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Empathy, Diversity & ConnectionEXPERIENCES TO TRANSFORM YOUR SCHOOL & COMMUNITY
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Empathy, Diversity & ConnectionEXPERIENCES TO TRANSFORM YOUR SCHOOL & COMMUNITY
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Empathy, Diversity & ConnectionEXPERIENCES TO TRANSFORM YOUR SCHOOL & COMMUNITY


A Most Liveable City Walk
CBD Walk & Talk

Year 8-12
75-90 mins
20-30
$425 *
Walk the streets of Melbourne’s CBD to see a different angle.
Students are encouraged to challenge their own assumptions and recognise the danger of single stories.
Through storytelling, students realise the strength of diversity in building a healthy city, especially in light of the pandemic.
Explores homelessness, stereotypes, hierarchy, colonisation, power, addiction, connection and more…
- Unpacks and explores the nature of stereotypes and demonstrates that there is a danger in only hearing a single story.
- Uses storytelling to explore wealth and poverty in society and raises questions about the impact of hierarchy and systemic structural differences.
- Invites students to engage with civic life and see that their own health and wellbeing is tied in to the health and wellbeing of those around them.
- Curriculum matched to Civics and Citizenship, Geography and Health.
Empathy Workshop
Hands-on Practice

Year 8-12
75-90 mins
20-25 *
$395 *
In a hands-on, interactive workshop students are encouraged to ask: What is empathy?
What happens when we empathise with people different to us? How does it change us and our society?
Experientially transform your perspective, your school, your community and our world.
- Engages students in facilitated discussion and critique around empathy, exploring it as a powerful tool for creating a healthy society.
- Challenges students’ interactions with others, both similar and different from themselves.
- Reflect on, unpack and critique their assumptions and observe where these have impacted society.
- Includes tactile and cooperative problem solving activities.
* Please note that all prices shown are in AUD and exclude GST. Please contact us if class sizes present a challenge.
Meet the Neighbour CBD
City Panel Experience

Year 8-12
75-90 mins
20-25 *
$450+ *
Students practice the skill of empathy through a panel style Q&A conversation with a small group of people from diverse backgrounds and experiences of marginalisation in our city venue.
By connecting with people we may have false assumptions about, students realise that these people are more than just stereotypes, they are our neighbours and we are all connected.
NB Students must participate in A Most Liveable City Walk or Empathy Workshop prior to this session.
- A facilitated empathic experience for students to encounter multiple perspectives on issues and topics discussed.
- Student will interact with our in-person presenter and with “Neighbours” who have life experiences or expert knowledge of areas including marginalisation, homelessness, drugs & alcohol, mental health and LGBTQIA+
- Invites and challenges students to see that difference of opinion comes from each person's lived experience and it is this difference that makes our society healthy.
- Hosted in our CBD venue. Also available online/in schools
In-School & Online Sessions Also Available
Book our presenters to come to your classroom in person or via streaming
Live Online Streaming Sessions
Special pricing for bookings in Term 1, 2021
A Most Liveable City Online
Virtual City Walk

Year 8-12
75-90 mins
20-30
$PoE *
A virtual tour of Melbourne’s CBD to hear the city’s stories students haven't encountered before.
Through breakout rooms and facilitated conversations, students are led to challenge their own assumptions and imagine what is needed to build a healthy society.
- Unpacks and explores the nature of stereotypes and demonstrates that there is a danger in only hearing a single story.
- Uses storytelling to explore wealth and poverty in society and raises questions about the impact of hierarchy and systemic structural differences.
- Invites students to engage with civic life and see that their own health and wellbeing is tied in to the health and wellbeing of those around them.
- Curriculum matched to Civics and Citizenship, Geography and Health.
Empathy Workshop Online
“Hands-on” Practice

Year 8-12
75-90 mins
20-30
$PoE *
In an interactive online workshop students are encouraged to ask:
What is empathy? What happens when we empathise with people different to us? How does it change us and our society?
Experientially transform your perspective, your school, your community and our world.
- Engages students in facilitated discussion and critique around empathy, exploring it as a powerful tool for creating a healthy society.
- Challenges students’ interactions with others, both similar and different from themselves.
- Reflect on, unpack and critique their assumptions and observe where these have impacted society.
- Includes creative and cooperative problem solving activities.
* Please note that all prices shown are in AUD and exclude GST. PoE = Price on Enquiry
NB This special online pricing applies only for dates during Term 1, 2021 and will increase for bookings from Term 2 onwards.
Stream the Neighbour
Panel Experience

Year 8-12
60-75 mins
20-30
$PoE *
Enables students to have online conversations with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences of marginalisation.
By connecting with people we may have assumptions about, students realise that these people are more than just stereotypes, they are our neighbours and we are all connected.
NB Students must participate in A Most Liveable City Online or Empathy Workshop Online prior to this session.
- A facilitated empathic experience for students to encounter multiple perspectives on issues and topics discussed.
- Students have the opportunity to talk with “Neighbours” who have life experiences or expert knowledge of areas including marginalisation, homelessness, drugs & alcohol, mental health and LGBTQIA+
- Invites and challenges students to see that difference of opinion comes from each person's lived experience and it is this difference that makes our society healthy.
The Intersection is a non-profit social enterprise in the heart of the city of Melbourne. We exist to create social change by educating about empathy, diversity and connection. Our primary tools are story-based city walks, interactive workshops, and facilitated ‘intersections’.
These experiences can be delivered online (using Zoom or WebEx), in your classroom, camp or venue, or as part of an excursion to the Melbourne CBD.
Homelessness, addiction and racism are symptoms of a deeper problem of disconnection. At The Intersection we challenge you to meet ‘the other’, because empathy, diversity and connection are vital to creating a liveable city for everyone.
Our sessions are primarily designed for schools, but can be tailored for workplaces, churches, non-profit organisations and community groups, anybody who wants to learn more about the margins of our city or increase their empathy.






A teacher’s response to experiencing one of our sessions
Jay from Overnewton Anglican Community College commenting on our A Most Liveable City Walk, March 2021. Thanks Jay!
We believe empathy, diversity & connection
will create a healthy society
We deliver our Walks, Workshops and Intersections online, in-school, or as excursions in the Melbourne CBD.
We can also provide customised workshops and experiences for your group.
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to bring urban issues alive for your participants










“Thank you for your informative and interactive Intersection presentation to our Padua VCAL students yesterday !
The students developed a further insight into the issues of homelessness in Melbourne from the session, as we start working on our community issue topics this semester.”



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