Thanks – and bye for now!

It’s that time of the year again…the Christmas/holiday season is upon us at last.

DPSN has been running now, in one form or another, for 10 years! We’ve come a long way in that time, from our humble beginnings as the Diversityworks Peer Support Network, through to our latest iteration as a weekly blog and Facebook page. We’ve seen our hugely successful MyFilm, 100 Days and #UMAL2M projects. And in the last four years we’ve welcomed on board some fantastic regular guest bloggers.

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Are You An Everyday Hero

Are you an everyday hero? What is an ally, and how do you become one? By Vivian Chandra Vivian is passionate about using technology for the good of humanity. She is a facilitator for Ally Skills NZ, which works with forward-thinking organisations to make inclusion a reality. She also works with startups and charities to…

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Holding Out for a Hero

Born under the stars of Libra, Daniel Gada is imbued with the superpowers of balance, perfect judgement, and supernaturally flawless hair. He is a fierce advocate for equality and expresses his voice with the superhuman ability to inspire others through the written word. He loves pop culture, 90s movie stars and believes the pen is…

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My Hero

A little poem about my hero.

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When it’s hard to find your heroes

A few weeks ago I got asked to give a guest lecture on addiction to a psychology undergraduate class at the University of Auckland. To be fair, I was asked to fill in for the person who usually gives the lecture, who couldn’t make it. But I still felt just a little bit chuffed to be asked at all, given that I’m still really early in my career. And nervous of course, giving a lecture to 150 students is no walk in the park when you’re not the biggest fan of public speaking!

Imagination and Anxiety

Imagination and Anxiety: This is a comic I wrote way back in 2010 – to express my theory about my imagination and my anxiety

Imagination Created the World

Imagination Created the World. Supposedly (and you may have a different view) in the beginning, some great deity imagined a ball, spinning in space, with lakes and rivers and mountains…

A value-based community

For the imagination theme Philip Patston shares a post from 2012, where he imagines a value-based community:

The science of imagination

I have a confession to make (but it’s not such a bad one). TED, a worldwide organisation which brings together speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, has a Youtube channel entirely devoted to short educational videos on a wide range of topics. My confession is that I’ve been slightly addicted to watching them lately, finding myself lost in a spiral of absorbing information on everything from how you digest food to how people lived in ancient Rome. They’re fascinating, and I strongly suggest you try them out.

Inclusive Environments

how do we create space for rainbow people in a world that operates on the assumption that we’re straight and cis until we say we’re not? AND, how do we make sure that our rainbow spaces are inclusive of all people – that we’re not perpetuating racism, ableism, misogyny, or even policing people’s sexualities and genders?

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