Episode two features Sean Gordon from Gidgee Group, Debra Swan, Cultural Educator for Awabakal Ltd and the young talented artist Jacob Ridgeway as we discuss the very hot topic of Black Lives Matter. Join me Rod Smith as I ask questions to help us as a people and non-Aboriginal people have more of an understanding of the movement.
In this episode we explore the below questions through the eyes of our youth, from a political perspective and through the experience of an elder:
1 . What is your feeling and response to the BLM movement with the marches and protest that have happened around this country and around the world so far?
2. Are our young people more empowered now than in the past and do you think our young people can do more now than in the past?
3. So with the marches, protests, and social media being sent on fire with debates, do you think this will be enough in this country to start changes within our government and have you have seen and heard anything that indicates change?
4. Do you think the removal of our children play a big part of our kids being incarcerated at an older age, creating a higher risk to deaths in custody?
5. How do you think we move forward and make change?