Urban Seed currently visits and is visited by secondary schools throughout Victoria (with an emphasis on Melbourne based schools) and presents on urban issues such as homelessness, alcohol and drug abuse, violence, poverty, and our work with people affected by these issues.

Urban Seed’s attraction is its hands on experience with these issues and street culture that allows us to share anecdotes and stories that bring urban issues alive for students, help breakdown stereotypes and promote consideration of the risks associated with drug abuse and wider cultural issues.

In 2004 Urban Seed spoke to more than 10,000 secondary school students through running interactive walks around the city and presenting creative at school seminars aimed at complementing curriculum needs.

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In's and Out's of Melbourne : An introduction to Homelessness in the City

This seminar provides information on homelessness and substance abuse from our unique perspective of frontline work in the inner city. It tells the story of Urban Seed and how we have responded to these issues. It encourages students to critique different models of response to these issues and to consider their own responses. Finally, it empowers people to create “home” for themselves.

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You’re More than your Score: Alternative Vocations:

We have often been asked by schools to present a broader paradigm for young people to consider their future beyond school. The seminar seeks to help these students deal with the pressure that these choices create including issues such as depression and suicide.

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Branded!– Branding and Identity in a Consumer World

All of society and particularly young people are affected by our brand driven, consumer culture.This seminar looks at the effects of marketing on the personal and cultural identity of young people. We also explore economic and environmental issues and discuss the significant events of September 11th ....being the World Economic Forum protests of 2000 in Melbourne and the World Trade Centre disaster in 2001. This session assists student’s to grapple with current debates about “branding” and "globalisation" and the ways it impacts upon us personally.

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Whos the addict?: Drugs, addiction and life

Urban Seed has expertise in dealing with drug users at a street level and has been actively engaged in the local and national debates upon how to respond. The seminar educates secondary schools students about the risks associated with substance use and abuse and offers frameworks for interpreting the many peer and social messages one receives about drugs.

 

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Retreat Days

Urban Seed is often invited to participate in school retreat days and offers bible based sessions on issues around Social Justice, Branding and Identity and Faith and Community Work. These can run from anything from a half day to a week depending on the needs of the School.

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Week Long City Life Program

With the completion of the Urban Classroom in Little Bourke Street, the Urban Seed School Engagement team has developed a week long experience that involves aselection of interactive seminars and simulations that encourage students to deepen their understanding of the key concepts underpinning complex issues such as addiction, safety, inclusion and exclusion, homelessness and gambling.

Each day focuses on a different issue and students are invited to gather information, analyse its significance on a personal and societal level, and respond intellectually and creatively.

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