Connecting our Community – Gesher
Sonia Newell – Development Officer – Alumni & Community Relations
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Alumna Hannah Beder (Class of 2012) was recently announced the winner of the 2019 Young Urban Inspirational Woman of the Year, presented by the Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour. These awards have been established to recognise women and young women who best exemplify Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self (i.e. the community service the individual performs above and beyond their normal role).
As we approach the first Tuesday in November next week, it is timely to mention the inspirational film Ride Like a Girl – the 2019 Australian biographical sports drama film based on the true story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup (in 2015). There is an Emanuel connection to this film with alumna Anneliese Apps (Class of 2011) starring as Brigit Payne, the eldest of Michelle’s nine siblings. Anneliese also starred as Rosie in the short film Larry Time earlier this year and she featured in the TV series Home and Away as Elizabeth Ellis in 2017. We look forward to following Anneliese’s career in the film industry and we know she is an amazing inspiration to our senior Drama students.
If you have had a chance to visit Sculpture by the Sea you may have been lucky enough to meet alumnus Joel Adler (Class of 2011) alongside his sculpture titled Viewfinder. Don’t forget you can vote for the Allens People’s Choice Award, so let us get behind Joel and vote for Viewfinder, #23. Pick up a voting form on site at the catalogue and information marquees or visit: www.allens.com.au/sxsvote to vote online.
ABC’s Compass program recently featured two documentaries from producer Judy Menczel, a past Emanuel parent. One, which many of us have seen, It Takes a Village, covers the life and work of our very own amazing and inspirational Emanuel alumna and School Nurse Genna Radnan and it also showcases some of our current students carrying on the work Genna has inspired them to do.
Judy Menczel and Adam Dostalek teamed up again to produce and direct Ride Like an ANZAC which covers two initiatives filmed during the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba. Judy said: “Ride Like an ANZAC is one of the most unusual combinations of event and people in one film. There are amazing indigenous descendants representing their families in the Anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba in Israel, then you have bike riders from around the world living history and riding the ANZAC Trail, where the Light Horsemen rode filmed at the 100th anniversary. Earlier this year Adam Dostalek, the wonderful director that I have been collaborating with on this film, drove with me to Gatton in Queensland and filmed the first time Indigenous men and women could ride in an ANZAC Day Parade. It was very moving, because there had been no recognition of their contribution till now. Ultimately the film is about belonging and connecting to family and it shows a beautiful connection with Australia and Israel and some of the history.”
Call-out for volunteers for Friendship Circle Summer Camp
It is now that time of year where Friendship Circle starts recruiting volunteers for the summer holiday Friendship Circle Day camps. Please see details on the poster:
If you have photos and/or news to share, please send to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au