Mitch King live at the BLACK youth forum, Tweed Heads

Hear Mitch King live at the BLACK youth forum, Tweed Heads.

A Bundjalung and Yaegl man from North Coast NSW, Mitch King is a creative soul that continues to learn, teach and perform dance and music through the elements of Hip Hop.

Running dance and song writing workshops throughout Australia. Mitch uses these skills to mentor young people giving them healthy lifestyle choices and creative pathways.

Also a rhymer in the three piece hip hop outfit – Teddy Lewis King, Mitch uses the art of lyrics and flow to represent the North Coast and his people.

Having travelled from Normanton to Deniliquin performing at the Byron Bay Falls Festival and Sydney Opera House, the trio uses high energy sounds to connect with ideas of family, community and culture.

Hear Mitch live at the BLACK youth forum, Tweed Heads, 29th and 30th October 2016.

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Nathan Brennan on the Black Voices panel at BLACK Mount Druitt

Nathan Brennan is on the Black Voices panel at BLACK Mount Druitt.

Nathan Brennan is a South Sea Island descendant, as well as descendant of the Gumbainggirr and Gumilaroi Aboriginal Nations of NSW. Nathan was born and resides in Newcastle. He has worked in the education sector with TAFE NSW and the NSW Dept of Education.

Nathan is currently employed by the Newcastle City Council in Human Resources and is a board member of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition which oversees the SEED Indigenous Climate Youth Network. He is passionate about the environment and climate change and is currently undertaking an Advanced Diploma of Applied Environmental Management.

Nathan is a skilled Aboriginal cultural performer and likes to spend his free time walking country and connecting physically and spiritually.

See Nathan on the Black Voices panel at BLACK Mount Druitt this weekend – REGISTER NOW!

Rachel Jordan on the Black Voices panel at BLACK Mount Druitt

See Rachel on the Black Voices panel at BLACK Mount Druitt this weekend.

Rachel Jordan is an accomplished filmmaker, theatremaker, director, writer, actor, producer, educator, consultant, an activist since 17 years old, and a creative entrepreneur since 23, always with a focus on empowering people of colour, particularly black people.

She spent two years as a producer and broadcaster of radio show Panther Jams on 88.9FM which focused specifically on black social empowerment through linking issues throughout the diaspora, social analysis and speaking to a variety of local and international guests, activists, authors and musicians.

Rachel is founder and creative director of Onyx Native Intelligence, Hi Rise Centre for the Arts, The Archetype Gallery, The Archway 1 Theatre Company and The Archway 1 Art Studio. All are not-for-profit, volunteer-run, unfunded arts initiatives with a socially conscious focus.

Rachel has directed, produced, acted and adapted ‘A Sunday Morning in the South’ and most recently ‘Bronze’ by African American Playwright Georgia Douglas Johnson – a play dealing with America’s systemic practice of lynching black people in that time.

See Rachel on the Black Voices panel at BLACK Mount Druitt this weekend – REGISTRATION IS A MUST!

Announcing Preston Campbell to BLACK Tweed line up

Hear Preston live at free youth workshop at Tweed “BLACK” at the end of the month.

Preston Campbell was once a shy little boy from a small country town who refused to hear that he couldn’t achieve grand things in life.

Preston comes from Tingha, population less than 900, about 30km from Inverell in northern NSW.

He started playing rugby league with the lnverell Hawks and made his NRL – National Rugby League debut with the Gold Coast Chargers in 1998 as a diminutive winger. Since then he has played for the Cronulla Sharks, Penrith Panthers and the Gold Coast Titans.

Preston retired in 2011 after playing a staggering 267 NRL ﬁrst grade games. Throughout his football years, he has been part of a Premiership winning team, was awarded the Dally M Player of the Year but it is what he has achieved off the ﬁeld which is just as inspiring. He received the Ken Stephen Medal in 2008, an annual award given to the NRL player to have contributed most significantly to the community.

Since retiring, Preston has become one of Australia’s most inﬂuential sporting ambassadors, working tirelessly in the community as an Ambassador, with a huge focus on support individuals, families and communities across a wide range of ﬁelds.

Established in 2015, the Preston Campbell Foundation is the genesis of the endeavor and passion of Preston and the team he inspires. The foundation supports Preston’s vision of developing programs and opportunities which inspire and mentor participants to achieve their aspirations and dreams by connecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with their culture, sense of place and wellbeing.

Preston shares his journey with individuals, families and communities through a variety of learning forums to inspire all of us to ‘live above the line’.

Hear Preston live at free youth workshop at Tweed “BLACK” at the end of the month.
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“TELL THE TRUTH AND WE ALL GROW UP”

Shireen will share with the mob her experience in Black Affairs

Shireen Malamoo (Aboriginal/Kanak) is a jazz singer and artist, and she is looking forward to joining the yarning circle to connect with people of colour that have common goals for change.

Shireen will share with the mob her experience in Black Affairs as a former ATSIC commissioner and previous experience on various boards such as Justice Health Forensic Hospital, Aboriginal Medical Centre, and NSW Parole board.

Shireen is a current board member for the Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Ethics Committee, The Settlement, and is a founding member for the Australian South Sea Islanders (Port Jackson) organisation.

Register NOW to hear Shireen live at BLACK Mount Druitt, Oct 22nd & 23rd 2016

Hear James Pitts at BLACK Mount Druitt

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James Pitts has worked in the field of alcohol and other drugs since 1978.

James was the CEO of Odyssey House NSW from 1984-2016, however his association with Odyssey House dates back to 1978 when he was Program Manager at Odyssey’s facility in Detroit, Michigan.

James has a Master of Arts in Clinical Drug Dependence Studies and has written many papers on residential treatment making him highly regarded in the Australian and international Therapeutic Communities.

He is founding member and board director of the Australian Therapeutic Communities Association.

You can hear James Pitts at BLACK Mount Druitt in two weeks.

Register now to secure your place!

Say halo to Kirk Huffman

Joining the yarning circle for Tweed BLACK is Kirk Huffman.

An anthropologist and ethnologist, Kirk’s long list of accolades includes Honorary Curator of the National Museum at Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Port Vila, (Curator 1977- end of 1989); Research Associate, Australian Museum, Sydney; Member of Scientific Committee, Museum of Tahiti and the Islands, Puna’auia, Tahiti, French Polynesia; Honorary associate, Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, and corresponding Member, Institute of Advanced Studies, (University of) Nantes, Nantes, France.

Since 1973 he has spent just over 18 years as an anthropologist in Vanuatu and in 1974 was field advisor, guide and interpreter for Sir David Attenborough and film crew in the then New Hebrides and the Solomons while producing the classic BBC film ‘Man blong Kastom’.

He has kastom family on the islands of Malakula and Pentecost in Vanuatu, and has four traditional Vanuatu titles from traditional rituals on those islands and Tongoa.

He wrote the Bislama history of Blackbirding section in the 1997 Vanuatu Cultural Centre publication associated with an exhibition on the topic.

Register Now to see Kirk speak at Tweed BLACK, Saturday 29th October 2016!

We are privileged to welcome Malaemie Fruean to the BLACK forum Mount Druitt

Chaired by Mrs Malaemie Fruean (Maori), the New South Wales Council for Pacific Communities (NSWCPC) was established by the 2003 NSW Premier in response to the Pacific communities request for catering to a growing community demographic.

The NSWCPC has showed a consistent and strategic commitment in supporting across the board grass roots organisations support letter endorsement and representation as the face of NSW Pacific Islanders in speaking with government agencies in creating broader community participation in celebrating Pacific diversity.

We are privileged to welcome Malaemie Fruean to the BLACK forum Mount Druitt 22-23 October 2016.

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Australian South Sea Islanders – Port Jackson

Representing the interests of Australian South Sea Islander people.