Vocal Roots

Meet our Arts Facilitator Bareeka 👩🏽‍🎨✨

Bareeka Vrede is a community arts facilitator and visual arts teacher based in Tāmaki Makaurau.

As a community arts facilitator, she has been a part of teams that have created writing workshops with acclaimed international and national authors, lead a archival project about black voices in Aotearoa, co-curator a zine spotlighting black diaspora stories and artwork alongside a book stand for auckland council and auckland cbd library, spoken about the history of black literature at the Auckland writers festival, and facilitated art workshops centered on the importance of art and community.

Bareeka will be facilitating a collage activity at Between Worlds to explore the conversations, thoughts and experiences from the event.

✨EVENT INFO✨
⏰ 11AM-3PM
📍 Corban Estate Arts Centre
🎟️ Free - register via the link in our bio!

Less than a week to go!

Living between worlds is something many of us from migrant and refugee backgrounds can relate to.

This event will be a space to reflect, connect and share what that journey has been like ✨

Meet our Between Worlds Emcee 🎤✨

Michelle “Mish” Mascoll is a Londoner of Afro-Caribbean descent, now proudly calling Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland home. She’s a community leader at heart ,someone who builds genuine relationships, listens first, and turns connection into action.

Mish is part of Ethnic Rainbow Alliance and a founding member, championing representation and belonging for LGBTQIA+ people from ethnic communities. She’s also the Founder of Same Same But Black , creating space for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour voices within the Rainbow community, and a co-founder of the Black Sound Society , supporting BIPOC audio professionals internationally.

She previously served as Vice President of the Waitākere Ethnic Communities Board and sat on the government’s COVID-19 Community Advisor Panel, helping bridge diverse communities and decision-makers. With a background in media production at Auckland’s multilingual community access radio station, Mish knows the power of storytelling to bring people together.

A Justice of the Peace and Leadership New Zealand alumna, Mish combines lived experience with real sector know-how and she’s just as comfortable in a boardroom as she is having a genuine, honest conversation. She works on the principles of being kind and show, up when you can. Everyone needs some support at some time. Caring is learning.

✨EVENT INFO✨

11AM-3PM
Saturday 3 October
Corban Estate Arts Centre

What happens when we listen before deciding what comes next? 🤔💭

Between Worlds is creating space for rangatahi from migrant and refugee backgrounds to share their experiences, ideas and perspectives on alcohol, other drugs, wellbeing, identity and belonging.

What you share can help inform how future approaches to alcohol and other drug harm are designed for communities like yours. Because rangatahi know their own experiences, and your voice can help shape what comes next.

Come along, take part in the conversation, share what feels comfortable for you, or simply listen.

🕙 11AM - 3PM
📅 Saturday 3 October
📍Corban Estate Arts Centre
🎟️ This event is free! Register to attend via the link in our bio.

A listening event might be a little different from what you’re used to.

Between Worlds is a space to listen, share and connect around identity, belonging, family, culture, wellbeing, alcohol, other drugs and the experiences that connect them.

Share what feels comfortable, or simply be in the space.

Come be part of the event however you want to show up!

Register via the link in bio.

What is Between Worlds? 🤔👀

If this sounds like an event you want to be a part of, follow us and CAYAD Auckland for the journey.

For now, make sure to save the date: Saturday 3 October 🙂‍↕️ more to come soon 🫶

Saturday 3 October

While the formal reporting and reflections are complete, it felt really special to pause and reflect out loud, not just on this year’s Africa Month programme, but on the journey of the past five years.

A huge thank you to ☀️T I N A B O N S U-M A R O☀️ for the opportunity to sit down and share on Be About It 🙏🏿✨

If you have any questions, thoughts or comments, please share! I’m keen to continue the conversation ☺️