Join a group of Moreland residents and/or workers who are prepared to listen deeply and engage in thoughtful conversations with an open heart to reflect on and understand their own cultural and racial identity as well as the dominant mainstream culture, in order to inspire and inform transformational personal and systemic anti-racism action. 

This workshop is the first in a series of six workshops which have been developed and informed by local Aboriginal voice and share a range of Aboriginal and Zenadth Kes community voices while also creating a space for non-Aboriginal people to reflect on their identity, power differentials and approach to the work of reconciliation and anti-racism. 

Please note there is some (brief) pre-workshop reading/viewing (article and/or short video clips) prior to each workshop. 

Workshop Theme: Situating the Self - making the invisible visible 

Identify and understand Anglo Celt/white racial and cultural identity, the impact of white power on the lived experiences on Aboriginal and Zenadth Kes People; and our role in maintaining and dismantling this power personally and systemically.

Guest Speaker - Erin McKinnon, Settler Australian - Scottish, English and Irish heritage, Durrong Ngulu - Weenthunga Health Network

The session will be held online and include a Welcome to Country as it is the first workshop in the series, as well as interactive large and small group discussion following the guest speaker.

Workshop Facilitators

• Dr Sue Lopez Atkinson AM - Yorta Yorta woman, Early Childhood Education Activist
• Deb Chapman - Anglo Australian, community development worker in local and international sectors
• Aileen Traynor - Uruguayan-American, community worker and social justice activist backing First Nations led work

Sue, Deb and Aileen are a group of deep thinking and action oriented community volunteers bringing different cultural perspectives and committed to the practice of anti-racism in the Australian context, centring Aboriginal people and perspectives. They have been creating together since 2015 developing Moreland Reconciliation Network activities, exploring how the broader community can be engaged more deeply in the work of reconciliation and anti-racism, and how we all show up to this work.  

Together they bring extensive experience in early childhood, reconciliation, anti-racism, local and international community development, with strong skills in group facilitation and curriculum development.

Questions? Email sowingsistas@gmail.com 

For more information and updates on the workshop series, follow Moreland Reconciliation Network Facebook Group page.

We acknowledge this event will take place on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people, who have never ceded sovereignty and whose Elders past and present have looked after these lands and waters for over 60,000 years. 

This workshop series has been designed and developed by Sowing Sistas volunteers and is supported by Moreland City Council and Newlands and East Coburg Neighbourhood Houses (NECCHi). 

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