The Voice. Treaty. Truth. Advocacy course will introduce you to the history of the First Nations peoples’ struggle; the Uluru Statement of the Heart; techniques to advocate on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders when participating in an event or campaign; the skills required to build your confidence to handle objections; and messaging and mapping in a targeted campaign.

This course is especially designed for synagogue clergy. It will be run online via two 3 hour sessions over two days and presented by Thomas Mayor, a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin.

The two sessions will be Wednesday 9 June 2021 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Sunday 13 June 2021 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm.

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

Understand the history of the First Nations peoples’ struggle
Explain the Uluru Statement of the Heart and the three key points of the Voice. Treaty. Truth. campaign
Learn techniques to advocate and campaign on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander industrial workplace issues
Develop skills and confidence to handle objections
Learn effective messaging and mapping actions, including social media

Our presenter

Thomas Mayor is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. As an Islander growing up on the mainland, he learned to hunt traditional foods with his father and to island dance from the Darwin community of Torres Strait Islanders.

Following the Uluru Convention, Thomas was entrusted to carry the sacred canvas of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. He then embarked on an eighteen-month journey around the country to garner support for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations voice, and a Makarrata Commission for truth-telling and agreement-making or treaties.