The visit of five Indonesians to Australia – starting from 31 May with a Life Matters course in Brisbane, connecting with the IofC network in Sydney, and followed by a range of meetings in Melbourne...
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Candlelight Yarn – A Taste of Turruk
On Friday 28 June over 50 people gathered in the Armagh ballroom for a ‘Candlelight Yarn – a Taste of Turruk’ as part of the Initiatives of Change Australia National Gathering. This session of the...
Appreciating the Cultural Residency of Uncle Shane Charles
By Sarah Naarden, Project Manager of IofCA’s Trustbuilding Program ‘The Cultural Residency experience has been most valuable to me. This place (Armagh) touches my spirit. I made international...
Turruk 2024 program launches Forgiveness Circle
The 2024 Turruk for community program was launched in Armagh, Melbourne on Saturday 23 March, with a ‘Forgiveness Circle’ led by seven Indigenous speakers. It was held in collaboration with Mana O...
World Forum hears about Trustbuilding
John Bond writes on presenting IofC's Trustbuilding Program at the World Forum for Democracy. Earlier this month I went to Strasbourg in France to present IofC's Trustbuilding Program at the World...
The Turruk Effect
Turruk is an immersive learning journey that gathers a curious community, inviting them to connect the dots of their own cultural intelligence through respectful relationships with First...
STEPS TO REFERENDUM
Learn more about our deep commitment to strengthening Aboriginal communities and allowing truthful relationships for all. What is Steps to Referendum? Initiatives of Change Australia has an...
First Nations Canadian team seek to open dialogue with First Nations Australians
Many large, powerful nation states have begun to recognise the voices of their First Peoples within their borders. At a time when the world’s population is facing a great risk to its very...
A Yarning Circle to Remember
Under the grand liquid amber trees at Armagh (the IofC Asia Pacific Centre in Melbourne), a momentous yarning circle was led on February 10 2022 by charismatic advocate for a First Nations Voice,...
Cultivating Allies in Turruk: Reflections on our Trustbuilding program
Sarah Naarden, IofCA Trustbuilding Program Manager reflects on how growing a community of practice in trustbuilding can be likened to cultivating pearls. ...
Coranderrk: Healing Ourselves and Country
Our Trustbuilding team went to Coranderrk to learn more about how we can support First Peoples in acknowledging the truth of our shared history and work together for justice and healing in...
A Meditation for Healing: Marking 26 January 2020
This time, we know we all can stand togetherWith the power to be powerfulBelieving we can make it better. - ‘You’re the Voice’, John Farnham IofC Australia (IofCA) stands in support with the...
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