We Are Blacktown

Podcast: We Are Blacktown
By: Impact Studios
Category: Society & Culture
Sub-Category: Documentary, Local News & Stories
First Episode: 2024

Portraits of Blacktown community leaders and people working for change. You’ll hear from a doctor who is sounding the alarm about how dangerous heat can be for human health, a basketball coach whose players have made it to the big league, a Dharug traditional owner whose art and stories are telling the true history of the area’s first people, and many more Blacktown legends. Experience stories of strength and thriving communities, straight from Sydney’s West. And to see pictures of each of these people, visit the website. We are Blacktown is part of a place-based audio project by Impact Studios, supported by the Paul Ramsay Foundation. The project, Welcome to Blacktown, sought to learn about Blacktown’s many and varied communities, together with the innovative and inspired social change work that is happening there. Over six months, the Impact Studios team conducted almost 100 interviews with people connected to Blacktown, exploring and investigating the question of how communities thrive. The interviews were rich, broad and non-extractive. We sought to understand the full context of what each person was doing. We listened to them tell stories of their lives, on their own terms: their families, their passions, their work and what motivates them to do it, their challenges and achievements. We are Blacktown is produced by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, in partnership with The Paul Ramsay Foundation.

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