Reconciliation Week might end today, but it doesn’t mean it’s over.

This week has been busy for me, across both jobs, but I’m happy that both have made an acknowledgement of this week. One occupation is for one of the largest companies in Australian retail, and so it’s definitely disappointing that they haven’t put a lot of effort into celebrating and participating in the week that they really could have. They did, however, promote the week with staff wristbands and learning modules, designed to educate staff and hopefully, by extension, their families. So that’s great.

For my commitment, I’m backtracking through what I learnt during my Minor and putting together some new work with what I need to learn in mind. I also intend to write a commitment to reconciliation and will start uploading some of My Cultural Safety Journey, which is a working project I have that covers my learning in the Minor and how it has impacted me. Though that project will a bit more self-centred than the others for this week, the idea is to show how impactful and important Indigenous Australian values and teaching are, and how they can safely and appropriately include non-Indigenous Australians, to help non-Indigenous Australians with reconciliation.

National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) will be coming next month, and I will be doing better to keep up with when it comes. Like always, check out the great wealth of information out there about the week and what it stands for, and participate, even if it’s only a little bit to start with. Everyone’s gotta start somewhere.

Here are some quick starts that will get you thinking:

Common Ground, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commongroundaustralia/

Clothing the Gaps, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clothingthegaps/

UNICEF Australia, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPkt14bBcpV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link