so grateful to share my thoughts with Deborah, Mitch and Jimmy about ho we, with our histories, keep our mob and ourselves mentally healthy. Yarning Strong is a series of online and in-person panel discussions that explore the mental health and wellbeing of First Nations peoples working in the music industry, click here for details on past and future videos

how wonderful to get a second opportunity to share insights with Mau, Mitch and Cerisa on our own ways of cultural healing. Yarning Strong is a series of online and in-person panel discussions that explore the mental health and wellbeing of First Nations peoples working in the music industry, click here for details on past and future videos

i was fortunate to be chosen to faciliate weekly yarns for those who felt they needed support following the referendum and based my interactions on words from the Lived Experience Centre “We are Strong, We are Resilient. But we are Tired”. BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation is committed to empowering the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQ+SB community through innovation, inclusion, understanding and advocacy, click here for more details about blaQ

the theme for the 2024 retreat was “Connect – Revive – Thrive“. I relished my opportunity to facilitate the three day event where the goal was “for everyone to build lasting relationships, engage in workshops and take some time to revitalise your energy”. BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation is committed to empowering the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQ+SB community through innovation, inclusion, understanding and advocacy, click here for more details about blaQ

not the only Australian, but the only Australian talking about Australia and how we are utilising a method title Barriyay to deconstruct historical language documentation and collaborate with peers on new possibilities. The conference was a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary event that brought together national and international scholars, educators, practitioners, students, policy makers, activists, academic institutions, Indigenous organisations, government and non-government organisations. Read the pic for info on the workshop presented and click here for details on the exchange of ideas, research and themes

great day as part of of the Supply Nation Indigenous Business Trade Fair hosted on the lands of the Tubba-Gah People of the Wiradjuri Nation. Here is a pic of me alongside other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses, click here for our supply nation profile

if you’re in Darwin on August 27, drop by for YAAMANDA YANAY BARRIYAYGU (will you come to the window) where I invite participants to engage with historical language collections and explore what other understandings could have been possible at the time of translation.  PULiiMA is a biennial event aimed at bringing people together from all over Australia and internationally to explore pioneering project ideas and exciting products and equipment that can be used in community based Indigenous languages projects, click here for more info on Puliima for 2025