Uluru Statement: Where to from here Webinar
Uluru Statement: Where to from here Webinar
In celebration of NAIDOC Week, Chief Secretary Winsome Merrett hosted a virtual webinar on the Uluru Statement from the Heart on Thursday 15 July.
Special guests attended the webinar including lawyer, Professor Megan Davis and Aunty Pat Anderson AO who have been instrumental in developing and delivering the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Secretary for Mission Lieut-Colonel Lyn Edge, Australia Territory board member Adrian Appo OAM and Commissioner Robert Donaldson also attended.
Together the special guests spoke on the history of truth telling commissions in Australia, why a First Nations Voice needs to be preserved in the Australian Constitution and what individual actions can be taken to Heal Country. Commissioner Robert Donaldson also shared his own reflections and experiences from living in nations where truth telling commissions have taken place.
If you missed the webinar, you can now watch it via the recording below. Resources on how you and your team can take meaningful actions towards healing country will be made available on Salvos Central and mySalvos in coming weeks. In the meantime, you are invited to visit Ulurustatement.org to read the statement itself and learn more about the people involved in its development.
Taking Action!
The Salvation Army acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders and advocates who have, for generations, called for an Indigenous Voice to help Australia achieve justice and equality. The Salvation Army has already let the government know we support an Indigenous Voice and now it is time for each of us individually to join the chorus.
The below guide outlines the three steps we can take to send a powerful, personalised message to our leaders that we need a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament:
- Learn more about the Uluru Statement and yarn and reflect about why this matters
- Put your thoughts onto paper
- Send the message
Help us take action and write your own letter, either individually, with your team or faith community and send it to your local leadership to show your support for this much-needed change to achieve justice and equality.