ARROWSA (Reg 088-058 NPO) is very happy to announce that Luthando Ngema is the new ARROWSA Chairperson. Ms Ngema started as a student researcher from CCMS, UKZN and then volunteer at ARROWSA Bechet. In 2010 when ARROWSA registered as an NPO Ms Ngema was appointed as one of the ARROWSA management where she has served ever since.
Some of the ARROWSA - Indra international arts for social change exchanges that Ms Ngema led include the trip to Study Hall Educational Foundation, Lucknow, India 2014 and to Indra Congress, Plymouth in the UK in 2016. She was also integral to the Pathways Indra Congress in Durban in 2018. The use of hand mapping for personal change has been developed and refined by Ms Ngema both locally and internationally.
Ms Ngema has also succeeded in raising funds for certain ARROWSA projects and has published research on ARROWSA arts for social change (see Pathways Indra Congress: Cultural Literacy for Social Change )
and culture and heritage for social change (see Cultural and natural heritage school programmes and social change. )
Luthando Ngema is a lecturer in Media at the School of Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal. She is also a researcher, teacher and social media expert and one of the project leaders for the Fukamisa Intsha film project - community engagement for UKZN. She is a PhD candidate, Media and Cultural Studies UKZN.
We wish Luthando Ngema all the very best in her new role at ARROWSA!
Join us on the 23rd July at 12.30 to 13.30pm SAST for our ARROW-INDRA webinar that combines an environmental expert and creative responses. The webinar will be hosted by ARROWSA, led by Mr Bheki Dlamini. Our presenter will be Shannon Leigh Landers who will share on 'People before Profit': Environmental Justice in South Durban.
Shannon Leigh Landers is a lecturer and PhD candidate in the area of media theory and cultural studies. She is also a dedicated volunteer and steering committee member at the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) – a community-based environmental justice organisation that advocates for the rights of KwaZulu-Natal communities affected by large industrial developments and pollution.
Jessica Ross facilitated our first ARROW-INDRA webinar as part of The Phone Call to the World project. One of ARROWSA's non-arts partners in the project, CCMS, UKZN organised Jessica's participation in the webinar. Jessica is a
passionate advocate for the environment. She has a MSc in Geography, and
is currently a student teacher of Geography and English. Jessica's passion for the subject of Eco bricks shone through as she presented a PowerPoint on the subject. Jessica included her context, how to make Eco bricks and the process and results of her MSc on Eco bricks.
The webinar was attended by approximately 45 youth and leaders from South Africa, India, England and Scotland.
Mr Bhekithemba Dlamini of ARROWSA led the webinar and an ARROWSA Bechet participant Monique Mukendi warmed up the session with a beautiful rendition of "Hero" by Mariah Carey. Monique opened the way for Jessica to show how we can be hero's in the fight for our environment. Or as Jessica said: "Eco warriors" and "Eco worriers"!
The break away sessions in the webinar, after Jessica's presentation, resulted in creative responses inspired by what she had shared. Some groups focused on what they would create from eco-bricks from chairs, tables, walls and dirt bins. Other groups focused on how they would create an awareness campaign on Eco bricks through media such as cartoons.
If the ARROWSA Bechet participants' inspired reaction to the project are anything to go by Jessica has sparked a renewed drive in how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle plastics with innovative and creative products as an outcome.
#phonecalltotheworld #creativity #reverberation #cop26 #togetherforourplanet #theclimateconnection
