One half of the 2020 Youth Week WA Ambassadors, Zahra Al Hilaly is a young changemaker determined to set positive change in areas such as intersectionality engagement and empowerment. During our interview, we opened up conversation about breaking down barriers that exist for different minorities, what privilege means, youth empowerment and the upcoming Youth Week WA KickstART Festival.

Zal Kanga-Parabia, our Advocacy Development Officer, spent three days on Country with Dr Noel Nannup OAM. He was taught song, dance, story and art, learnt how to find native potatoes and tubers and was not just told the Carers of Everything story, but shown the story, which marks itself in the land throughout the southwest of WA.

Over the past three months, we’ve been really lucky to have Ria as our Mosaic Intern. We can’t thank her enough for the amount of work she’s contributed! In this blog post, Ria writes about her experience interning at Propel, what she has learned and the path of a creative.

We’ll be recruiting for KickstART Festival Interns soon. If you’re going to apply, here are some top tips to land an interview! *As suggested by Propel Staff.

Propel Youth Arts WA is adding our name and voice to the long list of local artists and organisations who are downing tools and taking part in the public rally in Perth’s city centre on Friday 20 September.