Nicky West in Cessnock, New South Wales | Sport & recreation

Nicky West

Locality: Cessnock, New South Wales

Address: 1840 Wollombi Road 2325 Cessnock, NSW, Australia

Website: https://www.nickywest.com

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24.01.2022 #Repost @emmadabiri with @get_repost thank you! Amazing resource. A hell of a lot of learning and unlearning that needs to be done. As academics it’s so important we share our knowledge and resources with as many people as possible. Let’s start with WHITENESS. What is it and where does it come from?

22.01.2022 #re-post @missdumezweni If you’re feeling a bit perplexed with the black squares here’s Noma Dumezweni’s honest and heartfelt truth that is as always inspiring. I invite you to listen in and follow Noma, she’s the real deal, a beautiful human being, very talented and is sharing a lot of inspiring educational and relevant information on her stories and page. ... She’s throwing out an ‘inspiration’ to follow up any black square with an image, story, support, or creative thing that is about, from, by a Black person. #amplifyblackvoices Noma’s words: Do your homework. . (likely to delete) - edit - PLEASE SHARE IF You feel to do so... LETS MAKE SOMETHING TOGETHER. #amplifyblackvoices #blacklivesmatter

21.01.2022 Hello Everyone, I hope your well. There is a new yoga class starting tomorrow at 10 am Tuesday 13th October. The venue is outside in a gorgeous spot at Stonehurst Winery, 1840 Wollombi Road (picture below, it's about 25mins drive from Cessnock towards Wollombi). There are 12 spots in total and we have 4 spaces left. The class will run every Tuesday until 15th December (except Tuesday 10th November, the class will run on Monday 9th that week). There are 10 sessions in ...total. If you already have a pass those classes are still valid. I am asking everyone to book in for all 10 sessions, however if you're unable to make all the sessions there will be other options to make the classes up. Message me if you're interested in the last few spots and I'll send more info and booking details. There will be COVID safety measures in place. No casual attendance so message me if tech isn't your thing and I can book in for you. Have a beautiful day

21.01.2022 #Repost @lena_west with @get_repost This will be amazing check it out it’s on today! free to sign up! Lena is a force of nature in her truth telling and presence and this documentary she’s produced is on today/tonight 2pm EST or 4am for Australia thank you @tanyageisler for tagging me on this DID SOMEONE SAY REPRESENTATION?... . **UPDATE: To be clear: This is a virtual screening for a full-length, documentary film I produced. Not a summit, workshop or webinar.** . Create Through Crisis: Honoring the Black Creative, is the first in a trilogy of documentary films I am producing this year through my production company, CEO Rising Studios. . One of the objectives of CEO Rising is to increase media representation of Black and womxn entrepreneurs on large and small screens. Because true representation matters more than words on a page. I am committed to PERMANENTLY changing the landscape of entrepreneurship. And, as you know, I mean what I say. . We're having a public screening of the film on Juneteenth, Friday, June 19th @ 2pm, ET, and I'd love for all of you to be there. . The film features 14 brilliant creatives: @bethdianasmith @carltonjonescollection @eriq_troi @everickbrowndesign @fenoel Harry Allen @jomofurniture @foundpunkrva @haldeninteriors @leydenlewisdesignstudio @creativehunt @malene.barnett @stacijshelton @fraziershirleygeorge . Registration for the screening is required and free. You can do so here: http://CreateThroughCrisis.com . See you on Friday. Let's rise. . See more

20.01.2022 Can you get to this Campfire festival on Tuesday? Amazing line up, in support of Jungala (Tracker Pete) and It's online so you can be at home, I'll be there. Details below: Jungala is an elder and traditional dancer, a real inspirational fella. You may have seen him dancing on stage at one of your favourite music festivals. His spirit reaches far and wide and he's had a positive impact on many. Unfortunately he has suffered the loss of his leg recently and we are throwing this campfire to help raise funds for his prosthetics and rehab. The profits from the show will go directly to him. Donations can be made here: https://www.trybooking.com/book/sessions?eid=629181&bof=1

18.01.2022 #Repost @desireeadaway with @get_repost Desiree Adaway is brilliant, my wonderful mentor @tanyageisler introduced me to Desiree’s work a while back & I can’t wait to dive in more over July at The Adaway Group Rework workshops online. Exploring whiteness in workplaces and business, white dominant culture & building anti-racist skills. The link is in my bio and today is the last day to join so be quick! Words below and image from Desiree (just as pertinent here in Austr...alia) What is settler colonialism? First, settler colonizers come to stay. Settlers intend to permanently occupy and assert sovereignty over indigenous lands. Settler colonialism is a distinct type of colonialism that functions through the replacement of indigenous populations with an invasive settler society. Settler colonialism destroys to replace, It is a structural system, not an event in history. In this sense, settler colonialism does not really ever end. It denies the existence of indigenous peoples and the legitimacy to claims to land It aims to vanish Indigenous peoples and replace them with settlers It’s logic of elimination requires the removal of Indigenous peoples of a territory, by any means necessary (homicide, child abduction, religious conversion, reprogramming (via missions or boarding schools), and myriad forms of assimilation; again settler colonialism destroys to replace (p. 388). It continues to dispossess Indigenous peoples It promotes white supremacy Anyone not Indigenous, living in a settler colonial situation is a settler. Therefore all non-Indigenous people living in what is today called the U.S. are settlers living on stolen land. Settlers do not all benefit equally from settler colonialism. Many people were brought to settler states as slaves, indentured servants, refugees, etc. Race and class largely prefigure which settlers benefit the most from usurped Indigenous homeland Settler colonialism is not just a vicious thing of the past, such as the gold rush, but exists as long as settlers are living on appropriated land and thus exists today. Sources Tuck, E. (2013) Curriculum, replacement and settler futurity, Journal of Curriculum Theorizing,

15.01.2022 #Repost @nationaljusticeproject_au with @get_repost **BREAKING: NJP Executive Director George Newhouse has announced, with regard to Monday's incident where a Police Officer was filmed kicking and pinning down an Indigenous teen, that: "IF charges aren't laid quickly (against the police officer) we are instructed to launch a private prosecution." We will do so alongside the @alsnswact The Government and Police Leadership today failed to stand up for First Nations peoples. But we will stand up. And we will act. Go to the link to donate or www.justice.org.au - community funded project, close to my heart. This is ongoing work that can make a big difference for racial justice here in Australia. #aboriginallivesmatter #changethedate #icantbreathe

12.01.2022 Re-post @ava thank you. The words (thank you Scott Woods) are from a longer essay written by @scottwoodsrules the essay is in his bio. BLACK LIVES MATTER. Listening, learning and leaning in. Will continue to do my own work on internalized racism and advocate for equity and justice. There is a lot to say and right now is NOT the time to centre my voice or feelings. There are many BIPOC to follow, listen to, support and pay to lear...n from. I won't be posting my own content this week but will share some of those BIPOC voices that are educating, inspiring and leading the way. EDIT TEXT **This image and words replace the black square which I've just deleted. I've decided to delete the square as the black squares are stopping important information getting to the top of the feed with the hashtag BLACK LIVES MATTER, and that tag is needed right now which is getting lost in a sea of black squares, even though my post didn't originally have that tag it still feels like this post is more useful and educational and I don't want the black squares, unfortunately, harming more than helping or getting in the way of vital information and education getting out. #blackouttuesday #listeningandlearnng #whatimpactisthishaving #imperfectaction See more

07.01.2022 #Repost @djirravic with @get_repost Amazing to see the marches in Australia today This work is ongoing. Djirra have been doing this work since 2002. An Aboriginal community controlled organisation offering programs and practical support to all Aboriginal women & particularly Aboriginal people who are or have experienced family violence. Check out their website www.djirra.org.au ... ............................. Djirra’s words below For many people in Australia, the power and visibility of #BlackLivesMatter as an international human rights movement means they are navigating a new conversation, but this is nothing new for us. For over 17 years Djirra has been speaking up about the loss of Black Lives in Australia. We have been speaking up about things that are happening to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia every day that are not seen by mainstream media. Our children are still being taken. Our lives are still being threatened and taken by police. Our women are 34 times more likely to be victims of family violence compared to other women. Our people are still being imprisoned and dying in custody. Aboriginal women are now the fastest growing prison population in the country. We have ten years less life expectancy. We are living with the toll of intergenerational trauma. Lives are being lost and our people are hurting. Aboriginal Community Controlled organisations like Djirra must be funded to create self-determined change. If we are properly resourced and invested in we will make a difference. Thank you for showing up for Aboriginal Australians. With unrelenting effort by us all, we will dismantle systemic and institutionalised racism. It’s time to stand together against the structures that oppress us and kill us at disproportionate rates. Australian has so much more work to do. All lives won’t matter until #BlackLivesMatter. Let’s stand together and do the work. You can support Djirra via givenow.com.au/fvpls. Thank you #BlackLivesMatter #AboriginalLivesMatter #WomensLivesMatter #AboriginalWomensLivesMatter #WeHaveTheSolutions #SharingStoriesFindingSolutions #standingfirmagainstfamilyviolence

06.01.2022 It's been a while! Right now I"m in the Zone... Happy Face, loving this work! Recording lessons for my Voice Confidence group program just started, fully booked the next one will be either Nov this year or Jan 2021 It all starts with listening and I've been doing a lot of listening in to my own beliefs and to the powerful voices rising right now. This work is taking me back to some of my early influences. I just watched a Spike Lee interview, remembered first being blown away by the brilliant 'Do The Right Thing' I need to watch that again... with the election in the US coming up, still soooo relevant. Here's to doing the right thing! #voiceconfidence #huntervalley #listening #voiceofchange #voice #presence #truth #power #trust #selfbelief #collectivepower

06.01.2022 #Repost @abcindigenous with @get_repost Today is Mabo Day We celebrate the life of Eddie Koiki Mabo and honour and reflect on his great achievements in his fight to overturn the fiction of terra nullius. On June 3rd, 1992 the High Court ruled that Australia was not terra nullius, paving the way for our land rights and Native Title. ... #MaboDay #torresstraitisland #Indigenous #abcindigenous #blacklivesmatter See more

06.01.2022 #Repost @rachrodgersesq with @get_repost Reposting the words on Rachel’s post for small business owners an online event this week, Thursday morning for Australia: TOWN HALL - JUNE 10th 6pm - 8pm EST | Register here: helloseven.co/townhall (link in bio)... I have decided to host a town hall for the small business community this Wednesday called Reimagining Small Business. We will come together as a community to listen, learn and commit to building antiracist companies that can have a tremendously positive impact on the world. I have asked DEI consultant and expert on racial equity, Ericka Hines and Certified Master Life Coach, Susan Hyatt to join me in organizing this event. We will also have several special guests including Nathan Barry of ConvertKit and Robert Hartwell of the Broadway Collective. Together we will present a plan for small businesses who are committed to building antiracist organizations. We will ask you to take the pledge and commit to building a bright future for all of us, which means it must include those of us who are Black. You can register for this free event right here: helloseven.co/townhall. (Click the link in my bio!) . Please share it widely and tell all of your friends. We can change the world, let’s do it together and let’s start with this town hall as a tangible next step.