First Nations Principles for Social Enterprise Development
Shifting Ground held an interactive webinar with agents of social change representing a cross-section of First Nations social enterprises and businesses. It explored the principle: "If you can get right what you do in relation to First Nations people, your work with all people and communities will benefit."
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Dr Lilly Brown and Genevieve Grieves of Shifting Ground facilitates a transformative online learning event for those interested in social enterprise as a way of doing good for people, place and planet.
The webinar:
- Talks to the ways in which social enterprises can learn from First Nations wisdom, knowledge and experience, and by embracing a model that values responsibility to people and place, create impact that serves both people and planet, today and tomorrow
- Encourages participants to get curious about their own presence and power in the social enterprise sector
- Empowers participants to be part of cultivating collective care as a core capability in Australia’s social enterprise sector.
Dr Lilly Brown
Educator, facilitator and researcher
Magabala Books
Dr Lilly Brown is an educator, facilitator and researcher who has worked across the not-for-profit, government, corporate, arts and culture, and education sectors on racial literacy and cultural safety. With a Masters degree in education from the University of Cambridge and a doctorate in youth studies from the University of Melbourne, Lilly’s work is informed by her relationships and work with communities and young people across Australia. She belongs to the Gumbaynggirr people of the mid-north coast of New South Wales and lives on the lands of the Yawuru and Jugan people in Rubibi (Broome). Lilly is the CEO of Magabala Books, the leading Indigenous-owned and controlled publisher on this continent.
Genevieve Grieves
Co-Creator and Creative Director
GARUWA
Genevieve Grieves is a proud Worimi woman and respected artist, curator, educator, field builder, film director and oral historian. She is recognised as a leader of community engagement and decolonising methodologies in Australia. Genevieve is the Co-Creator and Creative Director of storytelling agency, GARUWA, where she champions projects that place First Nations knowledge and culture at the core.
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