The title of this recording is "Tabby Besley - Shift hui (2016)". It is described as: Tabby Besley, national co-ordinator for InsideOUT talks about being part of the team organising the hui. It was recorded in Tapu te Ranga Marae, 46C Rhine Street, Island Bay, Wellington on the 23rd April 2016. Tabby Besley is being interviewed by Rowan Moulder.  Their names are spelt correctly but may appear incorrectly spelt later in the document. The duration of the recording is 6 minutes. A list of correctly spelt content keywords and tags can be found at the end of this document. A brief description of the recording is: In this podcast Tabby Besley, national co-ordinator for InsideOUT talks about being part of the team organising the hui. The content in the recording covers the 2010s decade. A brief summary of the recording is: In a podcast recorded at Tapu te Ranga Marae in Wellington, Tabby Besley, the national coordinator for InsideOUT, details their experience organizing a significant event called the "Shift hui". The term "Shift" was purposefully chosen to symbolize the aim of challenging and changing dominant societal norms, particularly those related to heteronormativity, and to empower youth to support and celebrate diversity within their communities. One of the greatest challenges Besley discusses is the struggle of managing such a substantial event with minimal funding and resources, as InsideOUT operates with only one part-time staff member. Despite this, the favorite moments highlighted by Besley include witnessing the growth of former participants who have become volunteers, facilitating workshops and taking on leadership roles. Seeing the diverse young people from different parts of the country engage, learn from each other, and have fun is also especially rewarding for them. Besley is particularly excited about the rest of the event, anticipating the talent show where participants will be showcasing their skills and the continuation of valuable workshops. The transformation of participants from the start to the end of the hui is notable, as they often arrive anxious but leave with newfound friendships and insights into themselves and their capabilities. The podcast also addresses the importance of creating a safe space for attendees, particularly those who are attending for the first time or who are young, given that individuals from the LGBTQ+ community often face significant mental health challenges. InsideOUT fosters this safe environment through a robust support system that includes assigning each participant a "tuakana" (similar to an elder sibling or group leader) for mentorship, as well as having an "asteroid" (a supporting figure) and professional counselors and social workers available for additional assistance. Looking ahead, Besley expresses the desire to make the hui more accessible by potentially organizing it in multiple regions to alleviate travel barriers, ensuring that even more individuals can benefit from the event. They encourage those interested to reach out with any questions and reassure potential attendees of the ample support that will be provided. The full transcription of the recording follows.  It includes timestamps every thirty seconds in the format [HH:MM:SS].  The transcription begins:  So we thought we didn't want to have to come up with a new name each year for the because that gets its quite a lot of work and endless naming brainstorms. Um, so we did a big endless naming brainstorm. And, um, we came up with the word shift, and we really liked it because we thought it talks about how we want to kind of shift dominant cultures and kind of, um, push resistance back against the ideas of kind of heteronormative. And, um, I guess what society often tells us is is the normal in and and challenge that. And, um, start [00:00:30] to give young people the tools to go and, um, create better support and change in their own communities that, um, celebrates their kinds of diversity. So what's been the most challenging thing about putting this together for you? It's quite challenging doing it with very little, um, funding. Um, and as an organisation, Currently, we've only got, um, one part time staff member. So just trying to coordinate something of this size, um, and the scale [00:01:00] with a really limited budget that gets and that we only got get that funding approved right beforehand, um can be really hard. Um, and I Yeah, I don't know any other organisation that does something to the the scale with that. That little resourcing. So, yeah, that's always a really big, um, challenge. And I think just, um yeah, making sure we have all the right, um, support staff in place. And And, Yeah. So what's been your favourite part of the weekend [00:01:30] So far? Or possibly what's the thing you're really looking forward to? Um, highlight for me has been one has been watching lots of our volunteers. Some of them have been young people who might have come to several years ago, and they now stepped up into a volunteer role with us, Um, and kind of picking in and seeing them facilitating workshops and being really strong in their roles because, um keeps giving me really big smiles. I'm just so proud of them. Um, so that's been yeah, really beautiful at this. Um, and of course, to seeing all [00:02:00] of the amazing young people that have come from all different, um, parts of, um, the country and from different backgrounds, different identities and them all coming together. And, um yeah, finding common ground ground learning from each other, challenging each other, um, celebrating each other, having fun. Um, and the a the awesome questions and just yeah, all the beautiful people around has been amazing. All right, so, um, what's one thing you're looking forward [00:02:30] to that maybe hasn't happened yet. We're looking forward to, um I'm looking forward to the talent show. That's always, um, really awesome. Opportunity to see, um, some stars shine. Um, yeah, it's always pretty entertaining. Um, so one young person today writing a poem already and some others practising singing for it. So I think it's gonna be a really good one this year. It's gonna be exciting. Um, and tomorrow I think there'll be lots more awesome, um, workshops and conversations to happen. [00:03:00] And I'm really excited as well to see where people are at by the end of the hood and witness kind of the change that, um will have happened and lots of them from coming along. Um, for lots of them, it will be the first time they might have come to something like this and feeling quite anxious and then often by the end of it, they've become a lot more comfortable made lots of new friends learn new things about themselves and about the build. And, um, yeah, it's always really cool to see that. And then I'm also looking forward to, um, hopefully staying in touch with lots of those people when they go back to their communities and seeing how inside app can continue to support [00:03:30] them. Cool. Um, I wanted to ask you also about how what inside out has done to make this place really safe for the people who are. Maybe this is their first time being out there all quite young. What is important to you, First of all, about making it a safe space. And then what has inside out done to facilitate that? It's hugely important to make a safe space Where, um, young people here, Especially when, um, people in our community are so often overrepresented [00:04:00] in in I guess, um, mental health statistics and, um, a huge majority of us are facing mental health challenges on an ongoing basis. And when you come to something like this, um, especially those who maybe don't know anybody here or, um have never been in an environment like this or been, um, on our own anything like that. It can be, um really? Yeah, I guess. Intimidating. And, yeah, people are really nervous. Um, so it's really important for us to make sure everyone feels safe and comfortable here, and, um, there's lots of ways [00:04:30] we do that, um one way is through having a really cool support system at the so each young person gets put into a group where you have, um, to to That's like your eldest sibling at the slash. Like, youth group leader and mentor. Um, they're there to look out for you throughout the, um, and check in with you, um, and your group several times a day to make sure things are going good. And if you have any issues, there's someone you can talk to. Um, those groups also have, um what? This year we called an asteroid. So a rock floating on the outskirts [00:05:00] to support, um, the so the youth leaders of that group and be an next year back up for the support. And we also have, um, a wonderful team of counsellors, um, and social workers, um, So people who are professionals or studying those in those fields and, um, they're on site at the, um as well for any extra issues. Um, that come up or if anyone just wants, um, yeah, an extra level of support. Someone to talk to. Um, yeah. So that's kind of one of the main things that we have in place for safety and support. Fantastic. All right. I think we'll [00:05:30] start wrapping it up because you're clearly in very high demand here today. Um, So was there anything else you'd like to add just quickly before we end? Come along. Next time we we hope to, um just yeah, make this opportunity available to more and more people, ideally, will be able to start running it in multiple regions so that more people do have the opportunity to access it. Um, and easier without any kind of travel barriers. Um, And if you are thinking about coming and haven't been before, um, [00:06:00] yeah, don't worry. If you've got any questions, it's always OK to ask them, and there will be lots of lots of support for you here. The full transcription of the recording ends. A list of keywords/tags describing the recording follow. These tags contain the correct spellings of names and places which may have been incorrectly spelt earlier in the document. The tags are seperated by a semi-colon: 2010s ; Hawaii ; InsideOUT Kōaro ; People ; Rowan Moulder ; Shift hui ; Shift hui (2015) ; Shift hui (2016) ; Space ; Stuff ; Tabby Besley ; Youth ; access ; author ; budget ; change ; community ; counselling ; diversity ; dominant ; environment ; friends ; fun ; funding ; health ; heteronormativity ; hit ; hope ; hui ; mental health ; mentor ; naming ; normal ; opportunity ; other ; podcast ; regions ; resistance ; running ; safe space ; safety ; singing ; social ; statistics ; support ; talent show ; time ; touch ; travel ; tuakana ; volunteer ; witness ; writing ; youth group. The original recording can be heard at this website https://www.pridenz.com/shift_hui_2016_tabby_besley.html. The master recording is also archived at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand.  For more details visit their website https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.1089740. Tabby Besley also features audibly in the following recordings: "NAGS Nelson - KAHA Youth Hui 2009", "Tabby - Q12", "Queer-Straight Alliances - Marriage Equality Conference", "Participant Reaction - Marriage Equality Conference", "Rainbow Pride Community Honours (2015) - Part 1", "NXT:15 - LGBTIQ Youth Leaders Conference", "Beyond Rainbows panel discussion", "Open mic sessions - Queer History in the Making", "Tabby Besley - Queer History in the Making", "Wellington Pride Parade (2016)", "Part 2 - Opening ceremony at Parliament - Wellington Pride Festival 2016", "Beyond Rainbows panel discussion - Shift hui (2016)", "Leaving a Legacy", "IDAHOBIT 2017", "LBGTI+ education forum", "Launch of the Rainbow Crossing in Wellington", "Tabby Besley - Rainbow Voices of Aotearoa New Zealand", "Rainbow Voices of Aotearoa New Zealand documentary", "National Schools Pride Week", "Hikoi to Out in the City (2021)", "InsideOUT Kōaro -10th birthday", "Elizabeth Kerekere farewell from Parliament", "InsideOUT Kōaro - Navigating the hate", "InsideOUT Kōaro at Out in the City (2024)", "Protect sexual education resources in schools", "Pride Hīkoi speeches (2024)", "Kāpiti Gay PrideNZ 2020 retrospective", "Kāpiti Gay PrideNZ 2023 retrospective" and "Wellington Pride Parade 2025". 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