Starting the healing through yarning on White Ribbon Day
StoryRockhampton based Helem Yumba Central Queensland Healing Centre will mark White Ribbon Day by hosting a Community Yarning Circle about violence against women.
Letters from the Queen and PM all in a day’s work for Manyallaluk School students
StoryThe students at Manyallaluk School have been writing letters to develop their persuasive writing skills. Along with receiving letters from Her Majesty the Queen and the Essendon Football Club, they recently received a letter from the Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP.
Learning to teach language skills to the next generation
StorySix Aboriginal women and an Aboriginal man from the APY Lands in South Australia recently completed the Certificate IV in Early Language and Literacy, giving them the expertise to teach language skills to preschool and early school years children.
Unfinished Business – the stories of people with disability from Australian First Nation communities
StoryInternational human rights photographer Belinda Mason spent 3 years creating ‘Unfinished Business’, an exhibition examining the stories of 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability.
June Oscar AO – Giving a voice to women and girls
StoryAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO will lead the ‘Wiyi Yani U Thangani’ (Women’s Voices) project consulting with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls on issues that affect them, their communities and their futures.