Hannah and Sienna from Social Reinvestment WA joined Cat and Syfia last week at the Wake up the Snake exhibition at Boola Bardip Western Australian Museum. The walk n talk session touched on youth voice, social justice and the impact of long term engagement with an Indigenous community. Cat explained the three year project of walking on Country as part of ARC Linkage Grant funded research focussed on the Intergenerational Cultural Transfer of Indigenous Knowledge.
Millennium Kids has been working with the community for over 14 years noting that too often projects are short term. When one family member asked ‘ how long will you be here?” it raised lots of questions about long term engagement, the challenges of on going funding and the benefits of working with community, building relationships and upskilling young people to lead their own projects when they are ready. Not to mention how much the MK and the Media on Mars team learnt along the way.
Don Punch
The Centre for People, Place and Planet
Commissioner for Children and Young People WA
Child Rights International Network – CRIN
