ReconciliACTION NSW

Welcome to ReconciliACTIONnsw!

ReconciliACTIONnsw is part of the ReconciliACTION Network, a network of Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people who have an interest in reconciliation and Indigenous rights issues, and volunteers who are active in their local communities.

ReconciliACTIONnsw is open to all interested people aged between 16 and 29 years.

To read about our latest projects visit our website at www.reconciliaction.org.au/nsw.

ReconciliACTIONnsw is the NSW partner group of the national ReconciliACTION Network. Our aims include community education, advocacy, support for young people working to overcome racism in their local communities and skills and leadership development.

ReconciliACTIONnsw is a member group of the NSW Reconciliation Council and Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR).

Contact the Indigenous and non-Indigenous Co-Convenors of ReconciliACTIONnsw at recon@reconciliaction.org.au.

Visit our website or check out some examples of our past projects below!

Online education kit

In December 2007 ReconciliACTIONnsw launched its Online Education Kit at www.reconciliaction.org.au/nsw. Guest speakers included Prof Larissa Behrendt from Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning and Wayne Costelloe from the Australian Education Union.

What's in the Kit? Information on Indigenous issues can often be hard to find and understand. The Online Education Kit provides information that is easy to understand for young people, ReconciliACTION members and the community.

There are also links and reviews to lots of different resources which other organisations have developed about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues. There are also tools to help young people get active in the struggle for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights, recognition, and reconciliation.

Freedom Ride 2005

February 2005 was the 40th anniversary of the 1965 'Freedom Ride', where a busload of Sydney university students led by Dr Kumantjayi (Charles) Perkins went on a journey across NSW to find out about the poor treatment of Aboriginal people in regional NSW. The 1965 Freedom Ride was a key event in Australia's social history.

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary ReconciliACTION filled up a bus with young people passionate about reconciliation and retraced the original 'Freedom Ride' journey, whilst making a documentary about the experience. Freedom Ride 2005 interviewed over 300 people living in regional NSW including many young people about race relations in their towns. The ride was a huge success but the journey is not yet over! ReconciliACTIONnsw is continuing to work to ensure that the stories collected on the ride have a chance to be heard. Some of the projects resulting from the ride include the development of the online Education Kit, a documentary to be screened in 2008 and several state-based campaigns.

Anti-racism Youth Forum 26 & 27 November 2004

Anti-racism Youth Forum was held on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th November in Redfern, Sydney. The Forum brought together more than 50 Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people aged 16-29 years together from metropolitan and regional NSW, Queensland and Victoria. For a report of the Forum see the story in the NSW Reconciliation Council's Annual Report.

SHAKE UP

During NAIDOC Week 2004 ReconciliACTION held a music concert featuring * The Herd * Kid Conficius,
MC Trey featuring Nick Toth and Dzcyple Last * Ebony Williams * Botanics * South West Click * Connect

The Convenors of the LRG are Glen Crump and Josh Edwards.

For more information please contact NSWRC.