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The PoWEr of CommUNITY

The PoWEr of CommUNITY

By Dimitrios Papalexis

If you are passionate about community development, storytelling and arts for social impact, check out this podcast The PoWEr of CommUNITY. Your Host Dimitrios Papalexis will be presenting amazing youth and community development initiatives and interviews with individuals and organizations who are doing amazing work. Visit www.soul-gen.com.au/ for more information about Dimitrios' work with SoulGen.
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What can we learn about compassion and community care from an Indigenous lens with Yvonne Daddow

The PoWEr of CommUNITY May 18, 2020

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Building Compassionate, Connected and Inclusive Communities and Workplaces with Richard Holmes, KCA
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19 Care Homes & A Moon Boot

19 Care Homes & A Moon Boot

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 beauty waiting to be found in each moment. If you wish to collaborate with us on a future episode, enter in contact via info@soul-gen.com.au or visit our website: http://www.soul-gen.com.au/
Dec 06, 202156:25
Finding Balance - French Pantoum Poem

Finding Balance - French Pantoum Poem

Many times doing community development work is an act of balance. Trying to understand others, ourselves, what makes people click, our gifts, their special strengths... finding creative ways to bring change, empowering others while showing evidence and outcomes... finding meaning, navigating conflict, giving and receiving... in my journey to find balance, I have found art a very loyal companion. Here is an atrempt to paint a picture and perhaps tell a story through words and metaphors as expressed though this poetry form: French Pantoum. Enjoy!
Nov 09, 202100:53
Place based approaches with David Lilley episode 2
Oct 31, 202119:06
Poem Revive

Poem Revive

What will it take for our collective spirit to revive?
Oct 28, 202101:37
Place Based Approaches with David Lilley episode 1
Oct 18, 202125:08
Community Members with Great Ideas... What Next?
Sep 17, 202113:53
Imagine Chicago: The movement that changed her city and the world with Bliss Browne episode 3
Sep 10, 202121:59
Weaving practices, conflict and authenticity in community development with Teodora Radulescu
Sep 03, 202145:56
All Things Youth and Community Development with Cosmin Luca episode 3
Aug 27, 202126:01
Imagine Chicago: The movement that changed her city and the world with Bliss Browne episode 2
Aug 20, 202122:58
Ecovillages, Transition Towns, climate grief and community development with Teodora Radulescu
Aug 13, 202143:59
All things Youth and Community Development with Cosmin Luca - Episode 2
Aug 06, 202119:37
Imagine Chicago: The movement that changed her city and the world with Bliss Browne episode 1
Aug 02, 202125:31
All things Youth and Community Development with Dimitrios Papalexis and Cosmin Luca - Episode 1
Jul 23, 202121:45
Moving from Reforming Existing Norms to Fostering a New Community Identity Based on Shared Interests
Jul 14, 202139:54
Whats the Buzz with Codesign?

Whats the Buzz with Codesign?

What's the buzz with codesign?What value does it hold?
How is it different from community development?
Whats an example of good codesign? Thank you for tuning in for this co-creative podcast about codesign, its value and the difference with community development.
Shout out to Hannah for contributing such an amazing question that fueled a lot of thinking and insights for me and hopefully for you too…
If you want to connect to Hannah, you can do it via linkedin here:
Enjoy the listen and as promised, see below some more resources:
Article: Inspiring Environmental Stewardship in the Cooks River, a great example of a successful codesign and community development initiative.
Cooks River Changemakers Video.
Video of codesign of an enviro-café/wellbeing centre in Rozelle.
Article about Cumberland City Council’s spotlight on youth.
Finally, we are offering a 20mins free consultation to see how you can apply codesign and asset-based community development in your organisation, university, business or community:
To access your free consultation, email us at
info@soul-gen.com.au or call 0400354939.
Finally, if you wish to support us, you can either do it by donating and sponsoring a future podcast episode or subscribe to our Patreon page, a platform where we are posting unique content and stories from our community, creative and healing adventures on your digital doorstep; this is unique behind the scenes content that you can only access on Patreon.
Dimitrios Papalexis, Director and Founder
Soulgen
Working Towards a Soulful Generation
Jun 21, 202122:50
New Co-creative Podcast Adventure
Jun 01, 202101:17
The Power of Being Different with Naj Sbei part 2
May 30, 202133:35
The Power of Being Different with Naj Sbei part 1
May 19, 202126:40
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May 03, 202100:49
Refugee Settlement Journeys - Teaser
Apr 21, 202109:26
Youth Week 2021 Events South Western Sydney
Apr 09, 202105:49
Millers Point Monday Night Farmers Market - A community & love driven market in Sydney CBD
Sep 07, 202001:06:58
Action Cures Fear with Jahin Tanvir, Youth Advocate

Action Cures Fear with Jahin Tanvir, Youth Advocate

Check out our brand new episode "Action Cures Fear" with Jahin Tanvir, Youth Advocate.

Jahin is a 19-year-old student, speaker, writer, policy adviser and youth advocate whose key aspirations reside in providing equitable healthcare, meaningful youth advocacy and health research.

With a penchant of being multifaceted, Jahin possesses a strong background in youth leadership and advocacy in leading youth-led organisations such as Oaktree, World Vision, Red Cross and the United Nations to name a few. He has represented Australia on the global stage with highlights including being invited to speak at the Parliament House, guest speaker at the Australasian Aid conference at the Australian National University and as a delegate at the Global Model United Nations in Rome.

Jahin was awarded the ‘New and Emerging community leader’ scholarship and ‘Service to others’ award by the Parliament of Australia. He is a published writer with various articles published on mediums such as UNICEF, The Centre of Research Excellence in Adolescent Health, The Conversation and WhyNot.

Jahin talked to Dimitrios about what ignited his passion in youth advocacy, how coming out of the school bubble, he pursued his interests in writing, poetry, sports, he took initiative, learned from failures and made a difference in his community and the world.

Jahin talks about how action cures fear, the popularity dynamic and how everyone is on their own journey.

He also talked about the impostor syndrome and the courage, bravery needed to speak up.

He gave practical advise about how young people can be more involved in addressing world issues and also talked about collaboration, youth agency and participation, storytelling and his hopes for a more humanitarian future post Covid-19.

Send us any questions or comments at
abcdfamtour@gmail.com and share this podcast to raise awareness and young people's voices.

And let's remember, young people are the leaders of today.
Jul 10, 202052:12
Civic Innovation & People-led Change with Amelia Loye

Civic Innovation & People-led Change with Amelia Loye

Listen to this brand new episode about Civic Innovation & People-led Change with Amelia Loye. Amelia specialises in community and stakeholder engagement with deep expertise in digital engagement. She is passionate about representative open government, sustainable development and civic innovation. She has many years of experience across Australia, New Zealand and British Columbia, Canada helping governments to consult community, working with stakeholders and considering social issues and impacts in the design and delivery of policy, programs and services. She currently runs a consultancy called engage2 and a NFP organisation called the Centre for Civic Innovation. Amelia talks to Dimitrios in this episode about civic innovation, people led change, past and current community led initiatives, digital engagement and the forthcoming cultivate program. Enter in contact via abcdfamtour@gmail.com for questions or comments.
Jun 29, 202042:53
The Power of Diversity with Naz Sharifi, Winner 2020 NSW Humanitarian Awards - Youth Category
Jun 22, 202051:39
What can we learn about compassion and community care from an Indigenous lens with Yvonne Daddow

What can we learn about compassion and community care from an Indigenous lens with Yvonne Daddow

This is another episode for the series The PoWEr of CommUNITY with Dimitrios (host) interviewing Yvonne Daddow, Aboroginal Community Liaison officer at Western Power and Community Enthusiast. Yvonne talks about changing the stereotypes about Indigenous youth and providing opportunities to young indigenous people to move into managerial roles; the importance of inspiring confidence in young people to discover their unique assets and gifts. We also talked about the importance of elders in indigenous community and what indigenous wisdom can teach us about our current state of the world. How we can disrupt the current social trends by being more caring of our neighbors and compassionate with those in need and each other; the importance of storytelling and what we can all do for reconciliation. Listen to this podcast and gain a better understanding of the power of community and connection from an indigenous lens.
May 18, 202036:34
Communities Changing the World with Dimitrios Papalexis (Host) and guest speaker Zizi Charida
May 13, 202030:32
The Power of Youth Led Practice with Dimitrios Papalexis (Host) and Natalie Chiappazzo from BYSA

The Power of Youth Led Practice with Dimitrios Papalexis (Host) and Natalie Chiappazzo from BYSA

Listen to this podcast about the Power of Youth Led Practice with Dimitrios Papalexis from SoulGen www.dimitriospapalexis.com interviewing Natalie Chiappazzo, Manager of Blacktown Youth Services Association (BYSA) https://www.facebook.com/BYSA2/about her 15 years of experience in the youth sector, the amazing youth led work they are doing at BYSA, challenges they have been through, assets and a great reflection on social impact, systems change, social capital and more. While Natalie is relating her insights and model she codesigned with youth people, Dimitrios is drawing parallels to the Asset Based Community-driven Development Framework and asking Natalie difficult questions that she answers with an open mind and mainly heart. Please share this interview if you like and subscribe to our monthly newsletter for more inspirational content: https://dimitriospapalexis.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d9f53740bf6cbd0632a3c56d0&id=27d18f8099
May 04, 202057:09
Daring facilitation, hosting and leading by stepping back by Dimitrios Papalexis
May 02, 202024:39
An Attitude of Gratitude during Covid 19 with Dimitrios Papalexis (Host) and Kate Munro
Apr 20, 202033:19
Navigating Difficult Emotions during Covid 19 with Dimitrios Papalexis (Host) and Dean Quirk

Navigating Difficult Emotions during Covid 19 with Dimitrios Papalexis (Host) and Dean Quirk

This is an episode for the ABCD On The Go podcast series where we dive into the topic of navigating difficult emotions. Dimitrios is interviewing Commmunity Development Practitioner Dean Quirk about his work with the community and practices he uses to navigate difficult emotions. Sign up to our newsletter to stay informed about new episodes and other amazing community, creative and healing initiatives at: https://dimitriospapalexis.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d9f53740bf6cbd0632a3c56d0&id=27d18f8099
Apr 06, 202045:14
April 5, 2020

April 5, 2020

Apr 05, 202000:36