LISTEN, LEARN, STAND UP & TAKE ACTION
Here’s some ideas on how you can support the campaign to stop continuing stolen generations and the extreme over-representation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care.
SIGN THE PETITION
Sign and build support for this petition calling for fundamental reforms to stop the mass removal of Aboriginal children and ensure Indigenous self determination in child welfare.
You can sign and share the online petition here.
Seek endorsement for the petition from any organisation you are involved in e.g. community group, church group, trade union.
LISTEN & LEARN
Educate yourself about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures, perspectives and histories. Check out the publications from UTS Jumbunna Institute for Education and Resarch.
Learn more about the alarming rise of Indigenous children in out-of-home care, why this is happening and what can be done to turn it around.
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
Reading Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence: Aboriginal Child Removal in 2017, Dr Hannah McGlade
Stolen Futures: Aboriginal child removal and the NT Intervention, Padraic Gibson
NTER Took the Children Away, Dr Thalia Anthony
SHORTER ARTICLES
‘Saving the Children’ are the three most dangerous words uttered by white people, Amy McQuire
Indigenous kids are still being removed from their families, more than ever before, Larissa Behrendt
Why I chose to quit my job in Aboriginal child protection, Debra Swan
We cannot wait another decade to take meaningful action, Dr Paul Gray
A White Woman Took My Baby, Dr Chelsea Bond
This Sorry Day we’ll raise the voice of Indigenous children past and present, Evelyn Araluen Corr
The Family Matters Campaign publications
STAND UP
To casual racism. Racism. It Stops With Me campaign.
TAKE ACTION
Get involved in the Family Matters campaign.
Write to or call your State and Federal Minister and let them know you want to act to eliminate the over-representation of Indigenous kids in out-of-home care and that more funding needs to go to support Indigenous-run prevention programs that support families and ensure self-determination, a key recommendation of the Bringing Them Home Report is applied in government policy.
Get in touch with a Grandmothers group or other grassroots organisation campaigning on this issue.
INDIVIDUALLY
Sign up to Family Matters Campaign. Take the pledge and get involved in the campaign.
Write to or call your State and Federal Minister and let them know you want to act to eliminate the over-representation of Indigenous kids in out-of-home care and that more funding needs to go to support Indigenous run prevention programs that support families and ensure self-determination, a key recommendation of the Bringing Them Home Report, is applied in government policy.
Get in touch with a Grandmothers Against Removals group or other grassroots organisations campaigning on this issue.
Grandmothers Against Removals Facebook Page
Grandmothers Against Removals NSW Facebook Page
Grandmothers Against Forced Removals South Australia Facebook Page
Bundjalung – Ballina GMAR Facebook Page
My Struggle My Fight Facebook Page – a film about forced removals in Cherbourg
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy Facebook Page
Shut Youth Prisons Mbartwe – Alice Springs Facebook Page
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation
AT WORK AND IN COMMUNITY
Host a screening of After The Apology in your workplace. Consider screening the film to coincide with Sorry Day, Reconciliation Week or NAIDOC or as part of your workplace’s commitment to its Reconciliation Action Plan.
GMAR and the Family Matters’ campaign have developed some excellent state-specific community resources guides to support communities in responding to child protection issues. Check them out here.