This is the WEB page of Northern Access Television's Multi-Faith and Inter-Faith awareness program, "Harmony in Diversity", on Channel 31 - Melbourne Community Television, Melbourne, Australia.
We hope to be back with a second series later in the year
CURRENT EPISODE: Episode 13 - 29 February 2012
This is the last episode in our current series.
In this episode we hear from many of the people we have interviewed over the rest of the series and listen to their responses on why they think inter faith contact is important and what they find in common to people of all faiths.
We now also have a You Tube site for Harmony in Diversity.
About our Program:
We are producing a 13 week season of a half hour Multi Faith/Inter Faith Community TV Programs, for transmission weekly on C31 Melbourne at 11pm on Wednesdays starting 7th of December 2011, and free on demand streaming over the net via this web site.The project has been funded by a grant from the Victorian Government’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship, and is being produced through the Northern Access Television Association Inc, a full member of the Melbourne Community TV Consortium that operates C31
There are also currently the following organizations who have agreed formally to be partner organizations in the project and will either provide help in finding interview subjects and/or take part in one of the programs themselves:
The Focolare Movement
COMMON (Centre for Melbourne Multi-faith and others Network)
RMIT Chaplaincy
Purposes of Program:
To increase the awareness of existing multi and inter faith initiatives in Victoria via the medium of community TV and streaming video over the internet and encourage viewers to join existing interfaith groups or start their own by telling the stories of already existing groups.To encourage racial and religious tolerance through interviews of people involved in groups in the community involved in achieving this.
To encourage the understanding of various faiths and cultures by talking to people of various faith communities in Victoria.
The programs producer:
The producer of the program is myself, David McLauchlan, - I have been involved with Northern Access TV since 1994, the programs I have produced in the past include, Northern Community News, Nat Chat and Et Cetera, and I am currently producer of Spirit of Life and Red Lobster.For more information about me see my web site – www.davidmcl.id.au
Format of Program:
13 weeks of (nominal) half hour programs, with a magazine type format similar to the program Et Cetera, that I produced eleven years ago – see: www.davidmcl.id.au/etcetera, with perhaps some episodes in an interview format like my current long running Christian Faith Interview program "Spirit of Life" (on air Wednesdays at 11:30pm on C31 - see www.spiritoflifetv.net for more information).Some of the proposed possible Topics/Groups to be covered include, the Soul Food program from the Baha’i community, RMIT University’s Multi Faith Chaplaincy, the Jewish Christian Muslim Association, and COMMON.
Who will benefit from project:
Those multi-faith and inter-faith groups who are showcased on the program will benefit from the favorable exposure.Students will be able benefit from the program as a resource of local stories about grass roots involvement in the multi and inter-faith areas.
Local multi-faith groups will benefit from accessing information about other faiths which would not otherwise be available.
DVD's of the completed programs will also be available.
For information about our production group, Northern Access Television, go to http://www.nat.org.au
For more information about Melbourne's Channel 31 you can go to the stations Web Site at http://www.c31.org.au
The programs producer is myself, David McLauchlan - Ph: 0412 166 563
For more information about me see my Personal Web Site:
www.davidmcl.id.au
For more information you can Email me at david@harmonyindiversity.net