In this 60-minute webinar, Aboriginal Elder, Aunty Munya Andrews and award winning community engagement specialist, Carla Rogers will teach you:
In your professional life, what if you could:
Start you journey towards leading as a confident Ally with this free training provided by an Aboriginal Elder and Community Engagement Specialist.
Evolve’s co-Directors have decades of experience working with hundreds of organisations across Australia to build stronger, more inclusive workplaces.
Aunty Munya Andrews is an Aboriginal Elder originally from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Despite growing up socially disadvantaged, she has obtained degrees in anthropology and law and is an accomplished barrister, author, educator, and sought-after speaker.
Carla Rogers is a Churchill Fellow, award-winning program designer, facilitator and community engagement specialist. Despite being non-Indigenous, she has spent her career working with Indigenous communities on Country, supporting Reconciliation and educating Allies.
Together, they bring a wealth of lived experience, authentic cultural knowledge, and they model successful black and white partnerships and Allyship. They have created a suite of innovative training programs and frameworks designed to share their love of Indigenous culture, facilitate Reconciliation and obtain their goal of inspiring ten million Allies to create a kinder, more inclusive Australia.
Evolve Co-Directors, Carla Rogers and Aunty Munya Andrews
“I just finished my Cultural Awareness training! That was so good! Really informative, easy to watch and packed with great information. Our staff are going to take so much from it. It really is a fantastic and massive step forward for us. A really good example of collaboration and working towards reconciliation.”
“I completed the Cultural Awareness Training yesterday and just wanted to reach out and say how good I thought it was. Having lived in Darwin for 7 years I’ve worked in remote Aboriginal communities and completed a fair few Cultural Awareness training sessions over the years on different projects and with various companies. That one was by far the best. Really practical information for people to take away and start implementing in their everyday conversations with both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous people.”
“I have thoroughly enjoyed connecting with you from the start, and want to appreciate your agility and flexibility to create a unique session for our organisation’s needs. We walked away with a deeper understanding of honouring Country, and what it means to Acknowledge Country in an authentic way.”
“Beyond the content itself being accessible, friendly, clear and empowering. The way you’ve used technology, really lovely videos throughout the process, makes me feel connected to you both and confident in my learning and experience. We’ve applied some of this to how we engage with our clients already!”
“Highly recommended! Aunty Munya was such a clear, empathetic communicator. There was a brilliant connect with the audience without creating a guilt-barrier for participants that are not Indigenous. I particularly loved the synopsis of Indigenous history in direct relation to the modern history of white Australia. This base level of knowledge should be understood and shared by ALL Australians to acknowledge and respect First Nations people.”
“Thank you Aunty Munya and Carla, for your hospitality and generosity in yarning with me. I felt both humbled by how little I knew, and inspired by the wisdom. It is my privilege to learn from you.”
“I really appreciated the simple, straightforward, friendly approach and the examples Aunty Munya and Carla gave from their own experience. I now feel confident that I can work alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a way that is supportive and effective.”
“It was so easy to understand and digest. I learned so much! It has opened my eyes to so much that I didn’t know but also ways that I can become an Ally. My advice to others is to do it! It’s fantastic!”
“Aunty Munya is very engaging and easy to listen to. The key take-away for me was to keep a check on my unconscious bias and to listen and reflect with an open mind. I would tell anyone considering this program that they will absolutely learn something new from this training!”
Cultural awareness training courses are ideal for commercial and public sector organisations that wish to foster a culture of inclusion and mutual respect. Impactful training can ensure every team member and partner, from junior colleagues to senior leadership staff, have the skills and knowledge to enter into discussions or negotiations with an appreciation of diverse belief systems, values, and customs.
Evolve Communities also consults with organisations that serve local communities and expect all team members to attend cultural awareness training during their induction, including:
While many businesses assume that a free training session is primarily designed for management, group training can be incredibly effective. It can facilitate transparent conversations, recognition of biases, and open discussion about how a collective of people can embrace cultural competence through education.
Evolve Communities provides both online and in-person workshops and training opportunities for organisations and businesses looking to augment the way they and their representatives interact with people, colleagues, and service users of different cultures. Each free training session we provide is adapted to help participants improve their communications and connections, prevent interpersonal conflicts, contribute to healthy discussions, and gain a greater understanding of how to make an environment welcoming to all.
For many, a virtual webinar or course is an initial activity to introduce the value of cultural awareness training, followed by more immersive, tailored in-person sessions delivered by our accomplished Accredited Facilitators. Please browse our course menus for full details of digital and on-site educational programmes, highlighting courses, workshops, and routes to formal accreditation.
Training sessions are the first step in creating the foundational groundwork and understanding to help businesses work toward best practice standards. From there, leadership teams can supplement the impact of an educational exercise to promote the importance of continual learning–rather than assuming one workshop is sufficient to identify and resolve all barriers to participation that may exist for people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
By providing resources, ongoing learning opportunities, and access to community events, discussions and consultations may be beneficial, alongside reforming internal policies or processes to ensure a business is culturally aware at all touchpoints, departments, services, and communications.
Evolve Communities provides a wide array of Indigenous cultural awareness training programmes to help businesses, organisations, government bodies, and communities improve their understanding and engagement with people, employees, care recipients, and family members of all ethnicities.
Our complimentary webinars are a fantastic place to start and often help attendees determine where gaps in their understanding lie or where they have important work to do. Further information about in-person, online, and group training sessions is available on demand, or you are welcome to get in touch to discuss your priorities and requirements.
