We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Maylene Slater-Burns is a proud Kamilaroi, Wiradjuri, Kuku Djungan, Gangalidda and Nywaigi woman, singer-songwriter, cultural healer and creative leader based in Naarm (Melbourne).
She is the founder of Mindful Mob Wellness Institute, an award-winning cultural collective, guided by Elders in Victoria and led by healers and trauma informed practitioners promoting the importance of spiritual health and well-being.
She is also the founder of the First Nations Women in Music Victoria program, supporting women and female-identifying artists in the music industry.
Maylene holds the role of First Peoples Senior Project & Policy Officer at Creative Victoria, where she contributes to work that supports First Peoples artists and creative communities across the state.
She releases music under the name Maylene Yinarr, in honour of her Mother, Aunties and Grandmothers. Her songs and poetry explore healing, resilience and liberation, guided by culture, spirit and the dream of a better future for the next generation.
Rona is a proud Kaytetye woman from Central Australia who works with high impact organisations to create systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and solutions.
Rona is the founder of Common Ground and brings 7 years
of professional experience working across First Nations organisations and not for profits. Rona was previously the Director of First Nations at YLab, a social enterprise that puts young people with diverse lived experiences at the centre of designing and developing innovative and impactful solutions
to complex social issues. Over her career, Rona has worked in policy at the Central Land Council, the Research Unit for Indigenous Languages at the University of Melbourne, Reconciliation Victoria, and the Foundation for Young Australians.In 2020, Rona was a finalist for the Victorian Young Achiever awards, was awarded a Westpac Social Change Fellowship. In 2019 Rona won a Diana Award and was named a 'Woman of the Future' by Women's Weekly.Through her work with First Nations communities across Australia, Rona aims to create future systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and cultures.Rona currently resides in Mpartnwe on Arrernte Country.
We are a First Nations not-for-profit that exists to centre First Nations people, Country and truth-telling. We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
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