The ChangeFest Statement in Action: What does it mean in your context?

As the ChangeFest Movement we are committed to learning and acting toward:

First Nations voice being centred in local, regional and national decisions.

Power and authority being harnessed for greater equity and collective agency, over top-down deficit based responses.

As collaborators we align our power and resources to healing and transformation grounded in place, whether that be local, regional or country-wide in scale.

These aims are directly informed and led by the ChangeFest Statement which has sat at the heart of our Movement since the very first Gathering in Logan in 2018. You can read the ChangeFest Statement here.

At this session you will hear from ChangeFest Elder, Aunty Faith Green and CFI CEO, Anna Powell, who together will tell the story of the ChangeFest Songlines and what it means to work together across locations, across times and across cultures.

Participants will have the opportunity to talk together about what the ChangeFest Statement could mean in your context – in your place, in your work.

About the presenters

Aunty Faith Green, ChangeFest Elder and CEO, Gunya Meta Inc

Aunty Faith Green, is a proud Wakka Wakka, Kabi Kabi women with links to the Koa Nation on her father’s side. Aunty Faith grew up on the mission in Cherbourg with her family.

For the past 30+ years, Aunty Faith has volunteered in the Logan community, supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander jarjums, young people and families with education, health, housing, wellbeing and staying connected to culture.

Now the CEO of Gunya Meta, a community-led First Nations non-for-profit organisation in Logan, Aunty Faith is working with the great grandchildren of the families she was supporting in her early days- making her relationships and support 3 generations strong.

Aunty Faith become involved with the ChangFest movement in 2018, and has continue this journey today. Aunty Faith believes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can do anything and with the right support can walk in both worlds with confidence.

Anna Powell, CEO, Collaboration for Impact

Anna is a respected leader in community-led systems change in Australia. She has deep experience in leading networks and organisations to transform power dynamics and structures for equity. Her track record spans across international development, movement building, philanthropy, community collaboration and systems innovation.

About the Learning Network

The ChangeFest Learning Network is a regular opportunity for all of us across the ChangeFest Movement to share practice and learn, to connect and build, and to take a deep breath and reflect. It will provide us all with the space to listen and hear from each other in ways that will help us in our own work for community-led system change – whether it be in communities, government, large for purpose organisations and businesses.

This session is the third and final of our lunchbox sessions of the Learning Network in 2024 being held on the third Tuesday of the month (online). They are free and and provide opportunity to explore a story of community led change – and an opportunity to connect with each other across the ChangeFest Movement.