Episode 20:
Healing and Connection to Country with Yarning Circles

Guest Speaker: Tanya Keed and Lori Gould

As we have more conversations with Aboriginal people, we find that when we acknowledge Country it means so much more. There is an upswelling of emotion as the stories that are generously shared with us gives us insight into what it might be like being an Aboriginal Australian. This podcast is one such conversation. Tanya Keed, a proud Aboriginal woman from Dunghutti Country, and Lori Gould who has worked with the ARRC for over twenty years, share how they have been working together to connect men and women who have been imprisoned, back to themselves, each other and to Country. This is a podcast like no other, and we feel deeply grateful and honoured that Tanya is sharing so much of herself and her story.

 

Tanya Keed

Lori Gould

As we have more conversations with Aboriginal people, we find that when we acknowledge Country it means so much more. There is an upswelling of emotion as the stories that are generously shared with us gives us insight into what it might be like being an Aboriginal Australian. This podcast is one such conversation. Tanya Keed, a proud Aboriginal woman from Dunghutti Country, and Lori Gould who has worked with the ARRC for over twenty years, share how they have been working together to connect men and women who have been imprisoned, back to themselves, each other and to Country. This is a podcast like no other, and we feel deeply grateful and honoured that Tanya is sharing so much of herself and her story.

Lori Gould (left), Tanya Keed (right) and little Kayden (middle)

Reconciliation Action Plan

Here at the ARRC, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and wish to demonstrate our support for a more just, equitable and reconciled Australia. To demonstrate this, we have developed a Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to make our organisation a culturally aware and inclusive workplace for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. We are planning to strengthen the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and acknowledge their unique place in our shared history, that the First Aboriginal and Torres Strait Nations people are the true owners of this land.

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Image: Adapted from ‘River Dreaming’ Artwork by Richie Allen (Ngunnawal/Kamilaroi), Traditional Aboriginal Owners Corporation