“This anniversary is a great opportunity for all Australians to come together and acknowledge a significant milestone in our history,”

“The National Apology made in Federal Parliament on 13 February 2008 was a landmark event, as the first formal, national recognition of past atrocities and a first step towards national truth telling and reparation.

“It was a significant event for members of the Stolen Generations and their families, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and other Australians.  It really was a time to feel proud about being Australian.”

Healing Foundation CEO Richard Weston.

National Apology concert celebrates resilience and healing see full press release Part 2 below

Some of Australia’s most popular Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists will share the stage to send a message of unity and healing at a concert to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations.

The concert, which will be a free public event, will take place on February 13, 2018, at Federation Mall (Lawns of Parliament House), hosted by the Healing Foundation.

Part 1 NACCHO Weekly Member Service Aboriginal Health

2018 # Save A Date as at 23 January 2018

Aboriginal Conferences, Events, Workshops, Health Awareness Days

For many years ACCHO organisations have said they wished they had a list of the many Indigenous “ Days “ and Aboriginal health or awareness days/weeks/events.

With thanks to our friends at ZockMelon here they both are!

It even has a handy list of the hashtags for the event.

Download the 50 Page 2018 Health days and events calendar HERE

2018-Health-Days-and-Events-Calendar-by-Zockmelon

Download the 6 Page 2018 Aboriginal / Health  days and events calendar HERE or view below  

NACCHO Save a date date as at 23 Jan 2018

We hope that this document helps you with your planning for the year ahead.

Events have been selected on their basis of relevance to the broad Aboriginal health promotion and public health community in Australia.

Every Tuesday we will update these listings with new events and What’s on for the week ahead

To submit your events or update our info

Contact: Colin Cowell www.nacchocommunique.com

NACCHO Social Media Editor Tel 0401 331 251

Email : nacchonews@naccho.org.au

Part 2 National Apology concert celebrates resilience and healing

‘Words are not enough’ – musicians celebrate the Apology while calling for renewed commitment to healing

 ” Busby Marou will take to the stage next month in Canberra for #Apology10 – a concert to mark the 10 year anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations.

The Rockhampton duo are keen to celebrate the significance of the Apology and its impact for Stolen Generations members, while also highlighting concerns around increasing levels of disadvantage for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders Including the impact on young people.”

The Healing Foundation is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation established in 2009 to address the ongoing trauma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities caused by past actions like the Stolen Generations.

By building culturally strong, community designed and delivered pathways to healing, it is creating real change in the social, spiritual and emotional wellbeing of survivors and their families.

On February 13, The Foundation will lead a range of commemorative activities for all Australians to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and inspire healing informed and trauma aware national action.

The concert will be hosted by Aboriginal comedian Steven Oliver and TV and radio presenter Myf Warhurst. It will feature live performances from Archie Roach, Shellie Morris, The Preatures, Busby Marou and Electric Fields.

Entitled ‘Apology10 – Heal Our Past, Build Our Future’, the concert will shed light on the continued strength and resilience of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

“This anniversary is a great opportunity for all Australians to come together and acknowledge a significant milestone in our history,” said Healing Foundation CEO Richard Weston.

“The National Apology made in Federal Parliament on 13 February 2008 was a landmark event, as the first formal, national recognition of past atrocities and a first step towards national truth telling and reparation.

“It was a significant event for members of the Stolen Generations and their families, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and other Australians.  It really was a time to feel proud about being Australian.”

By coming along to the concert, Australians can continue to acknowledge what happened to the Stolen Generations and therefore support their ongoing healing.

They can also celebrate the strong spirit and strong culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today, including our musicians who have been taking the world by storm in recent years.

Aboriginal music icon Archie Roach, whose well known song, ‘Took The Children Away’, speaks to the very heart of Stolen Generation’s trauma and healing.

Members of the Stolen Generations, from around Australia, will be there for the celebrations and I hope Canberrans, and anyone from interstate who wants to make the journey, will come along and show their support and solidarity for building a different future.”

“The National Apology means a great deal to me. It means that the Government of the day recognised the great injustice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by the forced removal of children from families. It means they are sorry and ashamed that such practices took place.”

“I am still grateful for the National Apology but we need to address the high number of our children still in out of home care,” said Archie. “The 10th anniversary will bring attention to the fact there is much more work to be done, and that all Australians can work together to heal the past.”

“In particular, we need to people to understand the impact and reach of Intergenerational Trauma and its link to social and health issues in in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, including suicides family violence, substance abuse, incarceration rates and the high number of children entering the protection system”, said Mr Weston.

“The Healing Foundation is partnering with communities to design and deliver successful healing initiatives, which have had significant impact but we need to scale this work up”.

Event Details:

Federation Mall, Canberra (the lawns in front of Parliament House)

Tuesday 13th February 2018 / 6pm – 10pm

Facebook: facebook.com/healingfoundation
Twitter: @HealingOurWay

Website: www.healingfoundation.org.au

DATE	EVENT	#
January
26/1/2018	Invasion/Survival Day	#InvasionDay #SurvivalDay #AustraliaDay
February
11/2 – 17/2/2018	National Sexual Health Week	#NationalSexualHealthWeek
12/2-18/2/2018	Smart Eating Week	#SmartEatingWeek
13/2/2018	Apology Day More info	#StolenGensHeroes
20/02/2018	World Day of Social Justice	#socialjusticeday
25/2-3/3/2018	Hearing Awareness Week	#HearingAwarenessWeek
March
All March	Australian Women’s History Month
3/3/2018	World Hearing Day
4/3-10/3 2018	Kidney Health Week	#KidneyHealthWeek
8/03/2018	2018 Indigenous Ear Health Workshop Perth WA More info
8/03/2018	International Women’s Day	#InternationalWomensDay #BeingBornaGirl
8/03/2018	World Kidney Day	#WorldKidneyDay                       #move4kidneys
15 -16 /3/2018	Close the Gap for Vision by 2020 – Striving Together Conference MORE INFO Close the Gap for Vision by 2020 – Striving Together Conference
16/3/2018	Close the gap Day	#Closethegapday
16/3/2018	National Day of Action Against bullying	#BullyingNoWay
18/3-25/3/2018	Cultural Diversity Week
19/3-25/3/2018	A taste of harmony	#TasteofHarmony
20/03/2018	World Oral Health Day	#WOHD2018
21/3/2018	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	#jointogether #standup4human rights #fightracism
31/3/2018	More info share your view Close the Gap
April
31/3-9/4 2018	National Youth Week	#NationalYouthWeek
2/4/2018	World Autism Awareness Day	#WorldAutismAwarenessDay #LightitUpBlue #LIUB
7/4/2018	World Health Day
11/4/2018	More INFO
23/4-29/42018	World Immunisation Week
25/4/2018	World Malaria Day	#EndMalaria
May
6/5-12/5/2018	Heart Week	#HeartWeek
7/5/2018	National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day
12/5/2018	International Nurses day	#IND2017
13/05-19/5/2018	Food Allergy Awareness Week	#FoodallergyWeek
15/5- 21/5/2018	National Families Week	#FamiliesWeek
18/5/2018	HIV Vaccine Awareness Day	#HVDA2018
21/5-28/5/2018	National Palliative Care Week	#npcw18 #dying to talk
26/05/2018	National Sorry Day	#NationalSorryDay
26/05-2/6/2018	National Reconciliation Week	#NRW2018
31/05/2018	World No Tobacco Day	#WorldNoTobaccoDay
June
3/6/2018	National Cancer Survivors Day
3/6/2018	Mabo Day	#MaboDay
5/6/2018	World Environment Day	#WorldEnvironmentDay
11/6-17/6/2018	Men’s Health Week	#MENHEALTHWEEK
16/6/2018	Fresh Veggies Day	#FreshVeggiesDay
28-29 June	National Conference on Indigenous Incarceration More INFO mailto:mperkinsnsw@gmail.com
30/6/2018	Red Nose Day	#RedNoseDay OZ
July
7/7/2018	AIME National Hoodie Day	#AIMEHoodieDay
8/7-14/7/2018	National Diabetes Week	#NationalDiabetesWeek #NDW2018 #NDW18
8/7-15/7/2018	Naidoc Week	#NAIDOC 2018
27/7/2018	White Ribbon Night	#whiteRibbonNight
28/7/2018	World Hepatitis Day	#WorldHepatitisDay #Showyourface
August
4/8-11/8/2018	Dental Health Week	#DentalhealthWeek
9/82018	International Day for the Worlds Indigenous Peoples	#weareIndigenous
14 to 16/08/2018	More info Close the Gap Hearing
24/8/2018	Daffodil Day	#DaffodilDay
SEPTEMBER	Prostate cancer Awareness Month
1/9- 7/9/2018	Asthma Week	#NationalAsthmaWeek
3/9-7/9/2018	Women’s Health Week	#WomensHealthWeek
3/9-9/9/2018	National Stroke Week	#StrokeWeek #fightstroke
6/9/2018	Indigenous Literacy Day	#IndigenousliteracyDay
9/9/2018	FASD Awareness Day	#FASDAwarenessDay
10/09/2018	World Suicide Prevention Day	#WSPD
13/9/2018	RU OK ? DAY	#RUOK ?

 

29/9/2018	World Heart Day	#WorldHeartDay
October
ALL OCTOBER	Breast Cancer Awareness Month	#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
10/10/2018	World Mental health Day	#WorldMentalHealthDay
11/10/2018	WORLD Sight Day	#WorldSightDay
11/10/2018	World Obesity Day	#WorldObesityDay
14/10-20/10/2018	National Nutrition Week	#NNW2018
14/10-20/10/2018	Anti-Poverty Week More info
15/10	National Carers Week	#Carers2018
20/10-28/10/2018	Children’s Week
November
14/11/2018	World Diabetes Day	#WorldDiabetesDay #WDD2018
25/11/2018	White Ribbon Day	#WhiteRibbonDay #BreakingtheSilence
25/11/2018	International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women	#orangetheworld
December
1/12/2018	World AIDS Day	#WorldAIDSDay #WAD2018 #GettingtoZero