The hundredth Turruk workshop/yarning circle, Weaving Stories of Change gathering on 29 October with 90 people in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, had both an air of celebration and sombre reality to...
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Fresh thinking from the Top End
Drawn by the ancient yet alive energy of the Top End, six friends who have been at the core of the team in Melbourne facilitating IofC Australia’s ‘Trustbuilding through truth-telling’ program...
In Hope for Fairer World
At the recent ‘Weaving Three Stories’ workshop at Fishermen’s Bend in the Port of Melbourne, 95 year-old Jim Beggs spoke from his 41 years of working in the Port, starting as a 19 year old wharfie,...
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...
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,...
Special Visitors at Armagh
'What do you say to a Federal Minister who is coming for a very short time and wants to know about IofC's Trustbuilding work with First Nations peoples?' On 4 February 2022 the Federal Minister for...
Initiatives of Change Australia Presents its Annual Charity Fundraising Art Auction
Painted Stories — Women of the Central Australian Desert: Aboriginal Art Auction 2022, features First Nations female artists from Utopia, in the Central Australian Desert. As the...
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. ...
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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