Newsletter 18 Jan 07
STUFF HAPPENING AT JUST FOCUS
Kia ora everyone, hope you all had a very merry Christmas and found an enjoyable (and safe) way to see in the New Year. We have a new member of the team for 2007 - Jennie O’Donovan - who will be replacing Kim while she is on Parental leave. Her first job will be to give you all a call, introduce herself properly and talk to you about Just Focus and how you might want to be involved this year…so if your phone rings next week, answer it!
We don’t know about you, but here at Just Focus we have made quite a few New Year resolutions, some to improve ourselves, (must eat less and gym more!) and others to do our bit to bring about positive change in the world (be better informed, get involved and take action
We wish everyone the best for 2007, especially Kim, who will be facing some new and exciting challenges this year!!
This is just a quick one this week as we’re still getting back into it – just wanted to say hi and let you know if you wanna get more involved we’re back and ready to hear how!
RECENT NEWS AND EVENTS
The TV show Big Brother is at the centre of a international row about racism and bullying after 1000s of complaints flood in about the treatment of an Indian contestant on the British show.
Amnesty International is asking all New Zealanders to check the origins of their diamond purchases alongside the New Zealand release of Blood Diamond - a Hollywood film that portrays the affect of the illegal diamond trade. Gary Reese, Campaigns Manager for Amnesty International NZ wants us to consider who died for our diamonds?
Let us know if you see the film and want to do a film review for Just Focus.
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR YOU TO BE PART OF
RADICAL YOUTH HUI THIS WEEKEND
An Auckland based conference offering a mixture of practical and theory workshops focused on youth and social and environmental justice for all young people interested in social and environmental justice.
For more info check out Cameron’s post in the forum
ENTER THE REEL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
The Reel Short Film Festival is being held by Youthtown in February and is a chance for anyone aged 13-18 years to make a film (fiction, documentary or animation) for other young people. Closing date for submissions is 14 Feb 2007.
For more details on all of these and other events see the Events page
NEW STUFF ON THE JUST FOCUS WEBSITE
It’s been a quiet few weeks on the site with all of us on holiday – but if anyone’s been writing about global stuff please SEND IT IN and we’ll publish it on the site! We do have a few articles in the pipeline though, so keep an eye on the homepage to catch them as soon as they’re posted.
LINKS TO OTHER INTERESTING STUFF
Here’s a hopeful greeting for the New Year.
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
There seems to be a fair amount of interest in the cosmetics industry and the issues around what we put on our faces, both from a health and ethical consumer perspective.
Have a read on the forum and have your say:
Check out what ingredients are in your beauty products.
Remember the thread about Lip Service to Ethics at the Body Shop? Well find out what ex-owner Anita Roddick’s own view is on the Body Shop takeover – do you think she sold out?
WANNA GET MORE INVOLVED?
Want to add stuff to the next newsletter or the Events Page, or to write an article/review, or take a photo/create an image for the Just Focus website? Reply to us at info@justfocus.org.nz , it’s always great to hear from you.
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