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Arguing the Absurd: Questioning Bruce Pascoe’s Indigeneity in 2020

January 23, 2020No Comments

When you’re secure in your own sense of self, says Evolve co-Director Munya Andrews, you don’t need to bring down other people. And we know it’s not up to Gudia (white people) to question an Aboriginal person’s identity. But what...

How the Legal System is Often Culturally Insensitive

October 31, 2019No Comments

This is an edited extract from an interview of Munya by the Sydney Criminal Lawyers The full articles is at Practising Whitefella Law: An Interview With Bardi Barrister Munya Andrews People love Munya’s engaging facilitation and presentation style. “Aunty Munya...

All in the Family

September 30, 2019No Comments

The Aboriginal kinship system is one of the most complicated in the world. One of our favourite cultural awareness activities at Evolve is to play the ‘Skin Game’ where we place people into Skin groups and get them to find...

To Climb or Not to Climb? That is the Question.

August 28, 20192

The question of whether it is okay to climb Uluru (Ayers Rock) or not has resurfaced once again with ‘Aunty Pauline’ pushing the boundaries of ‘political correctness’ with anything to do with Aboriginal people as always. It’s nothing new and...

VOICE. TREATY. TRUTH. What does it mean to you?

July 31, 2019No Comments

At the Phillip Island Festival of Stories, Aunty Munya was part of a ‘Conversation about Sovereignty & Treaty’. She was in great company with Kutcha Edwards, Uncle Shane Clarke, Uncle Jack Charles, Patrice Mahoney and Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng. There...

Do I have a responsibility to understand my privilege?

June 30, 2019No Comments

Munya and I were recently interviewed for an article Privilege walks: an exercise in better retention? by AHRI, the Australian Human Resources Institute. In this article they pose the controversial question: "If there was a workplace exercise that increased inclusivity...

Reconciliation – what difference can I make? A practical approach. by Carla Rogers, 2019

May 29, 2019No CommentsAboriginal Dreamtime, Cultural Awareness Training, Cultural Competence, Evolve Communities, Journey Into Dreamtime, Reconciliation

At Evolve we love to keep things simple and memorable. We put our heads together to think about what was key to successful relationships and communications. And from this the R3 Culture® approach emerged - a simple 3 step approach...

Sacred Sites by Munya Andrews

March 26, 2019No CommentsAboriginal Dreamtime, Cultural Awareness Training, Cultural Competence, Sacred Sites

Aboriginal sacred sites are a contentious political issue in Australia, largely because of the cultural clashes that involve mining and other land development projects. Our people have been wrongly accused of fabricating stories about sacred sites to halt these initiatives,...

7 Ways to Improve Your Leadership by Drawing from Aboriginal Wisdom

October 30, 2018No Comments

Evolve explores Leadership with Indigenous Wisdom in our “Bull by the Horns Leadership Program.” Leadership. There are countless books and courses on the subject and almost everyone has an opinion about it. We all desire it. We all know what...

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The Power of Media to Shape Our World – Westworld Decoded by Munya Andrews

September 26, 20182

‘Westworld’ is a curious blend of the science fiction genre with the classic western, based on the 1973 film of the same name. If you can get past the gratuitous violence, awful treatment of women, plot jumps between timelines that...

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Arguing the Absurd: Questioning Bruce Pascoe’s Indigeneity in 2020

How the Legal System is Often Culturally Insensitive

All in the Family

To Climb or Not to Climb? That is the Question.

VOICE. TREATY. TRUTH. What does it mean to you?

Do I have a responsibility to understand my privilege?

Reconciliation – what difference can I make? A practical approach. by Carla Rogers, 2019

Sacred Sites by Munya Andrews

7 Ways to Improve Your Leadership by Drawing from Aboriginal Wisdom

The Power of Media to Shape Our World – Westworld Decoded by Munya Andrews

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