It is such a simple concept in discussion, why so hard in practice? Empowerment to own self (person), space (community) and place (Lands) derived through independent decision making.
This presentation is designed not to introduce something new, however it may present a different way of looking at dependency on Government in decision making, including during times of distress.
This presentation was inspired following recent major natural disasters in the Northern Rivers of NSW over the past several years, including several severe flooding events and bushfires that ravaged both rural and remote Aboriginal communities, through watching and learning from the interface between Government systems and the needs of our families and communities.
Through recognising the acts of active resilience communities demonstrated throughout disasters shown by both rural and remote communities and without going step by step through the history of Australian (recent) history, this presentation will explore the cycle of oppression and dependency, considering how both intercept with reinforcing the disempowerment of First Nations People.
The presentation will talk to using our communal untapped resources we use to deconstruct systemic intervention as it interfaces with our communal spaces and communities. Through use of kinship webbing and reinforcement, we can flip the view from systemic dependence to generate and encourage the dignity of choice through family led decision making.
This presentation will challenge candidates to explore an empowerment model based on planning, resourcing and independent informed choice for First Nations people. An empowerment model that can be embedded into our ways of being, policy and design and practice in daily space, wherever Government systems impact decision and choice for First Nations People.
Family led decisions with dignity of choice is empowering, releasing communities from dependence on Governmental systemic influence and intervention.