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Reconciliation
It’s time to go beyond the acknowledgement of country, and take real action in our communities to demonstrate that black lives matter.
Reconciliation is a key priority for the North East Neighbourhood House Network in 2021, and we will be working to upskill ourselves and our members by:
Hosting Cultural Awareness Training
Assisting our members to take the journey of creating and implementing a meaningful Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
Developing online training and resources to assist our members and their communities to navigate the RAP process
Reconciliation Action Group
This group is a community of practice for people who are working on Reconciliation Action Plans, improving the cultural safety of their neighbourhood house and working with Aboriginal people and organisations in their area.
Click the image to find out what other people are learning and working on across our network using Padlet.
Click here to join our next session.
Acknowledgement of Country
Are you working on your Acknowledgement of Country?
Here are some great examples from community members and staff around our network. Click on the author below to download their acknowledgement:
Elle Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre
Steph Watsonia Neighbourhood House
Shayne Watsonia
Connor and Genevieve Watsonia
Julie North East Neighbourhood House Network
Recommended Reading
Check out this article by Kalimna from Alphington Community Centre. Kalimna shares some recommendations from a community member about two wonderful books he was recently given.
The books are:
Living on Stolen Land by Ambelin Kwaymullina
and
Kindred by Kirli Saunders.
What have you been reading? Email Sally to share your recommendations for books, articles, films or any other great resources that contribute to reconciliation.
Other Resources
White privilege
Many of our members have been participating in the weekly Yarning with Kath sessions. Recent sessions have focussed on understanding white privilege. Here are some resources:
Excerpt from Indigenous Education in Australia : Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures
Poem On Listening
Identifying White Race Privilege
White privilege checklist
Identifying and addressing organisational white privilege
VAEAI - Walking Together inclusion support and protocols resource
Workshop - Reconciliation Action Plans
for the Neighbourhood House and community
sector
In February 2021 North East Neighbourhood House Network members took part in an introductory workshop about Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs).
The session provided an overview of what’s involved in the RAP process, and how Neighbourhood Houses can invest in a meaningful RAP.