Posted by debra on May 3, 2016 in Blog | Comments Off
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Richard Frankland a last minute addition to Clunes Booktown Festival
28 April 2016
Richard Frankland MA has been announced as a last minute addition to the Clunes Booktown
Festival program this weekend, Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1.
Stan Grant was due to speak until the news broke this week that he has been appointed to the
Prime Minister of Australia’s Referendum Council on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander peoples. Unfortunately for Festival-goers this means he now has...
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Posted by debra on March 11, 2015 in Blog | Comments Off
Koorreen Enterprises are really pleased to announce that Richard Frankland has taken up a role at The Wilin Centre.
Koorreen Enterprises are still up and running and open for bookings for all of Richards Community Capacity Building, Lateral Violence and Cultural Safety Workshops and The Charcoal Club can still be booked via the usual channels being debra@koorreen.com.au or telephone 0435 815 301.
Follow the link to a story on Richard’s Wilin role is. ...
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Posted by debra on November 13, 2014 in Blog | 0 comments
The Koorreen office is celebrating been shortlisted for the Human Rights Awards 2014 Business of the Year. Thank you to everyone who has supported our nomination.
Here is the link to see what the awards are all about and the other where you can have a read about the great work the other well deserved nominees have been up to.
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/media-releases/commission-announces-business-literature-shortlist
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Posted by debra on November 26, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments
The Australian Human Rights Commission have announced their finalists for the 2013 award and Richard Frankland and Koorreen Enterprises are in the running for awards.
Koorreen Enterprises is a finalist in the Business Award and Richard Frankland has been shortlisted for the Human Rights Medal.
Richard and the Koorreen Team are humbled to be named alongside such esteemed finalists who are heroes to us, their community and beyond.
Richard Frankland and the Koorreen Team applaud all those who have been nominated for taking the time to make the...
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Posted by debra on November 26, 2013 in Blog | Comments Off
Richard’s play, Conversations with the Dead, has been named by the Australian Socitey of Authors on their list of the top 200 Greatest Australian Literacy works. Congratulations Richard. The Koorreen Team are feeling pretty proud of you today.
If you would like to have a look at the other works who have made the list follow the link.
http://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/preserving-our-culture/2071012/
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Posted by debra on October 16, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments
THE CHARCOAL CLUB ARE BACK!!
Richard and The Charcoal Club will be onstage on the opening night of the Australian World Music Expo ( awme.com.au ) on Thursday November 14 2013 at the Hi Fi Club 125 Swanston Street Melbourne.
Richard will be joined on stage by;
Kavisha Mazzella
Monica Weightman
Andrew O’Grady
Anthony “Tok” Norris
Michael Havir
Lenny Ramoskos
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Posted by debra on August 6, 2013 in Blog | Comments Off
We have just completed our third week of Malka Training in Portland and going by the comments from our work shoppers it has once again been a resounding success. For this of you who don’t know what The Malka is it is a five day intensive workshop in Lateral Violence where the Koorreen Team are training front line workers to go back into their communities and create a program to help stop the gossiping and lateral violence they are experiencing.
A great time was had by all especially at the introduction to EAGALA Therapy session where, by...
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Posted by debra on May 28, 2013 in Blog | Comments Off
Koorreen was abuzz on Monday May 27 2013 when it was announced that Richard was to be awarded the Australian Council for the Arts – National Indigenous Arts Award 2 year Fellowship. Congratulations Richard from the Koorreen Team.
Richard travelled up to Sydney to receive the award along with his co awardees, Actor David Gulpilil (Red Ochre Award), Photographer Rhonda Dick (2013 Dreaming Award) and Glassworker Jenni Kemarre Martiniello (2 Year Fellowship), and announced that he will use the fellowship to write an “abridged version...
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Posted by debra on February 11, 2013 in Blog | Comments Off
It has been a busy start to the New Year.Richard and Shane have just completed a week of Lateral Violence workshops in North West Victoria. Please follow the link below to read what the ABC local have been saying about the visit.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/02/05/3683835.htm
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Posted by debra on January 23, 2013 in Blog | Comments Off
In November 2012 Richard Frankland’s latest play was presented as a work in progress as part of the La Mama’s annual Exploration Season. The story revolves around an Australian Indigenous Family living with the day on day repercussions of Lateral Violence. We have posted a snippet of the play for your viewing along with some dialogue from Richard and some of the cast member
http://youtu.be/O5esN-BYn4Q
If you are interested in staging this play for your School, Workplace or Community Group please contact us at 0435 815 301 or email...
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