Merri Merri Wayi Workshop

We've asked you to share your hopes, thoughts and ideas for the Merri Creek already. We now invite you to put this to work. Join us at our in-person workshop, so that the future of Merri Merri as a healthy and safe waterway, with community collaborations flourishing up, around and down the creek, will be our future.

Format: In-person
Date: Tuesday 24th May
Time: 4:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: CERES Van Raay Meeting Room 1

Program:

4:30: Tea/Coffee networking

5.00pm: Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Bill Nicholson

5.30pm: Mayor of Moreland City Council, Cr. Mark Riley

6.00pm: Merri Merri Wayi Collective Impact Workshop

7.00pm: Catering

7.15pm: Merri Merri Wayi Collective Impact Workshop continues

8.30pm: Event concludes

Learn more about the collaboration and past workshops on the project page: Conversations Moreland / Merri Merri Wayi. We invite you to share what you love about the creek and your vision for how it could be in the comments section.

Acknowledgement

The Merri Creek is an iconic and important ecosystem with more than 40,000 years of human interaction and Traditional Ecological Knowledge from the Wurundjeri peoples. This project acknowledges the past, present and future role Traditional Owners have on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples. This project also acknowledges the thousands of people who have volunteered and worked to protect Merri Creek, notably the Friends of Merri Creek and the Merri Creek Management Committee.

If you have any questions, please contact Jane Burns, CERES Consulting Director at jane.burns@ceres.org.au