood experiences that ignited his passion for social justice, his quest for understanding social inequalities and how the Okere City Community Development Initiative began. We hope you enjoy and get inspired by this episode. If you wish to support Okere's City Community De ..read more

Welcome to a special edition podcast episode for our show The PoWEr of CommUNITY! In today's episode "19 Care Homes & a Moon Boot" our guest host Bernie Garamvolgyi is interviewing our special guest Gemma Clarke, international award winning photographer, PR specialist, community builder, storyteller and all around an amazing human being. We hope you enjoy and get inspired by Bernie and Gemma's soulful conversation as they take a deep dive into Gemma's life and career story, her passion for connecting people through art, community development, soulful marketing and discovering the beau ..read more

In this podcast series, we are taking a deep dive into place based approaches and community development. In episode 2 Dimitrios is exploring with David: The link between place based approaches and community development? How can CD and similar workers in the community can benefit by understanding better PBA? How can people and organisations involved in placemaking learn more about community development and much more! Enjoy listening to this second podcast, share with your networks and enter in contact for any questions of ideas for collaboration: info@soul-gen.com.au. --- Support this podcast ..read more

What will it take for our collective spirit to revive? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dimitrios-papalexis/support ..read more

In this podcast series, we are taking a deep dive into place based approaches and community development. In episode 1 Dimitrios is exploring with David: How can we better understand place? What are the metaphors we can use to think about place? The importance of mindset when it comes to place based approaches and engaging the community and examples of place based initiatives. Enjoy listening to the podcast, share with your networks and enter in contact for any questions of ideas for collaboration: info@soul-gen.com.au. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dimitrios ..read more

This is another podcast episode for the co-creative series The Power of Community with your Host Dimitrios Papalexis from Soulgen and special guests and collaborators. You submit a question about youth or community development, we co-create an answer. Our question for today's episode, submited by Andra Louie is the following: How individuals, citizens in our community can work with organisations if they have a grass roots community development idea they would like to see happen in their neighbourhood, where should one start? We consulted a broad range of youth and community development experts ..read more