About JAM!
JAM! began in early 2021 ...
JAM! began in early 2021 as an informal gathering of Maribrynong residents interested in supporting the call for Maribyrnong City Council to formally acknowledge January 26 as Invasion Day / Day of Mourning / Survival Day. JAM! is a Local Reconciliation Group with Reconciliation Victoria.
JAM! seeks to support and raise awareness of First Nations cultures and justice issues. We are also more broadly interested in initiating and promoting anti-racism and diversity projects. We meet monthly at Victoria University. You can read about our activities in the Action Archive or Contact JAM! to get involved.
2026
Current members of the JAM! Organising Group include David Jones, Lisel Thomas, John Chadderton, Helen Rodd, Clint Lingard, Bernadette Thomas, Jorge Jorquera, Sarah Tartakover.
2021-2025
Previous members included Terri Soumilas, Nick Wight, David Mountford, Clare Green, Howard Nicklas, Peter Stevenson.
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BEHIND OUR WEB DESIGN
The typeface font used in the JAM! logo and across the site is called MARTIN. It’s a non-violent typeface inspired by a famous sanitation strike in Memphis, United States of America in 1968.
Memphis sanitation workers, the majority of them Black, went out on strike on February 12, 1968, demanding recognition for their union, better wages, and safer working conditions after two trash handlers were killed by a malfunctioning garbage truck.
Martin Luther King Jr. joined the cause, speaking to a crowd of 6,000 in late March and returning on April 3rd to deliver one of his most famous speeches, I’ve Been to the Mountaintop. Dr King placed the strike in a larger context, declaring, “The masses of people are rising up.”
