Celebrate & Elevate Indigenous Communities
By Jo Lorenz
Standing against racial injustice means more than just performative social media posts.
Read, learn, share, donate. Uplift the communities of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was appallingly murdered at the hands of police offers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Following this tragedy, Black Lives Matter protests sparked across the globe in a concerted effort to fight ongoing acts of deplorable racism towards Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.
In my own country of Australia, the incarceration rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is amongst the highest of any group in the world. Since the Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody released its report in 1991, there have been more than 430 First Nations people die in police custody.
So many folks posted a black square in solidarity of the Black Lives Matter movement following George Floyd’s death — yet solidarity must be followed with education and action. If we do not collectively accept accountability to dismantle this continuing systemic racism, then white supremacy and culturally embedded racism will continue to thrive.
The invaluable organisations that support and amplify the lives and voices of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and POC in Australia need your support. Use your time and privilege to read, learn, share and donate to these causes and charities in order to uplift the First Nations people of Australia:
The Northern Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA)
The NAAJA is a non-for-profit legal service which provides criminal law and civil law services to Aboriginal people and their families across the Northern Territory of Australia.
SEED
Seed is Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network. They are building a movement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Seed’s vision is for a just and sustainable future with strong cultures and communities, powered by renewable energy.
Healing Foundations
The Healing Foundation is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that partners with communities to address the ongoing trauma caused by actions like the forced removal of children from their families.
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation is dedicated to lifting literacy levels in remote Indigenous communities, so all children across Australia have the same choices and opportunities.
Reconciliation Australia
Reconciliation Australia promotes and facilitates respect, trust and positive relationships between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Yalari
Yalari is a not-for-profit organisation that offers quality, secondary education scholarships at leading Australian boarding schools for Indigenous children from regional, rural and remote communities.
The Purple House
Purple House is an Indigenous non-profit health service run by and for people from remote communities in the NT, WA and SA - getting people home to country and family with culturally appropriate care.
Wunan
Wunan is an Aboriginal development organisation in the East Kimberley, with a clear purpose and strategy to drive long-term socio-economic change for Aboriginal people by providing real opportunities, investing in people’s abilities, and by encouraging and rewarding aspiration and self-responsibility.
Give A Fuck About This pledges to always stand in solidarity with our Indigenous communities, and to use our privileges to seek justice for racial inequality. Black Lives Matter. Indigenous Lives Matter.
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