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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.

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 Aboriginal Leadership Wisdom in our cultural awareness training programs. 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 it looks like...

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...

What’s with Wrong Skin?

July 31, 2018No Comments

If you haven’t heard about The Age’s cold case investigation ‘Wrong Skin’ in the past two weeks, you will. Led by reporter Richard Baker, it was launched with much ado two weeks ago. Julie Buck’s friends never believed the young...

The $50 Man

July 27, 2018No Comments

(Australia’s Leonardo Da Vinci was an Aboriginal genius) By: Munya Andrews November 2016 When asked to identify who he is, most Australians are stumped. Few can name him and fewer still know what he is famous for or indeed why...

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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.

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

What’s with Wrong Skin?

The $50 Man

How to find the right cultural awareness training during COVID-19

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