Aboriginal deaths in custody are not just statistics. They are people, with families and communities left devastated by their loss. We must work towards a future where this no longer happens.
Will "the voice" help?
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Aboriginal deaths in custody are not just statistics. They are people, with families and communities left devastated by their loss. We must work towards a future where this no longer happens.
Will "the voice" help?
On January 26, I had the opportunity to speak with Mayor of Moonee Valley Council Pierce Tyson, Cr. Rose Iser and Moonee Valley City Council CEO Helen Sui, about Indigenous healing and how we can be more sensitive to our First Nations people on January 26.
We also discussed a local project I have been wanting and proposing for several years and Mayor Tyson was gracious enough to invite me to send him my proposal, in the hope that he may be able to advocate for it on my behalf (watch this space). Both Cr. Iser and Ms. Sui were encouraged by my enthusiasm to create local change for indigenous peoples, and were incredibly supportive and enthusiastic.
I also had an opportunity to speak with Niddrie Greens candidate Declan McGinness, where we discussed how collaboration not politics, will see the most positive changes for our communities come to fruition.
I thank all of these wonderful people for their warm hospitality and genuine care in what I had to say.
#MooneeValley #communitymatters #communityengagement #indigenousrights #alwayswasalwayswillbe #AboriginalLivesMatter #January26 #invasionday #DayOfMourning #survivalday #AustraliaDay
“I wrote my PhD on sexual abuse of Indigenous children - Dutton never asked me for advice” via SMH
Yesterday, I had the privilege and honour of attending Bunjil’s Marroun Healing Ceremony 2023. It was a moving day not just of mourning, but a day filled with hope of creating a truly inclusive future for everyone in our community and our country.
Thank you Aunty Di (Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elder; Dianne Kerr) for you beautifully heartfelt welcome and sharing what the day means to you.
Thank you Courtney Ugle of the Noongar mob and the AFLW for sharing your deeply personal and difficult story and for being an example of what we can achieve despite adversity and continuing to seek an inclusive and equal community for all.
Thank you Nhanbu Togip for teaching us your traditional dance and including us in your customs, it was an honor to be taught by you.
Thank you David Arden for your sharing your music; music that is deeply personal and enlightening.
Finally, thank you Moonee Valley City Council for hosting the event, working tirelessly to bring healing to our Indigenous communities and being an example to aspire to.
#alwayswasalwayswillbeaboriginalland #alwayswasalwayswillbe #indigenousrights #indigenous #aboriginal #aboriginalaustralia #AboriginalLivesMatter
This stand-alone building in #collingwood #Australia is wrapped entirely of #Australian #Indigenous art.
Painted by Ky-ya Nicholson-Ward, from the #Wurundjeri people.
The Wurundjeri people are Australian Aboriginal peoples from the #KulinNation. They are the Traditional Owners of the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley, covering much of the present location of Narrm (Melbourne).
The messages are clear, and are supported wholeheartedly by the vast majority of #Australians; #AboriginalLivesMatter, #NoMoreDeathsInCustody and #truth, #justice and #healing.
I stand in solidarity with our traditional owners of the land; #Australias #Indigenous peoples past, present and emerging.
:firstnations: :flag_torres_strait_islands:
#KyyaNicholsonWard #victoria #melbourne #narrm #repect #treaty #treatynow #ulurustatementfromtheheart #voiceofparliament
Les Aborigènes n'étaient pas seulement participants, mais aussi organisateurs de la marche #AboriginalLivesMatter
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