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23.01.2022 Did you see our WAALI Leaders in today's West Australian NAIDOC WEEK lift out! We love to see their leadership and achievements celebrated. Congratulations to two of our current Emerging Aboriginal Leaders participants, Jack and Paige. And congratulations to two of our Yorga Djenna Bidi Graduates and Kwopertok Yorga Alumni, Mikayla and Sharon. ... #alwayswasalwayswillbe #leadership #AboriginalLeaders

22.01.2022 Last night we were excited to be the first in Australia to view the movie Warrior Women featuring Madonna Thunderhawk and Marcelle Gilbert and had the opportunity to zoom with Madonna, Marcella and filmmaker Beth Castle. What a deep conversation on leadership, activism and overcoming issues facing the Indigenous community. It was incredible to reflect on the similarities across two Indigenous cultures half a world apart. It was a very special night with representatives fro...m nearly all Yorga Djenna Bidi cohorts and both our Emerging Aboriginal Leaders Programs. Beautiful to share the night with Patron Elizabeth Hayden. Thank you to Kezia Jacobs-Smith for having the vision to make this happen. We can’t wait to see what future opportunities come as a result. Thank you Murdoch University for hosting us and Bindi Bindi Dreaming for the feed See more

21.01.2022 Kwopertok Yorga Alumni yarning circle this Friday (20/11/20) at 5.30pm. Zoom link on workplace or on WAALI website. See you online - we'd love to see you and hear your news...love to see all our latest graduates join in too.

21.01.2022 We are looking forward to starting our next Yorga Djenna Bidi program in a couple of weeks and meeting our new Cohort of women! The video below is a snippet from Sheliah's first day with our Women's Leadership Program, Yorga Djenna Bidi, last year.

21.01.2022 Last week during NAIDOC week this group of our Emerging Aboriginal Leaders visited Banksia Hill to yarn with young people, share some stories, and share their leadership journey. Thanks to everyone for getting up early and also those who took time off work to attend. Thanks for being outstanding representatives of WAALI. #alwayswasalwayswillbe

21.01.2022 Take a moment or two to listen, reflect and share. Thank you to our WAALI Patron Narelda Jacobs, WAALI Chair Robyn Smith-Walley, Kwopertok Yorga Kezia Jacobs-Smith and Teela Reid https://podcasts.apple.com//narelda-jacobs-on/id995159486

19.01.2022 We are thrilled to congratulate Mandy Downing on being awarded the Curtin University Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Reconciliation! An incredible achievement . WAALI is also celebrating the other two nominees for this award were Kwopertok Yorga Alumni Ingrid Cumming and Emerging Aboriginal Leader participant Rickiesha Deegan! So awesome

17.01.2022 The next Boorloo Indigenous Youth Yarning Circle will be this Sunday at UWA (Bilya Marlee Building). We will have Indi Clarke, CEO of the Koori Youth Council, sharing his experiences in the role and the Koori Youth Summit they have every year. We will then have some discussions as a group about what is needed here (youth council equivalent, summits, etc) in Boorloo for young people. The session will go from 12:45-3pm and we will have Zoom access for anyone who can’t make it in person. https://fb.me/e/34AkuWuxq

17.01.2022 We had a special morning yarning about Leadership with the amazing young leaders at Shooting Stars: Education Through Netball. What’s your leadership super power? This mob all know theirs!!! Thanks for having us

16.01.2022 We are very grateful that we have Faisal Nawaz volunteering with us as Finance Officer at the moment. T h a n k y o u for all your work Faisal! It is appreciated!

15.01.2022 Winner! Congratulations Dr Richard Walley OAM! WA Senior Australian of the Year: Champion of Aboriginal Culture. The Honourable Kim Beazley AC, our WAALI patron, presented the awards to the four winners who will now represent WA at the overall 2021 Australian of the Year Awards next year.... Congratulations to all the winners and best wishes for the national awards. Read more here: https://govhouse.wa.gov.au/governor-officiates-at-wa-2021-/

15.01.2022 One of our Kwopertok Yorgas Rebecca Rickard has an incredible opportunity to share Deadly Denim with the world - please help if you can

15.01.2022 Have you read the news today??? A great article in Business news featuring WAALI Chair Dr Robyn Smith-Walley #westaustralian

14.01.2022 To our WAALI Community We wish you a happy holiday and a time for celebrating the successes of 2020. We look forward to seeing you all in 2021. Have a safe, happy, healthy holiday. From the WAALI Board and Staff ... Please note that the WAALI office will be closed from 24 Dec to 4 Jan. #HappyHolidays #CelebrateTheSuccesses #SeasonsGreetings #AboriginalLeadership

13.01.2022 So much to celebrate! Congratulations to our WAALI Board Member Dr Richard Walley OAM! WA NOMINEE SENIOR AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2021... We are excited to share that WAALI Board Member and supportive Elder of our programs, Dr Richard Walley OAM, Uncle Richard, has been nominated for Senior Australian of the Year for 2021! "Dr Richard Walley guides people and organisations on their journey of reconciliation through cultural awareness. A champion of Wadjuk and Noongar people, he shares his profound knowledge of language, cultural practices and historic injustices cultivating a deeper respect and recognition of Aboriginal culture." You can read more here: https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au//richard-wall/2386/ #AustralianoftheYear #AboriginalLeaders #Elder #NoongarElder

11.01.2022 Dear WAALI community We hope you are all safe and well during this week of lockdown and fires. If you need assistance during this time, please reach out, we are here to help you access services you may need if you have been affected by the fires. ... Contact one of our WAALI staff if you need support. Anjie [email protected] Leone - [email protected] Irma - [email protected] Sarah - [email protected] For the most updated information regarding Bushfire Emergency Warnings visit: https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/ From DFES: Affected by the fires? If you have been affected by the current Wooroloo Bushfire, welfare support assistance may be available via the Department of Communities. Call the Disaster Response Hotline on 1800 032 965, which operates 24 hours, 7 days a week. You can also call the dedicated Bushfire Recovery Line, provided by Lifeline. Call 13 43 57 to speak to someone. Wanting to volunteer? For those wanting to volunteer or offer accommodation, Volunteering WA have set up two registration points. Find more info here: https://www.volunteeringwa.org.au/#/ More here: https://www.facebook.com/dfeswa/posts/5009788255730129 Thank you to the firefighters DFES Incident Photographer Evan Collis

10.01.2022 Yesterday one of our Emerging Aboriginal Leader graduates, Brook Blurton, spoke, along with Hon. Simone McGurk, at the Department of Communities official launch of #16DaysinWA, where for 16 days in November and December, the community is invited to take a part in a major effort to effect change! Our Co-chair, Robyn Smith-Walley was in attendance with the group of business and industry leaders at the new WA Museum Boola Bardip. #AboriginalLeadership #16DaysinWA... #StopTheViolence #RespectStartsWithYou #UnitedNations #leadership #16daysofactivism is a global campaign for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. United Nations

08.01.2022 The Yorga Djenna Bidi Aboriginal Women's Leadership Program is designed by Aboriginal women for Aboriginal women! Open to all women from all Aboriginal and Torres Strait backgrounds - join an amazing group of women leading the way. ---Applications are on our website.---... Find out more here: https://waali.org.au/yorga-djenna-bidi-program Feel free to share with your networks.

07.01.2022 It is our pleasure to share our latest Annual Report! Check it out - It's on our website here: https://waali.org.au/about-us The report highlights our achievements throughout the year and shares the impact our programs are making! ... We would like to acknowledge our Program Partners Chevron and ATCO, and our supporters and sponsors: Jackson McDonald, Career Wisdom, ICF Australasia WA Branch, Corporate Evolution, Lotterywest, KPMG, Gerard Daniels, Committee for Perth, Perpetual, Deloitte, Department of Communities, Department Of Education, Western Australia Police Force Noongar Charitable Trust - NCT, Pan Pacific Hotel Perth, Paul Hertz Group, BHP, Roogenic, Westpac, Reconciliation WA, The University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University (ECU), Bindi Bindi Dreaming, Xplore. We are also proud to be a community partner with Danjoo Koorliny Social Impact Festival. T h a n k y o u

07.01.2022 WAALI is happy to share that Jahna Cedar OAM has joined our board. Jahna is a Nyiyaparli/Yindijibarndi woman from the Pilbara region of WA and is recognised as a strong indigenous community leader. Having worked for over 20 years advocating for equal rights and reconciliation of Indigenous people, Jahna has represented her people at the Uniting Nations in New York, and in 2012 she was the youngest person to be elected into the Western Australian International Women's Day Ha...ll of Fame. We look forward to Jahna walking with WAALI and sharing her experience and wisdom in challenging perceptions, breaking down sterotypes and making a difference for Indigenous peoples. Welcome to WAALI Jahna! #AboriginalLeadership #AboriginalLeader #leadership

06.01.2022 Today we celebrated the graduation of 20 inspirational Aboriginal women from our Yorga Djenna Bidi program. Thank you to WAALI Patron the Hon Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia for hosting this very special event. Congratulations to our 20 graduates who we are very excited to welcome to the Kwopertok Yorga Alumni. WAALI is so proud to have nearly 150 graduates of this program since it was first trialled in 2015!

03.01.2022 Last night was the final official module of our 2020 Emerging Aboriginal Leaders Program. We were so grateful to Rickeeta Walley (2019 graduate) for spending time with us sharing her incredible knowledge about Kaarta Koomba as she guided us on a cultural walk. Back at the WAALI office we were thrilled to welcome some of the 2019 Emerging Aboriginal Leader graduates who joined us for dinner as well as one of last year's facilitators Mikayla King. We are so excited to grow the alumni of this program. Next step is graduation!