Walk For Truth
Will you come join us on the Walk for Truth?
Victorians are invited to join Yoorrook in a Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament.
Yoorrook Justice Commission Deputy Chair Travis Lovett will walk from Gunditjmara Country in Portland to the Victorian Parliament on Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Country in May and June 2025.
The walk will build awareness for the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s final report, which includes an Official Public Record, and its call for Victorians to acknowledge the past and walk towards a shared and equitable future.
The journey will culminate with Yoorrook’s Commissioners presenting the Commission’s final report to the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, the Victorian Governor and Premier.
Yoorrook will soon release more details, including the route and towns it will go through.
Register your interest in joining us at yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/events/walkfortruth
More Walk for Truth
Yoorrook Justice Commission invites you to be part of the Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament.
Everyone is invited to join when Yoorrook Deputy Chair Commissioner Travis Lovett, Kerrupmara Gunditjmara, walks from Portland, where colonisation began, to Parliament, where we can transform the future.
Starting on Sunday 25 May on Gunditjmara Country at Portland, the Walk will finish at Parliament House on Wednesday 18 June. You can see expected dates of each leg of the walk below.
This powerful journey aims to bring everyone together to walk toward truth, celebrate the strength and resistance of Aboriginal people, and be proud to have the oldest living culture in the world as ours.
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