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Stories 1001 program for Brimbank Library After Dark program Vietnamese Gambling Harm group
Process
• Dec 2020 - Ran four week stories program online as part of
Brimbank Library After Dark program (an alternative to
pokies in the evening)
• Because of this invited to run similar program for
Vietnamese gambling harm group in Jan 2021. Work
closely with library after dark coordinator to present online
workshops.
• Received Project Brief
• Took part in Vietnamese Gambling Harm group meetings.
Introduce myself and story program to encourage
participation.
• Vietnamese translator and gambling harm coordinator
attended story program in December 2020
• Liaise with her re the Vietnamese group
• Advise re support for participants to attend
• Week 1
• Introduction – each other
• Introduction to story
• Emotion and story
• Ask the group what they are happy doing – writing? talking?
storyboard?
• Next lesson (in response to group)
• Provide powerpoint template of questions (prompts) in the
general shape of a story for group to refer to
• Sessions is recorded (audio) with group’s permission
• Translator and participants discuss questions
• Three sessions discussing gambling experience – from
beginning gambling to now
• Result 90 mins X 3 audio in Vietnamese
• Locate Vietnamese transcriber
• negotiate cost with Brimbank council
• Send files to transcriber
• Put Vietnamese text into google translate into English
• Keep encouraging / supporting storytellers to feel OK
discussing their experience (they are unsure about
appearing in public)
• Gambling harm group organise radio interview on SBS
radio and possible video to be used in online awareness
clips
• Edited excerpts from discussion distributed to Vietnamese
media