Past to Present. Memory to Action
A big welcome to Members of the Pennhurst Memorial & Preservation Alliance. It’s great to share this journey with you and trust that the project that you are passionate about will be realised. I think we share many issues and core beliefs.
Cheers
Mark Krause
This was really interesting well done Paul I just think it is such a shame there is so much more history crumbly in front of our eyes and nothing is being captured or preserved in film for future reference. One day it will be too late, there wont be anyone left to tell the stories…..
Teena Tranter
Hello Tenna, We are a grass roots advocacy group trying to have the voices of those that called Willow Court home known and recognised as a part of the sites history. Welcome and feel free to share the group with those that may be interested.
Mark Krause
Thanks Mark I will I also have a working history within the walls of WC so just yell if i can be of any help any time. I believe u know how to contact me outside of FB.
Teena Tranter
Yes, thanks for your support for this important work.
Mark Krause
Sites of Conscience:
•interpret history through historic sites;
•engage in programs that stimulate dialogue on pressing social issues;
•promote humanitarian values as a primary function; and
•share opportunities for public involvement in issues raised at the site.
Cheers
Mark
http://blogs.abc.net.au/tasmania/2012/03/more-on-willow-court-as-council-seeks-talks-on-funding.html
06/03/2012 , 10:52 AM by Sarah Gillman
Following yesterday’s discussion, Leon caught up with Willow Court’s only resident Mario Cortes, and Derwent Valley Mayor Martyn Evans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hNnSGflpAE
The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is a worldwide network dedicated to the belief that by remembering the struggles of the past, we can question our current reality and create meaningful change for the future.
Sites of Conscience are memorials of deep human significance, to suffering and struggle, tragedy and triumph.
But they don’t just teach us about the past – they transform us. They help us see our shared goals and our shared responsibilities.
Comprised of sites in countries around the globe, the Coalition helps places of memory become places of action around today’s issues: discrimination, intolerance, xenophobia, genocide.
At the heart of the movement are creative and pioneering projects that bring people together to learn and talk more openly about the past and how we might create a more just future.
Learn more about this organization by visiting our website, www.sitesofconscience.org, or following our Twitter feed, @SitesConscience.
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The sad reality that is the privatisation and development of the Willow Court site.
Willow Court is significant to the Disability Sector! It has a rich and powerful history, and if we want to preserve it we need to take some positive action. We need as a sector to find ways to work with the council and community to assist them in their efforts to find the future direction for this site. We don’t have answers but as a collective group we can start to find them. What we do need is support! Please join this page and invite all people who think have an interest and some passion.
Janet Presser
A Site of Conscience interprets history through historic sites; engages in programs that stimulate dialogue on pressing social issues; They also draw explicit connections between past and present; foster dialogue among diverse stakeholders; and open avenues for citizen participation in other human rights or transitional justice efforts.
Janet Presser
Well my involvement apart from being on the Willow Court & Barracks Working Group is that I worked at WC in the 70’s…not a good experience, mainly because of the system. I had a family member there also, who I didn;t know about until I went to work there..some families kept some things secret and when I managed a residential service I was involved in moving people who had lived most of their lives in WC out into the community.
Anne Salt
