“A rough road leads to the stars” is an old adage being put through new tests in a partnership between Victoria University Secondary College and creative social project Youth Movement.
YM brings together disengaged youth across the multicultural west. Its members performed for about 60 year 11 VCAL students in the secondary college’s drama room earlier this month, telling their own inspiring stories.
Good Shepherd youth engagement worker Angela Scarpaci said YM was a creative outlet for people aged 15 to 25, who had lived through hard times.
“It brings together many cultures – Russian, African, European, Nepalese, Islander, Lebanese – with different kinds of talents,” she said. “They tell of their life journey to, and settling in, Australia – the issues they faced: like language barriers, abuse at home, struggling to get support. Some members had been child soldiers, spent time in refugee camps and watched their parents die.”
VCAL teacher Colleen Lynch said it was a chance for her students to see how “adversity does not need to define who you are”.
To get involved in Youth Movement, call Angela on 0423 930 014.
