COMMITTEES & GROUPS

Nalderun is the is the Djaara world for “all together”.  Our strength is the reciprocal relationships and partnerships we have been building within the community over the last 15 years.   This includes involvement in the following groups.

 

Friends of Nalderun

‘Friends of Nalderun’, formerly ‘Nalderun Upper Loddon Events Group’, has been an active group of Aboriginal and other Australians for the past 12 years.  This group’s focus is to support the work of the Nalderun Education Aboriginal Corporation. Friends of Nalderun undertakes the planning, organisation and implementation of our annual Reconciliation Week Event, supported the purchase of a property for the organisation, undertakes grant writing, supports the volunteers of Nalderun, and most importantly provides emotional and practical support to the employees of Nalderun.

 

Nalderun Education Network Group

Nalderun’s Education Network Group meet with local schools four times a year to support and help teachers with Indigenous pedagogy and worldviews, and to incorporate Indigenous content into the curriculum through Aboriginal and Torres Islander protocols. Contact Nalderun via email to find out when the next meeting is coming up if you want to be involved.

 

Self-Reflective Conversations

Nalderun partner with the Castlemaine Self-Reflective Conversations Collective, run by and for local Non-Indigenous people to reflect on privilege, structural racism, decolonisation and allyship. To become good allies and to be a part of making real change in this space, the first thing white people and those within the dominant culture need to do is look hard at ourselves and our own culture. To do this we need to start with reflecting on our understanding and attitude surrounding significant events impacting on Aboriginal people and our own beliefs and values. It is only when we have some knowledge and critique of our own culture and its systemic racism, and our own ingrained and often unacknowledged privilege that we can go with open hearts and minds to find ways to work with and support First Nations people.

To express your interest in participating as a group or individual please email:  reflectionconversations@gmail.com.

 

Indigenous Round Table

The Mount Alexander Shire Indigenous Roundtable provides a forum for community members and community organisations to share ideas and resources that are relevant to the local Aboriginal community. It also acts as a reference group for actions and progress review relating to Council’s Commitment to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait island Peoples of the Shire. The Roundtable is hosted by Council and co-chaired by the Mayor and Aboriginal Elder Uncle Rick Nelson or nominated representatives.