Program:
The sessions start at 7pm for 7.30 pm and finish at 9.30, with a break for supper between the two sessions and a chance for informal conversations with the presenters and each other.
| Oct 5 | The Uluru Statement from the Heart and Education for All
Giving Youth a Voice – Learning to Walk Together Buthi Storybook |
| Oct 12 | Truth Telling – Then and Now – Part I
ABLAZE – Truth Telling the Past Reconciliation Journey – One Western Sydney School’s Perspective |
| Oct 19 | Truth Telling – Then and Now – Part II
Myall Creek and Beyond Truth Telling Matters |
| Oct 26 | Growing Aboriginal Voices in our Democracy
A First Nations grassroots viewpoint on current topics What happened to the Intervention? Continuing discrimination in the NT. |
The sessions are designed to belong together and will be valuable to people new to these issues or engaged for many years. We recommend that participants attend all four of them. If you are unable to, you are welcome anyway.
Location:
Reg Byrne Centre in Wentworthville,
just off Cumberland Highway (shown as Hart Drive
on some maps).
Address:
Cnr Fyall Avenue & Darcy Road, Wentworthville
Parking:
Ample parking available at the Reg Byrne Centre
By Train:
Reg Byrne Centre is 10-15 min from Wentworthville Station:
Exit station onto Wentworth Ave.
Turn left and follow Wentworth Ave to Hill St.
Turn right and proceed to Darcy Rd.
Turn left and cross Cumberland Highway (or Hart Drive)
and follow Darcy Rd to Fyall Ave.
Please plan to wear a mask.
If you can’t attend the sessions in person, you can attend online via Zoom. Please register via https://events.humanitix.com/building-bridges.
Registration and Catering:
We encourage you to register via https://events.humanitix.com/building-bridges since this helps with preparation and catering (Supper will be provided).
Cost: Free
A donation on the night is appreciated to help cover costs.
Supported by City of Parramatta Council
The presenters:
Nicole Laupepa is a Gomeroi woman and Director of Cultural Services for NSW in Youth off the Streets. She co-developed and has led the Walking Together workshops for youth and adults across NSW to enable finding the heart of the nation and overcome racism.
Educators Jo Tuscano and Dhunghutti man Dorsey Smith will share their comprehensive Early Learning Program with a focus on Aboriginal language, using a fusion of the 8 ways of Aboriginal pedagogy and Western pedagogy.
Alec Morgan, co-writer and director of Ablaze, a film about Tiriki Onus’s journey to uncover the past about his Indigenous grandfather, cultural leader and film maker Bill Onus.
Chris Haberecht has worked in Southwestern Sydney disadvantaged public schools for 30 years. His current role as Principal of Guildford Public School and executive member of Fairfield Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) places him at the centre of working with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their families.
Graeme Cordiner has been on the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial Committee for over 20 years, is the convenor of Sydney Friends of Myall Creek and author of Find Our Heart at Myall Creek
Aunty Rita Wright (Muruwari Stolen Generation survivor) and Jan Wright (mother of Nunga daughters) will speak about truth telling around child removals in this country. They worked together across NSW with an Aboriginal charity focussing on the Walking Together model of school engagement and achievement in early childhood education. Now retired, they assist Aboriginal families find their way through the child protection system or avoid it altogether.
Lynda-June Coe, Indigenous Rights Activist, PhD candidate and Greens NSW candidate for the Legislative Council
Paddy Gibson, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, UTS
For more information:
Building Bridges 2022 flyer
(Artwork in the flyer by Leanne Tobin)
If you have any questions, please email us at rec4ws@gmail.com or call Richard and Maria Maguire on (02) 9896 3839
Join us at one of our monthly meetings.