Thread by @CroakeyNews

Final event of the 2021 @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire series set to begin - @mariemcinerney will be live-tweeting through the day and working on more stories to follow these from across the country croakey.org/category/croak…

As we open, @WestRoianne (Kalkadoon and Djunke People, working on Country), acknowledges the Ngunnawal Ngambri people on whose lands #BackToTheFire is focused today.

We're watching a video of Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Matilda House, who presented a blessing and coolamon to @CATSINaM ahead of #BackToTheFire - you can watch the video here catsinam.org.au

Phenomenal demonstration of sovereignty at the #BackToTheFire event on Yirrganydji and Yidinji Country in Cairns, says @WestRoianne - delegates were granted visa of entry from the Sovereign Yidinji Government @CATSINaM (Uncle Henry Fourmile in pic with coolamon)

Deep cultural connections were forged by #BackToTheFire across Australia on Larrakia, Kaurna lands, nipaluna/Hobart lutruwita/Tasmania/, and on Naarm/Melbourne just has lockdowns disrupted.....

Moment of silence for loss of two founding @CATSINaM members and concern for risks in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with low vaccination rates as Australia opens up #BackToTheFire

Next year @CATSINaM turns 25, planning national conference August 2022. Also, for first time ever, the 4 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander health workforce orgs @CATSINaM @AIDAAustralia @IAHA_National & @NAATSIHWP will gather together in Brisbane in Nov 2022 #BackToTheFire

Upcoming for @CATSINaM (member numbers have grown from 30 in early days to around 2,500 now, the #BackToTheFire platform aims to provide a culturally safe space to discuss issues for the professions)

Evaluation of ‘gettin em n keepin em’ - engaged Prof Kim Usher, 20 years on, to lead: 37 of 39 Deans of Nursing and Midwifery have participated - @WestRoianne acknowledges the work of @dauareb_le in this, with report to be released in Jan #BackToTheFire catsinam.org.au/getting-em-and…

The Murra Mullangari Cultural Safety Training, features Aunty Dulcie Flower and Chief Nursing and Midwifery Alison McMillan - really demonstrating a collective stand for nurses and midwives when caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people #BackToTheFire

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives: Fact Sheet #BackToTheFire hwd.health.gov.au/resources/publ…

We're now watching a recorded address from Arrernte/Gudanji woman Pat Turner, CEO of @NACCHOAustralia and lead convenor @coalition_peaks (we tweeted it out y'day but doing so again today ICYMI) #BackToTheFire

Pat Turner says @coalition_peaks are "changing the way govts work with our people - we share a belief that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must have a meaningful say on policies and programs that impact on our lives, through formal partnerships #BackToTheFire

Pat Turner notes that #ClosingTheGap Outcome 2 is for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to be born "healthy and strong": by 2031 proportion of babies with healthy birth weight will rise to 91 pc. pc.gov.au/closing-the-ga… #BackToTheFire

ACCHOs came into being because of inability of mainstream services to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.. They are "more than health services, they put Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands": Pat Turner #BackToTheFire

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people clearly prefer to access community controlled services, where their cultural safety is guaranteed: funding needs to reflect that. Pat Turner @NACCHOAustralia #BackToTheFire

Pat Turner acknowledges challenges for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander nurses/midwives; "cultural isolation, cultural load and lack of cultural safety in some settings due to racism". #BackToTheFire @NACCHOAustralia

Pat Turner acknowledges the stress these challenges can cause. "You all need to be supported and we all need to keep working to create/sustain structural change." #BackToTheFire

Pat Turner closes #BackToTheFire address with words from her uncle Charlie Perkins: "Stand up for what you believe in and seize the opportunities you have."
sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2… #BackToTheFire

. @WestRoianne says Australia won't meet #ClosingTheGap low birthweight targets unless there are more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses/midwives and better cultural safety #BackToTheFire

Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Roslyn Brown joins #BackToTheFire, passes on her respects to @NACCHOAustralia CEO Pat Turner. She talks about the efforts of Ngunnawal Elders to create a Healing Farm for those who struggle with addiction and have lost culture health.act.gov.au/services-and-p…

Aunty Roslyn Brown is the co-chair of the United Ngunnawal Elders Council, co-chair of the Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm, member of the Dhawura Ngunnawal Caring for Country committee & much more. #BackToTheFire

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