Stavroula Mavrogeorgis, my Yiayia
5th November 1939 – 31st March 2016 Age 76 https://www.flickr.com/photos/evecogan/albums/72157667169060585/with/26368291271/ Ruby’s speech Yiayia’s life story by Eve Cogan Stavroula Mavrogeorgis was my grandmother and she inspires me still, every day. She is the kindest person I’ve known and what is even more amazing is she has had one on the hardest lives I’ve known. Today…
Video: Interview with Alicia Fejer (Lish) and Eve Cogan on Canberra Radio ABC 666
Lish from 666 ABC Canberra asked me to tell my story. It has been a while since I have been on radio, so you can just imagine my excitement when I got an email from Sunday Brunch radio host in Canberra, Lish Fejer! List told me she was running a segment on the topic “black” and…
Video: My story so far… Do you want to name our new Western Sydney Airport “David Warren”?
Change is in the air again! It has been 3 years since I started my petition to rename Canberra Airport in honour of David Warren, the inventor of the Black Box and air safety pioneer. It has been 3 years since the spark of inspiration burst into a flame when and I and almost 4,000 people…
Australia: Let’s Figure Out what is going Wrong on our Roads
I want to reduce the number of car deaths on our roads. I have been thinking about this important idea for some time – mandatory Black Boxes in all new cars. How many times do you notice people honk other people at lights once they have turned green? Why can’t the driver see the green light…
Looking Back on 2015
Year 8 is over, and before I begin Year 9 I want to again reflect (as I did for Year 7) on the highlights of last year, 2015. I have never had such an exciting year to reflect on! The year started well for me at the St Vincent’s Swimming Carnival. If you asked me…
Video: Not for Beauty, for Health
My video explains unachievable beauty that photoshopping creates. The video’s goal is to inspire young girls to *not* diet and exercise in the name of beauty, but in the name of health. This is my Assessment for St Vincent’s College, Year 8 Term 3 for Physical Health and Development (PDH). Enjoy! -Eve
Video: The Power of Education
In Year 8 this year at St Vincent’s, I have had to create many videos for my assessment tasks, even Maths. This video is for geography and it was made on Premier Pro and PowToons. “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day, teach the man to fish, and you feed…
I’m an Honorary Member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) !
I am so excited to announce I am now a junior honorary member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators, better known as ISASI. I’m the first junior member and I was also given my very own ISASI ID card. Why did they give a little 12 year old like me such a great…
Looking back at Year 7
This week I started school again. At school I found myself reflecting on Year 7 at St Vincent’s College. I had just turned 12 and my first year of high school was a year to remember! At the beginning of the year I was overwhelmed by all the differences between primary school and high school,…
My speech in Wagga Wagga for the Take Charge Youth Leadership forum
Figure: Here is my ‘1 minute remix’ of the Take Charge event Late last year, in 2014, I did my first keynote speech! In fact, it was my first speech outside of school. I’ve put together a ‘1 minute remix’ video, a shortened version of the official video. I think the camera men took great footage. The…
