Join us in Adelaide Botanic Gardens for a free picnic lunch to commemorate World AIDS Day. 

Observed every year on December 1st, World AIDS Day is our biggest opportunity to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Together, we’ll discuss the latest advancements in treatment, reduce stigma that still exists for people living with HIV and remember those who have died from AIDS related illnesses. 

This special event is a collaboration between Positive Life SA, SAMESH and Thorne Harbour Health. 

All people living with HIV and their community and allies are invited to mark the occasion with us. This event is free, register to let us know you’re coming.  

Join us for an online grant writing workshop with Access2Arts that will help you to prepare your upcoming grant applications.

Note: These grant writing workshops are only for people who identify as being disabled (disabilities can include identifying as neurodivergent, and living with mental illness and/or chronic illness).

Grant Writing Workshop Online Reservation Form

Join us for a fun and relaxed picnic to finish off the year!

Members, non-members, friends and family all welcome :)

Forestville Reserve - 100m from Goodwood train station

Optional things you may like to bring

• Food for yourself and/or to share

• Something refreshing to drink

• Cup, plate, cutlery

• A rug or something to sit on

• Name badge (if you have one)

• Games

This will be a great opportunity for volunteers, speakers and participants who attended the recent SA Permaculture Convergence to connect and reflect.

We hope you can join us!

Permaculture SA

“Do you like being offered free stuff?” “Yeah!”

Then like Lucy, you should come to this session!

To wrap up the year, we’ve got some gifts for you to riffle through, and like always, some fun conversations to be had! Happy new year!

As always, we’ll have some light snacks available.

Transfemme events are for the gender diverse community (including those who’re questioning their gender). If you need to bring a support person along, get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to make that happen while still making sure the community feel safe.

This event takes place on Kaurna land, Sovereignty was never ceded

• coworking bee @ 11
• palestine bike convoy @ 1:30 (if people want)

bring a project (or dont). 📝

think stitch and bitch, repair cafe, idea ideation, crafts corner, amateur consultancy, free wifi, pc/console gaming, zoomba gym, karaoke, uninformed tax advice, gardening, cooking classes, poetry writing and feedback, trinket trading and appreciation, swap meets, bike servicing, zine making, photography/film space, bad printing, you name it!!*

*some services subject to availability

come on downnnn 🤠

Our Quiz Master Chelsea is back and has another night of fun in store! Bring your friends & a sharp mind ‘cos this is going to be an awesome night!

As always, we’ll have some light snacks available.

Transfemme events are for the gender diverse community (including those who’re questioning their gender). If you need to bring a support person along, get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to make that happen while still making sure the community feel safe.

This event takes place on Kaurna land, Sovereignty was never ceded

Board game time! Come down, hang our with us & our besties over at Adelaide Queer Gamers and enjoy some Muffin Time, Peach Snaps, or so many of the other great games in the AQG collection 😃

As always, we’ll have some light snacks available

Transfemme events are meant to be exclusive to the gender diverse community (including those who’re questioning their gender). If you need to bring a support person along, get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to make that happen while still making sure the community feel safe.

This event takes place on Kaurna land, Sovereignty was never ceded

Adelaide rally as part of a national day of action, in support of Qld youths who have had gender affirming care banned by the state government.

Rally & Picnic Sunday 9 February.

Meet 10am Parliament House steps

Followed by a Community Picnic 11:30am at Pioneer Women’s Memorial Gardens, King William Road, Kaurna Yarta

This is a family-friendly event with kids activities included.

Come in at any time for the duration of the event; sessions will start at regular intervals throughout.

• Get your tech life secured
• Free workshops to set up secure and ethical software on your devices
• Password managers, browsers, messaging, social media, and your questions answered

This is a community run event aimed at building a strong foundation of digital security and self-sufficiency especially across the broader Adelaide activist community and for vulnerable demographics, and eventually aiming to diminish society wide reliance on corporate technology, while raising awareness of the real world effects of unjust digital technology.

Do you know anyone who has been talking about coming to one of our events but not actually managed it? Are you reading another one of these announcements wishing you had a good reason to go? This session is for you! There will be an extra treat for anyone who hasn’t come to an event before, or anyone who brings someone new!

During this session we’re going to let you all bring a +1 into the space, that can be a family member, friend, partner, support worker or whoever else.

For our regular attendees, the session will feel like a pretty normal social session, but we’ll split up into groups for a bit during the session to chat with the support people you bring along and give them the chance to have a judgement free conversation about how they can best support you & the other trans people in their lives!

As always, we’ll have some light snacks available.

This event takes place on Kaurna land. Sovereignty was never ceded

Often when community members find who they are or get started on HRT, people will do a lot of reflecting on their relationships and maybe look to peruse new ones. To give you the tools to do that in a way which is safe, healthy and fun, Tiffany from Shine SA’s WIth Respect will be joining us to talk all about healthy relationships.

Shine SA’s new With Respect service provides free professional and specialised counselling and support for LGBTIQA+ people who have been impacted by family, domestic or sexual violence.

As always, we’ll have some light snacks available.

Transfemme events are for the gender diverse community (including those who’re questioning their gender). If you need to bring a support person along, get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to make that happen while still making sure the community feel safe.

This event takes place on Kaurna land, Sovereignty was never ceded

Come along, chill out & make something cool! We’ll have Origami, Free Form Colouring in, Pet Rock Making - feel free to bring your own art projects along & let us know what else you’d like to see too 😊

As always, we’ll have some light snacks available.

Transfemme events are for the gender diverse community (including those who’re questioning their gender). If you need to bring a support person along, get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to make that happen while still making sure the community feel safe.

This event takes place on Kaurna land, Sovereignty was never ceded

Do you know anyone who has been talking about coming to one of our events but not actually managed it? Are you reading another one of these announcements wishing you had a good reason to go? This session is for you! There will be an extra treat for anyone who hasn’t come to an event before, or anyone who brings someone new!

Like usual for our transition chats nights, this is a chance to hang out with us, get some advice from our community on anything you’re unsure about with your transition, and (hopefully) celebrate the wins & exciting news from people who’re taking some big steps to feel more like themselves!

As always, we’ll have some light snacks available

Transfemme events are for the gender diverse community (including those who’re questioning their gender). If you need to bring a support person along, get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to make that happen while still making sure the community feel safe.

This event takes place on Kaurna land, Sovereignty was never ceded

Join us in celebrating Mother’s Day and Compost Awareness Week!

Listen to inspiring conversations with the Eco Discussion Group and get creative in art for your mum/mum figure. We’re also hosting the Semaphore Compost Network group who will share their work and have Worm Farms as giveaway.

10:00 AM – Morning Tea and Produce Share 10:00–11:00 AM – Eco Discussion Group topic: Why healthy eating may be the best way to reduce food waste 11:00 AM–12:30 PM – Compost Talk with Semaphore Compost Network  11:30 AM–1:30 PM – Create unique bouquets with handmade flowers and hearts for your mum

We’d love to see you!

The Port Environment Centre is funded by Green Adelaide with additional support from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and the Suzanne Elliott Charitable Trust.

Attendee information may be used for follow up evaluation, in order to assess the longer term impacts of our events.

Marni ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna yartanga inparrinthi It is good that we all acknowledge we are living on Kaurna Country.

Latecomers welcome, no RSVPs required!

This social group is great for anyone, from beginners to Native Auslan users. We provide a welcoming and positive atmosphere to foster development or maintenance of Auslan (if you don’t know a sign, just write it down!) It is also a great way to socialise and meet other people who are passionate and keen to be involved in the Deaf community. Voices Off meet monthly at various venues in Adelaide metro areas, and is an 18+ only group.

The Deaf Butterfly Effect collaborates with Sign Language Australia to sponsor drinks and food to share so that no one feels inhibited from joining in.

Please send any questions to kiara@deafbutterflyeffect.com.au

International Symposium 国際シンポジウム

Reimagining Nature Through Japanese Studies & Art: How to Think the Unthinkable Beyond Ecoanxiety

日本研究とアートで自然を再想像する: 思考の限界に挑んでエコ不安を超える方法

In the age of the climate crisis, ecoanxiety among young people has become a significant concern worldwide. Global warming, symbolised by the image of a polar bear clinging to a small piece of ice, evokes feelings of anger, sadness, and helplessness in young people. The question is not just how to reduce CO2 emissions. To address the challenges we face in the Anthropocene, we need to rethink the anthropocentric human-nature relationship that underpins modernity. However, imagining a non-anthropocentric world is difficult because we have few references in contemporary society that allow us to conceive of an alternative relationship with nature. In this context, what is the significance of Japanese Studies and art? In this international symposium, we explore the possibilities of reimagining the human-nature relationship through Japanese Studies and art, and its relevance for envisioning a sustainable future.