Support and promote community-led healing to end Indigenous suicide

BE PART OF THE HEALING

EldersReport4 Almost non-existent 30 years ago, the rate of youth suicide and self-harm in Indigenous communities across Australia is now the highest in the world. Urgent action is desperately needed to address this crisis.

Current mainstream efforts by Government policy makers and health and social services are not working, nor are they empowering communities to implement their own solutions.

Indigenous community leaders and Elders are calling for your support to help them heal their young people, by reconnecting them to their culture, and strengthening their sense of identity.

They are asking that long-term funding be directed to grassroots, community-based programs that are working on the frontline with at-risk youth, providing vital support, cultural education and on-country healing.

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The Elders’ Report into Preventing Indigenous Self-harm & Youth Suicide

EldersReport

The Elders’ Report into Preventing Indigenous Self-harm & Youth Suicide

“The speakers in this Report are calling for urgent understanding and action to improve Indigenous wellbeing in Australia. What we
know from decades of experience is that bringing in outsiders does not lead to long term solutions – these can only come from
within communities, who need to own and control the healing process. Themes such as community empowerment, the strengthening
of cultural identity, maintenance of Indigenous languages, culturally appropriate employment, bi-cultural education and returning to country; these human rights are what our people have been advocating for decades and for good reason….”

Mick Gooda
Gangulu (QLD)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social
Justice Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission

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Georgia Cranko Presentation at Sweatshop WS Artists with Disability Seminar

Highlights from the November 2013 Sweatshop WS Artists with Disability Seminar held at Writing and Society Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus, facilitated by Dr Gaele Sobott. The seminar was a chance for artists to discuss their stories and experiences, and the politics of disability.

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Highlights Sweatshop Western Sydney Artists with Disability Seminar

Highlights from the November 2013 Sweatshop WS Artists with Disability Seminar held at Writing and Society Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus, facilitated by Dr Gaele Sobott. The seminar was a chance for artists to discuss their stories and experiences, and the politics of disability.