National Talk Black 020524
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Sheyan Walker, First Nation actor from short scene “I Gut This Feeling”, talking about JUTE Theatre Company launching its first Dare to Dream tour of 2024 with a public performance of its campfire theatre, two-hander “I Gut This Feeling”, on Friday, 3 May, in Cairns. Written by First Nations playwright Isaac Drandic, I Gut this Feeling is a clever and comical theatre experience that uses a relatable, modern-day fairytale to deliver a vital message about staying safe and how gut instincts can tell a lot about who to trust and who not to trust. Developed on the Westpac Safer Children, Safer Communities work program objectives, it covers sensitive topics, focusing on addressing and preventing childhood trauma. Dare to Dream, hits the road on Monday, 13 May and during May and June, it will visit the remote communities of Cooktown, Pormpuraaw, Kowanyama, Croydon, and Mornington Island, presenting to students in Grades 4 to 9. Check out below for the tour dates and locations and the link for tonights free show in Cairns!
Tour dates and locations:
13-16 May: Cooktown
20-23 May: Pormpuraaw
27-30 May: Kowanyama
3-6 June: Croydon
12-19 June: Mornington Island
Murrawah Johnson, Recipient of 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize and co-director of Youth Verdict, talking about her 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize win. The annual prize, founded by American philanthropists Richard and Rhonda Goldman in 1989, acknowledges grassroots environmentalists from the world’s six regions, it is the seventh time in the prize’s 35-year history that an award has come to Australia. Ms Johnson was born into a “legacy of resistance fighters”. When she was 19, Ms Johnson took her first step as a career campaigner. She raised her hand at a community meeting about the then-proposed Adani Carmichael Coal Mine in the Galilee Basin. The mine went ahead and produced its first shipment of coal in 2021, but elders from the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Family Council invited Ms Johnson to continue to use her voice on behalf of her people. In 2019, as co-director of First Nations activist group Youth Verdict, she launched a historic and successful campaign against billionaire Clive Palmer’s proposed Galilee Coal Project in the Queensland Land Court. The landmark decision against Waratah Coal was the first time a group had successfully argued that a coal mine would impact human rights by contributing to climate change. Ms Johnson’s endless work on these campaigns led her colleagues to nominate her for the highly prestigious international Goldman Environmental Prize. Congratulations, Murrawah and Good Luck for the future!
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