Reconciliation Australia

📣 GET READY FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK 2025📣 National Reconciliation Week is held on the same dates every year – 27 May - 3 June. This year’s theme Bridging Now to Next reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future and urges us to look ahead, to continue the push forward as past lessons guide us. 📌 Check out #NRW2025 resources including posters: https://lnkd.in/gBBMBuUi 🎨The #NRW2025 artwork was created by Kalkadoon woman Bree Buttenshaw, and features native plants − known for regenerating after fire and thriving through adversity − as a symbol of our collective strength and the possibilities of renewal. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gqhQXCzc This is a time for growth, reflection, and commitment to walking together. At a time when Australia faces uncertainty in its reconciliation journey, this theme calls on all Australians to step forward together. Get ready for NRW 2025 by downloading and displaying the posters and resources, sharing the theme on social media, and making plans for how you can use the theme and resources to celebrate the week in your communities. 📌 Learn more about #NRW2025: https://lnkd.in/d3hGDGY6 #Reconciliation #NRW2025 #BridgingNowtoNext

This year's Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Wentworth Lecture is on Tuesday 25 March 2025. 📌You can tune in online from 12pm -2pm AEDT to hear this year's special guest speaker Professor Peter Buckskin by registering now: https://lnkd.in/g_8AeXAh A Narungga man from the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, Professor Buckskin has dedicated over 40 years to advancing educational excellence for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. #AIATSIS #WentworthLecture #Reconciliation

21 March is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Established by the United Nations, #IDERD, commemorates the 1960 Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, where peaceful protesters advocating against apartheid’s “pass laws” were tragically killed. In Australia, this date also coincides with Harmony Week. While it is important to celebrate our multicultural society, it’s equally important to focus on combating racism wherever and whenever it arises. The Australian Human Rights Commission has developed resources about IDERD to demonstrate how the idea of ‘harmony’ can sometimes obscure structural and systemic racism. These resources are designed to support conversations about keeping the focus of IDERD on ending all forms of racial discrimination and justice: 📌Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gAwq_XGY #Reconciliation #IDERD2025

This year’s Close the Gap report, ‘Agency, Leadership, Reform: Ensuring the survival, dignity and wellbeing of First Nations Peoples’ has been released. This report and the latest release by the Productivity Commission reveals that only four of the 19 targets are on track to be met. This follows the Productivity Commission’s 2024 review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap which found successive Governments had continued to adopt a ‘we know best’ attitude and a ‘disregard’ for the advice of First Nations communities and organisations. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and organisations must lead the design and implementation of the Closing the Gap strategy if the targets are to be met. It is abundantly clear that without decisive First Nations voices in the design and implementation of policies designed to close the gap, efforts will continue to remain unsuccessful. First Nations peoples have the experience and expertise to find solutions. 📌 Read the report: https://lnkd.in/g2V8rjp4 #Reconciliation #ClosetheGap #ClosetheGap2025

On National Close the Gap Day Thursday 20 March, the Close the Gap Campaign will launch the 2025 Report. 📅10:30am - 1pm AEDT   💻You can watch the live stream of the launch (no need to register): https://lnkd.in/gVgPPtMU    📌If you can join in person in Naarm, register now (limited tickets): https://lnkd.in/gNTqKvJX See below for more details. #Reconciliation #ClosetheGap #ClosetheGap2025 

Applications and nominations for the Narragunnawali Awards 2025 are now open. 📽️ Check out the 2023 Schools category winner Winterfold Primary School with its strong connections to its local Noongar community and a vigilant policy of anti-racism. Do you know a school or early learning service that is demonstrating outstanding commitment to reconciliation? Nominate them now: https://lnkd.in/dHExGsd Is your early learning service or school implementing outstanding reconciliation initiatives? Apply now: https://lnkd.in/dHExGsd 📌 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dHExGsd #Reconciliation #Narragunnawali #NarragunnawaliAwards #Education

Congratulations to Marjorie Anderson of 13YARN for being recognised as NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year 2025 for her trailblazing and community-driven work. "The Gamilaroi woman born and raised in Redfern co-designed Indigenous crisis support line 13 YARN which has received close to 70,000 calls less than three years after launching." Read more via NITV: https://lnkd.in/gNfZVyxY

Multilingual posters, resources and information for National Reconciliation Week 2025 are now available! We have worked with Cultural Perspectives to produce these multilingual resources in ten widely spoken languages in Australian homes. 📌Arabic 📌Chinese simplified 📌Chinese traditional 📌Greek 📌Italian 📌Korean 📌Punjabi 📌Spanish 📌Thai 📌Vietnamese Download resources in your language: https://bit.ly/3Jn5d12 #Reconciliation #NRW2025 #BridgingNowtoNext

National Reconciliation Week 2025 (27 May - 3 June) is about coming together – be it in person or online. 📅 Add your public event to the National Reconciliation Week calendar to encourage people to join: https://bit.ly/4bqwKMi ⬇️ Download resources for your event: https://bit.ly/3Jn5dy4 🖼️ Find multilingual resources and posters: https://bit.ly/3Jn5d12 #Reconciliation #BridgingNowtoNext #NRW2025

Reconciliation Australia welcomes two new board members Wotjobaluk and Dja Dja Wurrung woman, Belinda Duarte AM, and Stacee Ketchell, Wakaid and Meuram woman from the Maluligal and Kemer Kemer Meriam Nations of Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait). Reconciliation Australia co-chairs, Kirstie Parker and Michael Rose welcomed the appointments. “Belinda and Stacee will add to Reconciliation Australia’s governance capacity and bring a wealth of new experience to the board. "They are both accomplished leaders with histories of passionate advocacy for First Nations peoples and reconciliation. "Their experience working with young people and in culture, and sport will certainly add to the board’s deliberations in some challenging times. “We look forward to working with them both.” Read the full statement: https://lnkd.in/gSjQzdBE #Reconciliation