Events in your workgroup

Reconciliation is everyone’s business – and it doesn’t only matter in National Reconciliation Week. Your workgroup might like to think about some of these activities and actions during the year:

• A cultural walk in your area (your local Land Council or local Council are good places to ask about these)
• A lunchtime Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander sports event (there is something for everyone!)
• Start a Reconciliation Book Club
• Start a Reconciliation Film Club (some great ideas)
• Organise a night out with colleagues and see an Indigenous musical artist or a relevant film or theatre production
• Take Cultural Awareness Training – or make it a priority for your work group
• Learn more about trauma and its ongoing effects – especially for people affected by past policies of forced child removal
• Explore Towards Truth that maps laws and policies that have impacted the lives of First Nations people
• Learn more about truth-telling from the Coming to terms with the past report
• Think about how the work you do (or how you do your work) affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
• Learn more about the Uluru Statement from the Heart (the Boyer lectures are also a great resource)
• Stand up to racism
• Be familiar with the department’s Reconciliation Action Plan and Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Strategy
• Join the Reconciliation Action Plan Group on Yammer to hear about upcoming events and activities
• Showcase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander excellence

Join the community

Everyone in the department is welcome to join the Yammer ‘Reconciliation Action Plan Group’, it’s a great place to join in the conversation.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders employees are warmly invited to join the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employee Network, contact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff Network.