National Reconciliation Week: First Nations Women and Our Voices

National Reconciliation Week: First Nations Women and Our Voices

Join us to discuss the importance of amplifying the voices of First Nations women, the impact and benefits which flow from including Indigenous perspectives, the current issues facing Indigenous people and the opportunity you have to champion work in Indigenous affairs.

Based in regional Western Australia, a lawyer by trade now Indigenous advocate, Emma Garlett works to ensure Indigenous people are heard in decisions which affect them.

Hailing from Sydney, Sharleigh Crittenden researches and writes about Indigenous people, law and justice and the intersection of race relations. 

Join them for a conversation on their personal and professional perspectives the current state of Australia concerning Indigenous affairs and how we can move forward together as a nation. 

The First Nations Women

Emma Garlett is a Nyungar-Yamatji-Nyiyaparli woman who applies an Indigenous lens to current issues and seeks to educate others to bring them on a journey of reconciliation to make a better Australia for all. Emma is passionate about justice, law reform and ensuring First Nations people are involved in decisions which affect them. She is an Adjunct Professor, director, lawyer and columnist.

Sharleigh Crittenden is a Wiradjuri woman, a legal researcher, and the inaugural winner of the First Nations Storytelling Prize in the Best Australian Yarn competition. Following her win, she was awarded a creative grant from Indigenous publisher Magabala Books to draft her debut novel manuscript. She has completed her final year of law at the University of New South Wales and won the 2023 John Koowarta Reconciliation Law Scholarship. 

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