Story Telling for Resilience — Episode 2
Story telling for resilience
Women, story telling, resilience, planning
What’s this episode about?
Interesting stories, from interesting women, doing interesting things. This episode is about the importance of community in rural areas, especially in times of drought.
Hear from Shannon from the Hebel Rodeo Association, about how drought impacts on their ability to run events, including the rodeo, campdraft and motorkhana, and how this impacts their community members.
We talk to Ree Price, from the Wallumbilla area, about how her cattle farming family added diversification in the form of The Barn @ Mount Hope.
Key takeaways
It’s important communities can “pull together” in times of drought, and identify the resources they have to draw on, to benefit the whole community.
Events boost community spirit and the connectedness of the area, and pivoting around challenges can lead to even greater success.
Business diversification can lead to additional social opportunities for rural areas.
It’s important to lay the foundations for social cohesion in the good times.
Your hosts
Marlyn McInnerney leads the Women for Food and Fibre project, supported by the University of Southern Queensland’s Regional Economies Centre of Excellence and the SQNNSW Innovation Hub. Find Marlyn on LinkedIn.
Saleena Ham facilitates/coaches collaborative community building and co-design for all sorts of situations alongside diverse residents and stakeholders attempting to achieve something new. Find Saleena on LinkedIn.
While at the University of Southern Queensland’s Regional Economies Centre of Excellence, Fynn De Daunton worked on projects including regional drought planning, agribusiness strategies, working on resilience (with a focus on rural women), diversification and environmental offset markets. Find Fynn on LinkedIn.
The guests
Shannon Koch, from the Hebel Rodeo Association (check them out on Facebook), is the sixth generation of her family in the area. Find Shannon on LinkedIn.
Ree Price and her family have run a cattle enterprise on the “sea side” of Roma since 1955, and their diversification, The Barn @ Mount Hope, has added positively to the areas event and social landscape.
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