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Rockhampton Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander ROCKHAMPTON ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER YOUTH FORUM REPORT This report honours the stories and voices of the young people who participated in the forum. 1 DARUMBAL COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES INC. (DCYSI) RESPECTFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE DARUMBAL PEOPLES AS THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND WHERE DCYSI IS SITUATED AND WHERE THE YOUTH FORUM WAS TABLE OF HELD. WE PAY RESPECT TO ELDERS, PAST, PRESENT AND EMERGING. CONTENTS From the CEO, DCYSI 3 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT Executive Summary 4 ISLANDER YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OUR About the Forum 5 FUTURE GENERATION, SO WE NEED TO Overview of the day 6 Who took part in the conversation 9 TREAT THEM WITH AS MUCH RESPECT Forum evaluation 10 AS THEY TREAT US. IF WE What Matters 11 CAN LISTEN TO THEM, AND THEY Culture 11 CAN LEARN FROM US, THEN THEY Family and friends: being connected and safe 13 Education and school 13 CAN BE THE NEXT GENERATION TO Money and a job 14 PAVE THE WAY FOR OUR PEOPLE. Doing what you love 15 Health and wellbeing 15 TARRYN CORA, 20 Threats and Issues 16 Racism and stereotyping 17 Shame 17 Feeling alone 18 Instability at home 19 No Yadaba and culture in schools 19 Sorry business 20 Getting into trouble 20 Barriers to getting a job 20 With thanks A note on language We thank the Department of Child Safety Youth and Women DCYSI are proud to use Darumbal words as one way we The Future 21 for supporting this event and creating the opportunity embed cultural pride in all that we do. With permission from for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in Aunty Ethel Speedy, Darumbal Elder and DCYSI Board Taking responsibility 22 Rockhampton to have a walali voice. Member, this report uses the following Darumbal words: Recommendations 22 We recognise the knowledge, wisdom and commitment of Walali: meaning strong the young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who Yadaba: meaning respect Next Steps 29 participated in the Youth Forum. This report honours the The Rockhampton Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories shared openly and with honesty by a deadly group of Youth Forum, and the Forum Report were designed and Appendix 1 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders of the future. delivered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Thanks to Leann Wilson who generously gave of her time, accordingly, the use of ‘our’ and ‘us’ refers to Aboriginal Contributors 30 support and networks. And to Phillip Brooks, Bidjara, Kairi and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. About the artwork 30 and Ducabrook descendant and the then Commissioner, Queensland Family and Child Commission, for attending the forum to hear directly from participants about how to improve the services and systems that support them. 3 ROCKHAMPTON ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER YOUTH FORUM REPORT 4 FROM THE CEO, EXECUTIVE DCYSI SUMMARY I want to share my absolute appreciation for the great success of the inaugural WHAT MATTERS: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Forum here in Rockhampton. The outcomes IN SEPTEMBER 2019, were amazing and I’m really looking forward to furthering our advocacy and leadership DCYSI HOSTED THE • Culture roles for young people in our community with the information we have at hand. INAUGURAL ROCKHAMPTON • Family and friends After the Forum, I had the privilege of speaking with a number of young people who • Education and school attended and had mentioned they felt respected and heard; and through this report, ABORIGINAL AND TORRES • Doing what you love I intend to make sure their voice isn’t limited to influencing only our services at DCYSI, but also advocating for systemic changes locally and state-wide. STRAIT ISLANDER YOUTH • Money and a job FORUM (THE FORUM). • Health and wellbeing Congratulations to our very first project of the Youth Advisory Group, Chaired by Jasmine Cleland and Vice-Chair Brendan Stanley. What you and your team achieved on The forum brought together 50 deadly young people, top of your daily roles, was nothing short of amazing and clearly demonstrated your aged 8 to 21. The voices captured in this report THREATS AND BARRIERS: collective commitment and dedication to the young people you work with. represent the diversity of young Aboriginal and Torres • Racism and stereotyping Strait Islander people in the region. • Shame Finally, I would like to thank all young people who participated in the forum. The Youth Forum gave these young people a platform We are most certainly humbled by your fearlessness in being involved and speaking up. to share their stories. They talked up about their goals, • Feeling alone hopes and interests; the challenges they face and their I urge readers of this report to pay attention to what has been reflected from the forum; ideas for change. • Instability at home and to truly understand that we do have an amazing next generation of Aboriginal and The forum was structured around three workshop • Getting into trouble Torres Strait Islander young people coming through; they are the leaders, parents and sessions based on Mal Meninga’s leadership model. • Sorry business Elders of the future. The workshops were: what matters, the threats and barriers encountered and solutions for the future. • Barriers to getting a job Listen to their voice, hear their barriers and show them the yadaba they deserve. This report presents the participant’s stories and experiences on the following topics which emerged • No yadaba and culture in schools Let’s walk together, to make things better. as the forum’s key themes. THE FUTURE Nyoka Fetoa’i The participants showed great insight in identifying the next steps needed to make things better. Different areas for intervention were identified including actions at individual, school, program, system and community levels. NEXT STEPS DCYSI will advocate, work with government and other providers, and where necessary, seek investment and funding to implement the recommendations in this report. 5 ROCKHAMPTON ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER YOUTH FORUM REPORT 6 THE YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP DECIDED ON THE THEME FOR THE FORUM “WALKING TOGETHER TO OVERVIEW MAKE THINGS BETTER” OF THE DAY What we hoped to achieve: The lead facilitators for the day were the inspirational: Forum opening THE INAUGURAL The goals of the Rockhampton Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander The Forum was opened with a Welcome to Country by two • Leann Wilson: Bidjara, Kara-Kara and South Sea Islander Youth Forum were to: young Darumbal people. The DCYSI Youth Advisory Group descendent ROCKHAMPTON Chair, Jasmine Cleland then introduced the forum and led an • Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to feel valued, • Mal Meninga: proud patron for his South Sea Islander activity to connect the group to each other and to culture. ABORIGINAL AND inspired and proud community and Australian rugby league legend After this, Nyoka Fetoa’i requested all adults leave the room TORRES STRAIT • Understand what matters to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young to create a safe space for the young people to talk with her people in Rockhampton – their priorities, what problems they want to see Supported by: about the meaning and value of advocacy and why their ISLANDER YOUTH solved and their ideas for solutions voices are so important to DCYSI and the community. Nyoka • Nyoka Fetoa’i: CEO, DCYSI and Darumbal woman encouraged everyone to speak up openly and with no fear. FORUM WAS HELD • Empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth to have influence • Jasmine Cleland: Chair, DCYSI Youth Advisory Group After this closed session, Leann Wilson set a tone of openness over the design and delivery of programs, services and policies that and putting culture first by speaking of her own cultural AT THE DREAMTIME impact young people in Rockhampton • Tarryn Cora: Darumbal Traditional Owner, young person, practices and family connections. She generously shared the Youth Worker and Advisor to The Healing Foundation CULTURAL CENTRE ON • Inform DCYSI’s advocacy and advice meaning and significance of her grandmother’s yarning stick. • Bush Tucker Bunji: (aka Gabriel Willie) Writer, actor Leann followed this with an activity that demonstrated the 11 SEPTEMBER 2019. Forum planning and design: and star of Black Comedy importance of 60,000 years of wisdom and connection, compared to only 250 short years since colonisation and DCYSI Youth Advisory Group • Kyel Roberson: Bachelor of Aboriginal and Torres Strait cultural disruption. The activity reminded participants of the The DCYSI Youth Advisory Group independently managed the planning and Islander Advocacy, Community and Music Therapy strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and delivery of the forum. The Youth Advisory Group is made up of 9 DCYSI staff Program developer and deadly musician practices that sustained us and Country for thousands of members under 25 years and is lead by an elected Chairperson and Vice-Chair. years. It also highlighted the resilience and strength it has taken The benefit of this approach was twofold: to survive and thrive since that time. Leann encouraged participants to reclaim, revitalise and restore our ways. 1. The forum was planned for young people by young people 2. DCYSI’s young leaders had an experiential leadership development opportunity, in a broad range of areas including governance and decision making, teamwork, accountability, event planning and public speaking The group was supported by senior DCYSI staff and the CEO as needed. 7 ROCKHAMPTON ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER YOUTH FORUM REPORT 8 Workshops The forum was structured around three workshop sessions based on Mal Meninga’s Model of Leadership Development, The Bow Tie ©. The workshop sessions included small group work, followed by a report back and large group discussions. One group explored the topics through music with Kyel Roberson of Strings Attached Services. Attendance was supported by teachers, school staff and youth workers from schools and groups in Rockhampton.
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