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Chapter 1100 President Candace Lehmann expresses the virtual congratulations which the chapter membership and the community conveyed to Stephen Blucher during this era of restricted personal contact because of the COVID-19. Blucher was recognized as an AARP Chapter & REA Unit Community Service Award recipient for 2020. Presentation of the award was delayed until recently due to the administrative delays incurred during the pandemic. Courtesy of Stan Beckner

Four women have taken out this year's awards, with 26-year-old sexual assault survivor and advocate Grace Tame named Australian of the Year.

A sexual assault survivor who campaigned for the right to speak about her traumatic experience has been named the 2021 Australian of the Year. Hobart woman Grace Tame, 26, was groomed and raped by her 58-year-old maths teacher Nicolaas Bester when she was in Year 10 at the exclusive all-girl St Michael's Collegiate School in Hobart. Bester served 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to maintaining a relationship with a young person and possession of child exploitation material. Grace Tame has been named Australian of the Year for 2021.(Sydney Morning Herald) READ MORE: However, under Ta...

Share Share on Twitter An Aboriginal activist dedicated to cultural independence and education, and an advocate for migrant and refugee women are among those who have been named the 2021 Australians of the Year.  Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM, 73, and Rosemary Kariuki, 60, were awarded this year's Senior Australian of the Year and Local Hero awards at a ceremony in Canberra on Monday night.  Grace Tame, a 26-year-old sexual assault survivor and advocate, was named Australian of the Year, becoming the first Tasmanian to do so in the program's 61-yea...

NSW Local Hero Rosemary Kariuki helps refugee women overcome domestic violence in Western Sydney By Mridula Amin © Provided by ABC NEWS Rosemary Kariuki helps women emerge from domestic violence by providing social outlets. (ABC News: Mridula Amin) Rosemary Kariuki didn't know anyone when she arrived in Sydney from Kenya in 1999. In her suitcase was a few hundred dollars, some clothes and several gifts to give strangers. "I thought wherever I'm going, I'll go and get some friends," she said. "So, I bought some gifts, some African artefacts, I bought some teabags, and I said...