Watch Darren Smith, CEO of Aboriginal Housing Victoria speak about the links between colonisation, homelessness and the marginalisation of First Peoples in the housing market today.
Social Justice Hearings, 5 June
Commissioners heard from Lionel Bamblett, Mark Rose and Aunty Geraldine Atkinson representing the Victorian Aboriginal Association Inc. In the afternoon they also heard from Jarvis Atkinson and later Dr. Lois Peeler from Worawa Aboriginal College.
Jarvis tells his story
Jarvis tells his story to the Yoorrook Justice Commission, Victoria’s formal truth telling process, as part of its investigation into past and ongoing systemic injustice within the state’s education system.
Social Justice Hearings, 4 June | Afternoon Session
Commissioners heard from Lionel Bamblett, Mark Rose and Aunty Geraldine Atkinson representing the Victorian Aboriginal Association Inc.
Social Justice Hearings, 4 June | Morning Session
Commissioners heard from Michael Graham, Gavin Brown, Alan Brown and Darren Lovett representing the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service.
The difficulty of confronting the compounding injustices First Peoples’ face and their resilience
“Regardless of who anybody was, if they were placed in the same shoes of First Peoples across these generations and experience the same discrimination and exclusion, they would find themselves in the same position.”
“We have been removed from being able to play on this monopoly board and other people have come and taken it over”
“We have been removed from being able to play on this monopoly board and other people have come and taken it over”
Professor Ray Lovett shares powerful truth
From birth, to childhood to parenting, watch Professor Ray Lovett share the powerful truth about the impact racism and structural failings have had on generations of First Peoples.