Alice Walker

Jan 15, 2025 | abc.net.au | Ann Marie Debettencor |Alice Walker |Rohan Salmond |Meredith Lake

In post-apartheid South Africa, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is asking, when is forgiveness possible, and where does that leave the search for justice? These questions have sent her on what she calls the "reparative quest", seeking answers from people on opposite sides of the atrocity — including the former police colonel, Eugene de Kock, nicknamed “Prime Evil” for his role in killing and torturing activists fighting white minority rule in the country.

Dec 8, 2024 | abc.net.au | Alice Walker |Dominic Cansdale

Do you ever look at those great cartoons in the newspaper and just find yourself laughing out loud? Politicians, celebrities, sporting stars - all have been subject to caricature. But for one Victorian cartoonist, it's not just about drawing funny faces.

Dec 6, 2024 | abc.net.au | Alice Walker

Pies are a Trojan horse of sorts for Louise Daily. "A pie is one of the most approachable things for most Australians. It's an iconic part of the diet," she said. It is what is in the pies that Ms Daily and her business partners want to normalise — meat harvested from culling programs. "More often than not, most of the meat doesn't get utilised and we see there's a huge waste of really amazing protein that we want people to be able to enjoy more," she said.

Nov 27, 2024 | abc.net.au | Meredith Lake |Alice Walker |Rohan Salmond |John Jacobs

What does a future of freedom and justice look like? Recently-deceased Peruvian theologian Fr Gustavo Gutierrez spoke about liberation from all kinds of oppression and God's preferential option for the poor. It's a vision that began on the fringes, but has wound up influencing the very centres of power in the Christian world. Fr Peter Smith is parish priest of St Columba's Catholic Church in Leichhardt and Promoter of Peace and Justice with the Archdiocese of Sydney.

Nov 20, 2024 | abc.net.au | Meredith Lake |Rohan Salmond |Alice Walker |John Jacobs

Is there a mantra that helps you meditate, or perhaps some music that helps you connect with your sense of the sacred? Music has a long and intimate relationship with spirituality, and has helped people throughout the ages and across faith traditions to access something of the divine. Cyprian Consiglio is a Camaldolese monk with the monastery of New Camaldoli in Big Sur, California. He is a musician and writer and the newly appointed General Secretary for Monastic Interreligious Dialogue.