Kingston Koori Youth Engagement. Goal Connect our 60 Aboriginal young people living across 94 sq km...

Kingston Koori Youth Engagement

Goal• Connect our 60 Aboriginal

young people living across 94 sq km of Kingston Council Melbourne metro area, to their culture and to each other.

• Secondary College had identified disconnection from culture and each other.

4 Key areas : • Connect to culture• Connect to education

and employment• Connect to

environment• Connect to healthy

lifestyle

Strengths in our community• Council’s Access and Equity Aboriginal

Committee• Our Elders Local Indigenous Network &

Boon wurrung Foundation• 13kms foreshore and Enviro Officers &

Parks Rangers • Close to a marine sanctuary. Marine

scientists and research boat Saltwater Projects work with EPA on water quality.

• Council staff to write grants & coordinate • Teachers at Secondary Colleges• Our young people• Links to Monash Uni mentors

Passion to share language, traditional stories and traditional knowledge on sustainability

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Archaeologist and the physics of culture

Out door classroom

Cultural knowledge and science sustainability technology

Data collecting

FIRST ENGAGEMNT 4 years ago:

• Most young people had never heard Aboriginal language.

• Most had never met an Aboriginal Elder

• Most didn’t know the Aboriginal name of the Country they were born on.

• Some had never worn a pair of goggles

• Most had never met a marine biologist, an EPA scientist, a skipper, a first mate or a film maker.

Mentors

Four gatherings a year – 4 focus areas

Projection art: 5 strengths you carry

Outcomes:

• Facebook page

• Film: Connecting to sea Country

• Young people know their culture, Country they come from and feel connected and pride of culture

• Cultural walking trail : interpretative signage

• Cultural Resources : story collecting Young people with Elders

• Gathering Place

• Recognise campaign

Science and Culture with Elders and Youth Projects in NT and QLD to link on FB and website.