Signs – Standing Together with First Peoples of Australia – FINAL 8thMarch 2017
Celebrating First Peoples- The oldest living culture is worth listening to
- 50000+ years… worth celebrating
- White Australia has a Black History
- Celebrate First Peoples’ achievements
- Songlines – Theliving narrative of our nation
- Like everybody goes to university to get a degree, the land is our university, that’s where we learn from
- The land is our university, that’s where we learn
- Indigenous cultural heritage forms the very fabric of society, spirituality and connection with land.
- First and Second Australians fought side by side to protect our home
- First People’s story is in the land, it is written in those sacred places
- Aboriginal People are our Neighbours
- First Australians bear the image of God
- Created in the Image of God – First and second Australians
- The Dreaming ... touching the mystery of God’s Spirit (JPII)
- Deep esteem for the Aboriginal and TSI people (Pope Francis)
- Imagining the Good Samaritan as Aboriginal (Luke 10)
- I am the tree, I am me…. With the Land and the Sea. We are One Not Three. (Kevin Gilbert)
- The Aboriginal way is that everything created is equal and sacred
Sovereignty and Land
- Recognise First Peoples land custodianship
- Not yours to Reclaim
- Aboriginal land: real Australians seek welcome
- We worship on [insert local community name] land.
- This Church is built on stolen land
- Always Was Aboriginal Land
- A national representative body for First Australians
- Time for change: Time for Treaty
- Treaty Now
- Treaty Sovereignty Recognition – Be aware of the conversations
- Time for Aboriginal people to have a place in our Constitution
- Sovereignty and Self Determination – taking control of our future
- Close the Gap
- Justice targets for First Peoples
- Build communities not prisons: stop deaths in custody
- Freedom not prisons for First Peoples
- Too Many Aboriginal Young People in gaol
- Self Determination in Indigenous Education
- Support Education in Indigenous Languages
- Make Indigenous Poverty History
- Close the Gap in Health and Education
- Stop removing Indigenous Children
- Aboriginal children belong with family
- Close the Gap on out-of-home-care
- Our First Peoples are not second class citizens
Lament
- Sorry to First Australians taken from family
- Sorry means you don't do it again
- They took the children away: we are sorry
- Sorry doesn’t mean get over it
- No pride in genocide
- Sorry!
- How many Aboriginal friends do you have?
- Re-think our National Holiday
- Would you celebrate invasion?
- A Future Free of Racism
- Be Part of the Healing with First Peoples
- Respect Aboriginal Elders
- Recognition and Respect - Justice for First Australians
- We want black and white people walking together
Special Days
Sorry Day – 26th May
- Sorry to First Australians taken from family
- They took the children away: we are sorry
- We honour National Reconciliation Week
- Reconciliation means reparation
- Reconcile – Spirit of the Nation
- Unfinished business: Reconciliation with First Peoples
- 1967 Referendum… Mabo… Still a long way to go
Mabo Day – 3rd June
- Always Was Aboriginal Land – Mabo Day