The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy

Overview of the Session:

Join us for a powerful and timely yarn with First Nations Elders, Leaders, and young people from across the ChangeFest movement as we explore the 2025 NAIDOC theme: “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy.”

Together, we’ll hear stories of how communities across the ChangeFest songlines are nurturing the strength of young leaders, the vision of their communities and the legacy of ancestors. This is also an opportunity to reflect on your own place, power and role in creating communities and wider systems that work for the strength of the next generation of leadership.

All are welcome. Register now and be part of the movement.

About the presenters

The ChangeFest Elders and Leaders Group sit at the center of the ChangeFest movement – providing cultural leadership and guidance across the work. The group is made up of Elders and Leaders from each of the Gathering communities and as such, hold the ChangeFest Songlines across the country.

This session will include Elders, Leaders and young people from a number of the communities including:

Yagara and Yugambeh Country/Logan, Qld (2018)
Darug Country/Mt Druitt, NSW (2019)
Larrakia Country/Palmerston, NT (2021)
Palawa Country/Lutruwita/Tasmania (2023)
Latji Latji Country/Mildura, Victoria (2024)
Walyalup/Whadjuk Country/Fremantle, Western Australia (2025)

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.

Learning Network Lunchbox Sessions are usually held from 12.30 – 2pm (AEST) and are designed to be “easy for you to contribute, simple for us to hold, meaningful for us all to be part of.” Each event will be free and provide opportunity to explore practices and stories of community led change – and an opportunity to connect with each other across the ChangeFest Movement.