National Talkblack 030323

We had:

Jessica Green, Dharug artist talking about Arts and Cultural Exchange – ACE launch new story in their ongoing web series Dharug Voices. In the four-minute short, Jessica, daughter of the celebrated Dharug actor-artist the late Richard Green, discusses her connection to land, her father, and how being on Country brings her closer to him.

Stanley Yeatman, Health Worker at Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service Aboriginal Corporation talking about the skin care brand to help combat rheumatic heart disease in largest Aboriginal community. The community in Yarrabah are banding together with Australian skin care brand MooGoo to fight the preventable disease in the community. MooGoo have donated a year’s worth of body wash for every household in Yarrabah.

Professor Reuben Bolt, Deputy Vice-Chancellor First Nations Leadership at Charles Darwin University, talking about MOU a First Nations game-changer in East Arnhem Land. A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Charles Darwin University (CDU) and the Yothu Yindi Foundation (YYF) is expected to be a game-changer for First Nations people in East Arnhem Land.

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