For more information about this event please click on the link below to the Jemby Rinjah website.
http://www.jembyrinjahlodge.com.au/JembyNews/tabid/79/Default.aspx
Archive for April, 2010
Reflections On Papunya
Monday, April 12th, 2010Celebration of Reconciliation in the Blue Mountains
Monday, April 12th, 2010Celebration of Reconciliation in the Blue Mountains:
Connecting the Journey
Sunday 2nd May 2pm – 4 pm
Wentworth Falls School of Arts small hall,
GWH, Wentworth Falls
Guest speaker, Leanne Townsend, CEO
NSW Reconciliation Council and other speakers plus displays from a variety of groups to showcase signficant reconciliaton events and initiatives across the Blue Mountains and the launch of the 2009 Report of our groups’ activities
More Info: 4758 6811
Join Generation One!
Sunday, April 11th, 2010I just joined Generation One - a new movement for all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, of all parties and background, to join together and finally end our unacceptable Indigenous disadvantage.
And do it in this generation. Ours is THE campaign for jobs, education and opportunity for Indigenous people.
Will you join me in signing up? http://www.generationone.org.au The time is right, and we believe that we cannot wait any longer. The facts speak for themselves:-In some rural areas, up to 70% of Indigenous students regularly do not attend school.-Just 33?% of Indigenous young people age 18-24 are learning compared with 71% non-Indigenous young people.-
Eight in ten jobless Indigenous people are unable to work, because of illiteracy, alcohol, or other psychological problems.
This is not an easy goal and it will take time to get there but it won’t happen unless we start work today.
Every Australian has a part to play business, politicians and community organisations.
But YOU are the core of this movement a real partnership that EVERY Australian can participate in. By signing up, you will become one of the founders for real and sustainable change. So thank you.
Join the movement: http://www.generationone.org.au
Tracey Allen
Red Cockatoo Australia
Thank you Rotary Blackheath
Sunday, April 11th, 2010A big thank you to Rotary Blackheath for inviting Tracey Allen to be their guest speaker for their meeting held 25th March. Tracey gave a brief rundown of her journey through teaching, travel, tourism, studying fine arts in Greece, to eventually quitting her work as BMCC cultural development officer to work full time with aboriginal artists. Tracey explained that her entrepreneurial idea was to produce gift cards rather than the artworks themselves. She then went on to talk about how her business Red Cockatoo looks to the social outcomes of business and acts as a bridge between artists and the public. The night ended with lively questioning and members of the audience purchasing Red Cockatoo cards.
