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Soft Infrastructure · Glenroy
Wheatsheaf Road
Community conversations translated into a brief and coordinated delivery for a building-integrated project.
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Consulting experience
Community engagement and co-design
Projects relating to community engagement and co-design.
Selected brings together two Soft Infrastructure commissions and Alisha’s network coordination through Maribyrnong City Council. All examples also includes relevant experience from previous roles and independent practice.
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11 examples · Community engagement and co-design
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Maribyrnong City Council
Intercultural policy
Bringing community perspectives into policy and organisational practice, with attention to whose knowledge informs decisions.
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Merri-bek City Council · VACCA · Aboriginal Advancement League · local Advisory Group
First Nations leisure access: co-design with community partners
Working with community-controlled organisations and local advisers to co-design free municipal leisure access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
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Merri-bek City Council
Play Streets
Changing internal Council systems to enable resident-led street events, and launching the inaugural Play Streets and Street Parties Toolkit.
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Darebin City Council
Accessible community programming
Connecting clearer participation pathways with practical access arrangements for community-led activities.
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Maribyrnong City Council and intercultural city partners
Network coordination
Bringing council peers together to share practice, discuss policy and connect local inclusion work with international exchange.
Intercultural Cities programme · Council of Europe
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Soft Infrastructure · local businesses · Council partners
Window Shopping
Developing local partnerships and coordinating a programme within operating neighbourhood businesses.
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Alisha Abate · artists · local business owners
Producing artist residencies
Producing an artist residency programme in local shopfronts, bringing artists, business owners and spaces together through development, shared planning and delivery into Window Shopping.
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Hobsons Bay City Council · Maribyrnong City Council
Intercultural and interfaith participation: relationships into practice
Supporting cross-cultural and interfaith engagement, anti-racism activities and inclusive public communication in Council settings.
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Maribyrnong City Council · Cohealth · International Storytelling Center
Anti-racism storytelling: community connection during COVID-19
Developing partnerships for virtual storytelling workshops addressing community experiences of racism.
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Soft Infrastructure · Darebin, Merri-bek, Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay councils
Events & community programmes
Leading, coordinating and supporting community, cultural and health programmes across Darebin, Merri-bek, Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay, alongside independent creative production.
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