National Reconciliation Week Breakfast 2024 Virtual event

We invite organisations, Local Councils, Government Departments, workplaces and community groups across NSW to join us for the NSW 2024 NRW Virtual Breakfast to Celebrate National Reconciliation Week!

Host your own localised workplace event to coincide with Reconciliation NSW's breakfast being held on Gadigal Country in Sydney.

The NSW 2024 NRW Virtual Breakfast will feature:

A Welcome to Country
The Hon. David M. Harris, NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty will outline the NSW Government's priorities for Aboriginal Affairs, and
A panel of Aboriginal community changemakers will discuss "Charting a Path Forward: Empowering Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities, Now More than Ever'. (See bios below)

About the 2024 NRW theme: ‘Now More Than Ever’

"Now more than ever, the fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will —and must —continue. Now more than ever, individuals and organisations have a responsibility to continue the journey of allyship and what it means to walk beside and behind Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the pursuit of equity and equality."

Organisations will gain insight into how your organisation can create positive impact with Aboriginal communities, progress its RAP objectives, and advance equity and justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

HOW TO JOIN:

Reconciliation NSW will be livestreaming the NSW 2024 NRW Virtual Breakfast to organisations across the state who can host their own breakfast event locally.

For non-member organisations of Reconciliation NSW, each NSW 2024 NRW Virtual Ticket purchase will receive:

A link to view the livestream Breakfast event (and the recording, which will be available for your use until the end of NRW 2024)
A Digital Kit, with resources to help you host your event, including printable templates, social media posts, links to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander caterers, and a link to the Breakfast recording (once available).
A complimentary 3-month trial organisational membership with Reconciliation NSW. Read more about our organisational membership here.

The NSW 2024 NRW Virtual Breakfast, co-hosted by Gilbert & Tobin, will address the theme of National Reconciliation Week 2024: “Now More Than Ever”

Date: Wednesday, 29 May, 2024

Time: 7:30am - 9:00am

Speakers:

The Hon. David Harris, MP, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty discussing the NSW Government’s priorities for Aboriginal Affairs this year.

Karen Mundine, CEO, Reconciliation Australia will discuss the NRW Theme for 2024 and call to action.

Join the live Q&A with our Aboriginal community changemaker panel.

We are excited to be able to facilitate this year's event to concurrently happen across hundreds of organisations, local councils, libraries, cafe's and community centres across NSW!

We hope you will join us to be part of the change towards a more reconciled, just and equitable NSW and Australia.

- The Reconciliation NSW CEO and Board

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Panel bios:

Facilitator: Joshua Staines (Wiradjuri), Reconciliation NSW Board Member. Joshua is a Senior Policy Officer in Local Government and a Director at Black Duck Foods. Josh is a proud Wiradjuri father living on Darkinjung country on the central coast. Josh has spent the best part of a decade working in local government developing policy and implementing strategic projects. Prior to joining local government, he worked in the Lifestyles Innovation Team at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence and in the Cultural Unit at KARI (OOHC). Josh invests significant time mentoring Aboriginal young people as well as: facilitating opportunities for on country experiences, supporting elders in land management and bush regeneration projects. Josh is a strong advocate for shared decision making, co-design and Aboriginal Economic Development.

Belinda Huntriss (Worimi), Aboriginal Education Advocate: Belinda Huntriss is of Aboriginal and English heritage and is from Worimi country on the mid north coast of NSW and now calls the Central Coast home. Belinda is a mum, early childhood and Primary School teacher with 15 years experience working in Aboriginal education. Belinda is currently working as an independent consultant mentoring educators around embedding Aboriginal perspectives and building cultural safety. Her family business Freshwater Education provides culturally appropriate and environmentally sustainable resources, cultural incursions, and mentoring for educators and businesses around cultural safety and embedding Aboriginal perspectives. In 2021, Belinda was a finalist in the Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards top 25 teachers in Australia.
Mitchell Beggs Mowczan (Wiradjuri), Aboriginal Health Advocate: Mitchell Beggs Mowczan is a proud Wiradjuri man who was born and bred on Darug Country. Mitchell is a husband to his wife Amy and together they share a one-year-old boy named Cody. Mitchell has over 13 years of experience working in Aboriginal Health with a focus on the Closing the Gap and Integrated Team Care programs. Mitchell currently works as the Aboriginal Liaison Officer at the Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network. Mitchell has worked with mob all across the state in his working career and personal life and has developed many connections to mobs right across the state. Mitchell also chairs a number of local and statewide committees and works closely on a number of localised community initiatives in the Western Sydney region including Men’s groups, NAIDOC Planning committees, Health challenges and many more. In 2017 Mitchell was awarded Penrith Young Citizen of the year for his efforts in supporting local community to fundraise for their health needs, and because of this was lucky enough to carry the Queens Baton for the Commonwealth Games.
Stu Jordan, Sustainable Land Management Advocate: Stu Jordan is a Senior Program Officer for the NSW Department of Planning and Environment. Skilled in Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, Government, Biodiversity, and Environmental Impact Assessment, he has strong experience in community and social services. With a Bachelor of Science in Geoscience focused on land & heritage management from the University of Wollongong, he comes to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment after 8 years working for the NSW Aboriginal Land Council in Community Development and land and strategic project development.