STTARS

There has been lots of growth in our street-front garden at STTARS on Angas Street, Adelaide CBD! What do you think we should plant next?🌼

✨Learn more about STTARS, or make a referral directly at our website: www.sttars.org.au

👀Our Vision:
STTARS seeks a world where human rights are respected, and violations are challenged.
🌍Our Mission:
To support survivors of torture and trauma to find their voices and rebuild their lives.

⭐World Press Freedom Day is observed annually on 3 May to highlight the importance of protecting press freedom globally. It is also a day to acknowledge the commitment of journalists and those working in media who seek to report global news objectively and truthfully for all of us.

🌍The United Nations reports that over the past decade there has been a marked increase in violations against media freedom including physical attacks on journalists, intimidation, detention, and censorship of information.

📣This year the 'Shaping A Future of Peace' conference in Lusaka, Zambia brought attention to the continuing need for press freedom to be protected, and governments held accountable when violations occur. The conference also emphasised the connection between press freedom and upholding fundamental human rights.

📝World Press Freedom Day is an important opportunity for us to all consider how the news we receive can be affected by those in power, and how violations to press freedom can undermine civilian rights to truthful information.

⭐Learn more about World Press Freedom Day: https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom

📷Journalists and members of the civil society march for World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2018, in Nakuru, Kenya (AFP/Suleiman Mbatiah).

✨Learn more about STTARS, or make a referral directly at our website: www.sttars.org.au
👀Our Vision:
STTARS seeks a world where human rights are respected, and violations are challenged.
🌍Our Mission:
To support survivors of torture and trauma to find their voices and rebuild their lives.

⭐Registrations are still open to attend The 4th Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference, held in Sydney May 4-6.

📣STTARS will be represented at the conference by a number of our colleagues where they will be presenting research, learning alongside other organisations and fostering connections.

🎉Registration and further information can be found online at https://www.fasstt.org.au/fasstt-conference/

⭐Congratulations to Adelaide-based talented young artist Araam, who is one of two winners in the Shared Stories, Shared Hope Youth Art Showcase! We love the simple and strong message of Araam's artwork, and his beautiful message of hope and strength.

📣The youth art showcase is an initiative of the FASSTT 4th Australia & New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference. Araam's artwork will be exhibited alongside the art of other creative young people at the conference, and it will feature on the official conference t-shirt!

🎨STTARS extends a heartfelt congratulations to Araam, and we thank him for sharing his vision of hope and strength for the world. Our world benefits so much from the creative vision of young people. Thank you for sharing your creative vision with all of us Araam!