When strength met hope
My name is Aminata Conteh-Biger and I was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in West Africa. My country Sierra Leone endured 12 years of...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Kindness from a classroom in Brazil
My name is Bruno Rafael Paiva. I live in Ceará State of Brazil and this is my story. It’s been almost four years since my family...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Because of her, we can
Four years ago I moved from Central Australia, to study at university in Melbourne. I was astounded when my new friends started to ask me...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Tales of an adventuring soul
My name is Agustin Di Gennaro. I was born and bred in Argentina, 1989 and this is a kindness story (Please excuse my English – it’s not...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Changing the world one brushstroke at a time
In India, wanting to become an artist is a strange career choice so, once you’ve committed to it, expect weird things to happen. You...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20214 min read
I believe in looking past perceptions & fearlessly shining positivity
The Glenray Choir Lifting Hearts, Raising Voices Standing backstage at BMEC as stage hands excitedly hurry past, I see Krissy’s anxiety...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20215 min read
Be kind to each other, Darlings
Emotion is a funny thing and it seems to have been holding my heart, very tightly, my entire life: “Deb, you are too soft,” “…such a...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
There is kindness in trust
What is the world’s most valuable natural resource? According to the political scientist Francis Fukuyama, what underwrites economic...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20212 min read
I believe in kindness and free coffee
My name is Pej. I run a cafe around the corner from AIME’s office in Redfern called Hunter’s Corner and I believe in kindness. I believe...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness
Last Thursday, we released our 2017 results with a small group of people in Sydney. We asked them to commit to being kind. In return,...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20212 min read
What happens when kindness spreads like wildflowers?
Last Sunday, AIME’s Deputy CEO, Ben Abbatangelo shared a story about his random act of generosity and set a challenge to see how far the...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Kindness is dominating
Last Thursday morning, I woke before my alarm and jumped out of bed with a massive smile because I knew I was about to deliver an act...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20215 min read
Making the invisible visible
Jody on a Sydney Harbour Tribal Warrior Cruise with Atlantic Fellows I am Jody Barney. I am a Birri-Gubba/Urangan woman from South East...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20218 min read
Mentoring, key to a fairer world
Kabir Dhanji “Sunday Kindness” has an established beginning that is this week forfeit, because there’s no sense in conventional...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Forgiveness liberates the soul
Candice Mama My name is Candice Mama, I was born in 1991 in South Africa; a country that was gripped by the grossly violent and...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Trust & human kindness. The fundamental currencies
IME Family, My name is Ben Abbatangelo and I’m the Deputy CEO at AIME. I’m penning this note as I tackle the last leg of what has been an...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Apparel Pop Up Stores for Hottest 100
Missed out on ordering a Hottest 100 tee in time for the 27th? Don’t sweat it. We got ya back! We’re running one-off pop up stores at...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
The Backdrop to AIME
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the two Indigenous groups in Australia, were invaded by the British in 1788. Before 1788,...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20212 min read
‘There is beauty beyond regulations’
We all have our own definition of access and inclusion, and perhaps we are all, in our own way, working towards embracing this as a core...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Saved by the groove: the therapy of dance
If you picture the life of a dancer you may imagine auditions, flurries of feathered costumes, bright lights, backstage stretches and...
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