Media Release 16 October 2010
Ms Koori Love is planning a fundraiser at the Red Rattler Theatre 6 Faversham Street Marrickville NSW on Wednesday 27 October at 7pm raise $15,000 to produce mini books of her Koori Mail columns and to pay her $,1200 student fees at the School for Social Entrepreneurs.
This special event will be hosted by Miriam Corowa, host of Message Stick on the ABC 1 and Ken Zulumovski, a co facilitator of the Gamarada Men’s Self Healing Program at Redfern.
Australia’s Oprah, Ms Koori Love, is venturing into publishing books on love and life from her witty Aboriginal perspective. Ms Koori Love is the much loved character created by Meggan Grose, a Weilwan woman living in Sydney. Under this name Meggan writes about love, relationships & her adventures finding love with an Aboriginal man.
“I’ve been writing funny little columns on heaps of different topics like finding love on the Sydney to Brisbane XPT, the Koori football knockout and of course my main man, Aaron Pedersen” says Ms Koori Love creator, Meggan Grose.
Starting as a Yahoo! Group, Ms Koori Love now boasts a website where Aboriginal singles can meet, over 1, 700 Facebook friends and a loyal following through Australia’s 100% Aboriginal owned and controlled newspaper, The Koori Mail. Now into her fifth year writing for the Koori Mail, she aims to raise seed funding to produce mini books of her columns. The money from the sale of the mini books will go into developing and selling a new range of products for young Aboriginal people.
“I want to yarn up stories about love and relationships to create a new, positive story about Aboriginal people. Where are young Aboriginal people reading about love and relationships? The people who come to my fundraiser will help me on my path to developing a range of Ms Koori Love books and materials especially for young Aboriginal people on love, negotiating relationships and communication” says Ms Grose.
Ms Grose also needs to raise funds to pay her student fees at the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), where she is currently studying to grow Ms Koori Love to be sustainable and self funding.
“The program I’m doing at the School for Social Entrepreneurs is giving me the skills to build a business so I can have the resources to yarning up about love. I’m a creative person and love to write, but I also need to myself educated in things like financial management, promotions, building a successful team and developing business plans. SSE is teaching me all this. ” says Ms Grose.
To fundraise for the books there is a $25 door fee, auctions of signed Ms Koori Love pictures and Ms Koori Love wine as well as raffles and lucky door prizes. To fundraise for the School fees there will be a donations box.
“There will be performers, gourmet snacks, giveaways, mini signed Ms Koori Love pictures to buy and of course, you will be able to meet Ms Koori Love!” says Ms Grose.
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