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How to Series: Floods & Cans

UHT’s Head Technician Clynton Jones talks through different types of theatre lighting, focussing on Floods & Cans.

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A new policy that will punish, rather than support, students struggling with mental health — 25 September 2020
Friday, 25 September, 2020
Condemnation of the LGBTQIA+ Conversion Movement – 18 September 2020
Friday, 18 September, 2020
Senior Melbourne Uni staff warn cuts will do long-term harm — 18 September 2020
Friday, 18 September, 2020
Special Consideration Policy changes Report – 4 September 2020
Friday, 4 September, 2020
Statement on sexual harassment conducted by Professor Peter Rathjen — 28 August 2020
Friday, 28 August, 2020

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🚨 PSA🚨 It's Week 9 and mid sem break starts

🚨 PSA🚨 It's Week 9 and mid sem break starts AT THE END OF THIS WEEK! Why is it 3/4 of the way through term? Who thought that was a good idea? We'll never know 🕵️🔮 But if you're still hanging in there you're a boss in our eyes 💜 ⁠
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Monday⁠
12pm - Queer X Disabilities Zoom Collective.⁠
⁠5.30pm - Professional Mingle with UMSU International.⁠
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Tuesday⁠
12pm - Environment Collective.⁠
12pm - Woman of Colour Collective.⁠
12.30pm - Drawing Plants Workshop. ⁠
1pm - Bands, Bevs and BBQ Online - The Vanns. ⁠
2pm - UniMelb Sustainability Plan Student Consultation.⁠
2pm - Trans Collective.⁠
2pm - Page to Stage: Application Deadline. ⁠
5pm - UHT Directing Lab. ⁠
⁠⁠5.30pm - Professional Mingle with UMSU International.⁠
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Wednesday⁠
12pm - Women's Collective.⁠
1pm - Queer Game Times. ⁠
2pm - Queer Political Action Collective.⁠
4pm - Women and non-binary people in activism workshop.⁠
5.30pm - Free Online Yoga.⁠
⁠5.30pm - Professional Mingle with UMSU International.⁠
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Thursday⁠
12pm - Queer People of Colour Zoom.⁠
1pm - Queer People of Faith Zoom.⁠
1pm - Education Action Collective. ⁠
2pm - Disability and Mental Wellness Zoom Collective.⁠
3.15pm - Feminist Action Collective. ⁠
5.30pm - Trivia with Activities, Queer and Women's. ⁠
⁠5.30pm - Professional Mingle with UMSU International.⁠
6pm - UMSU Activities Stand-up Comedy Night ft. Annie Louey.⁠
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Friday⁠
3pm - Creative Arts Collective.⁠
3pm - Ace and Aro Collective.⁠
⁠5.30pm - Professional Mingle with UMSU International.⁠
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🔗 All Events Calendar link in bio.

Join UMSU Education and UMSU Women's Department to discuss how to create more inclusive spaces for women and non-binary people in activism 🌟Stick around for a session of the Feminist Action Collective focused on upskilling women and non-binary people in activism!

📣 Wed 30 September, 4pm
✊ RSVP via the Facebook event.

Come along to UMSU International's Professional Mi

Come along to UMSU International's Professional Mingle events, where you'll get the chance to gain insights from working professionals who were once International Students. Have a chat about your career goals and experience what it feels like to be in the working world first-hand. RSVP via the URL below — there's only 20 spots available for each session so get in quick!

💻 28 Sep — 2 Oct, various session times
👉 Find out more and RSVP: bit.ly/INTLMingle2020

Its Bands, Bevs and BBQs Week 9 and we’re in the

Its Bands, Bevs and BBQs Week 9 and we’re in the home stretch 🚗 Next up we’re joined by indie alt rockers The Vanns! Join us for a living room dance sesh and find out why they're fast becoming one of the most in-demand young bands in Australia. ⁠
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🍺 From 1-2pm, Tue 29 September.⁠
🍔 Tune in at 1pm by clicking on the Live video which will appear on the UMSU Activities Facebook page!

🧘On Tomorrow!🧘⁠ ⁠ The Yoga Place Melbour

🧘On Tomorrow!🧘⁠
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The Yoga Place Melbourne and UMSU Welfare's online yoga classes are free for students, and great for the mind, body and soul! No experience necessary. ⁠
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💠 5:30pm Wednesdays during semester.⁠
💠 RSVP Essential, head to the Facebook event to get your free pass.

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Come and join the @umsudisabilities department this Wednesday for an online learning workshop with a UniMelb expert. Pick their brains and learn some new tips from others within your student community!⁠
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📝 Weds 23 September at 2pm⁠
📝 Join via the Facebook event!

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It's Week 8 AKA assignment crunch time 💀 Take breaks, get plenty of sleep and be kind to yourself. Word on the street is a bit of fun and 👉 human interaction👈 will help you see work with fresh eyes ❤️ ⁠
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Monday⁠
12pm - Queer X Disabilities Zoom Collective.⁠
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Tuesday⁠
12pm - Environment Collective.⁠
12pm - Woman of Colour Collective.⁠
12.30pm - Collage and Drawing Combined with Minna Gilligan.⁠
1pm - Bands, Bevs and BBQ Online - Noah Dillon. ⁠
2pm - Trans Collective.⁠
2pm - Page to Stage: Apply Now! ⁠
5pm - UHT Directing Lab. ⁠
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Wednesday⁠
12pm - Women's Collective.⁠
1pm - Queer Game Times.
2pm - Online Learning 101 with a Chancellor Scholar.
2pm - Queer Political Action Collective.⁠
5.30pm - Free Online Yoga.⁠
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Thursday⁠
12pm - Queer People of Colour Zoom.⁠
1pm - Queer People of Faith Zoom.⁠
1pm - Education Action Collective. ⁠
2pm - Disability and Mental Wellness Zoom Collective.⁠
3.15pm - Feminist Action Collective. ⁠
5.30pm - Trivia with Activities, Queer and Women's. ⁠
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Friday⁠
3pm - Creative Arts Collective.⁠
3pm - Ace and Aro Collective.⁠
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🔗 All Events Calendar link in bio.

Come one, come all to the UMSU Enviro Trivia Night

Come one, come all to the UMSU Enviro Trivia Night! Test your knowledge, get your competition on and win prizes 🏆 Trivia is bomb, so come meet new people, have some fun and blow off some steam. Make sure you RSVP!⁠
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💣 Fri 25 September, 6:30pm⁠
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Content warning: Homophobia, transphobia, religion

Content warning: Homophobia, transphobia, religion, conversion practices.

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At UMSU’s most recent students’ council a motion was passed condemning the LGBTQIA+ Conversion Movement. The motion and the text of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts Survivor statement is below:
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Conversion practices, sometimes referred to as “reparative therapy,” is any of several dangerous and discredited practices aimed at changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Conversion therapists use a variety of shaming, emotionally traumatic or physically painful stimuli to make their victims associate those stimuli with their LGBTQ identities.

Despite recent attempts to ban conversion practices (notably in Queensland and Victoria), conversion practices are not receding, rather they are entering the mainstream in particular churches. At least 10 organisations in Australia and New Zealand currently advertise conversion therapy. Instead of stamping out conversion practices, criminalisation has only pushed it underground.

To actually tackle conversion practices, survivors’ voices need to be platformed.

“The ex-gay/ex-trans movement is grounded in an ideology – it is not just a type of therapy that can be banned. While affirming faith leaders are needed to help drive change from within this movement, lawmakers and legal advocates who wish to curtail the movement must pursue strategies that seek to identify and counteract the influence of this ideology in the education and training, community, charity, non-profit and media spheres.”

Many queer students at the University of Melbourne are survivors of conversion practices, or are still subject to them. Not only should UMSU provide more support to these students, but UMSU also must publicly condemn a practice that causes years of lasting harm.

UMSU condemns any sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts to queer students, and commits to offering material solidarity and support to any survivor who should request it.

UMSU has affirmed the SOGICE survivor statement. The SOGICE survivor statement can be found via the President's News link in our bio.

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