<p> 2012-2013 Annual Report</p><p>Wominjeka – welcome. Jackson and former Councillors Janet Bolitho Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation and Frank O’Connor. Allyson Walker sang and acknowledges the traditional owners of the land played piano. Special thanks to Gael in charge of we meet on, the Yalukit Wilum people of the catering, Liz B, Liz G, Jo, Clare, Sylvia, Denis, BoonWurrung Noelleen, Harry and Joe for their help catering, organizing and decorating the room.</p><p>Elections: At the AGM on 18 September, 2012, the following officers were elected unanimously: Co Chairs - Rosemary Rule and Dennis Fisher; Treasurer – Gael Wilson; Secretary- Yvonne Bradshaw. Thanks to retiring Secretary Liz Gallois and to all the dedicated members who regularly attend meetings and help out: they are the backbone of the group.</p><p>Activities: Sorry Day guests Cr Serge Thomann, BoonWurrung Elder Schools: This programme continues to gather Carolyn momentum. Over the past year, virtually every Briggs, Sue public school within COPP has been visited by Pennicuik, Aboriginal providers Peter Judda Mackey, MLC, Allyson Annette Sax, Isobel Morphey-Walsh, Larry Walker at Walsh, Leila Gurruwiwi and Jason Tamiru. They the piano. have talked to students at primary schools in Albert Park, Middle Park, St Kilda Park, Brighton Events. Road St Kilda and Elwood; Elwood High School Our stall and Albert Park College; parish schools Galilee, at the Yalukit Wilum Ngargee Festival, St Kilda, 2 South Melbourne, St Columba's, Elwood, St February, attracted many people and enticed Mary’s, East St Kilda and Gowrie Victoria, in some to become members. I was joined by Docklands. Many thanks to coordinator Gael member Liz Brumer and Erin McKinnon from Wilson, who has been ably assisted by Deb Reconciliation Victoria. (Photo below) Stewart, for steering the programme along so successfully. During Reconciliation Week, I attended the Council’s flag-raising ceremony, an Indigenous Sorry Day lunch. Around 80 people came Film Forum and a Morning Tea hosted by the together for the lunch we hosted on 24 May in Victorian Police Commissioner and the beautiful the South Melbourne Community Centre. My Co- smoking ceremony to launch NAIDOC Week on Chair Dennis Fisher was the MC, welcoming 8 July. guests in his inimitable, engaging manner. They included Sue Pennicuik, MLC Southern I also went to the official opening of the Bubup Metropolitan Region; Martin Foley, MLA for Nairm Children’s Centre, St Kilda and VCOSS’s Albert Park; City of Port Phillip Mayor Amanda forum on Constitutional Reform. Stevens, Councillors Serge Thomann, Bernadene Voss, Anita Horvath and Jane We hosted a stall at the first Volunteers Expo, Touzeau; Indigenous Policy Officer Todd Condie; Port Melbourne Town Hall, 14 May, arranging for elders Carolyn Briggs and Aunty Judith ‘Jacko’ Aunty Judith Jackson to do an Acknowledgement * I was invited to my first Indigenous Network to Country. (LIN) meeting in May to talk about PPCfR’s work. * AJDS: Liz Brumer and I met with Max Kaiser At the 2013 Long Walk Women’s Lunch on from the AJDS. Max attended meetings and later 11/10, I shared a table with Aunty Jacko, Jane asked us to co-sponsor a film evening (see Tombs, Gael Wilson, Deb Stewart, Jutta Goodall, above). Sylvia Edgar, Meg Davoren-Honey and COPP’s *Recognise: Gael attended an informative forum Michele Leonard and Todd Condie. on proposed changes to the Constitution hosted by the Geelong One Fire Reconciliation Group in Talks. May. Members were part of the huge crowd at We’ve heard from some inspiring guest speakers Federation Square on 25 May for the launch of at our monthly meetings, each artfully combining the ‘Take a Walk & Make a Difference’ their personal stories with their work-related Recognise campaign. activities. I’d like to acknowledge the *Meg and I attended Stonnington Citizens for contributions of Ben McKeown, COPP Arts Reconciliation’s AGM in August. Officer (October ‘12); Dean Stewart from the A- TAEM (March); Leila Gurruwiwi, Marngrook Members: Footy Show, (April); Abe Schwartz on William Several new members joined and have quickly Cooper’s legacy (June); Mark Williams, ICHS become involved in activities, which is (July) and Fred Gesha, COPP’s new Indigenous encouraging. Sadly we lost Beverley Broadbent Arts Officer (September). earlier this year. A long-time supporter and member of our Writing Films: Competition Committee, Beverley stood for the The hilarious short film ‘Babakieuria’, aka Democrats in Caulfield in 1982, worked for the ‘Barbecue Area’ was shown at the meeting in Australian Conservation Foundation, was a October 2012 and a year later, the new staunch defender of the environment, Indigenous documentary, Cultural Flow’ was screened to land rights and dying with dignity. She will be members by Friends of the Earth and Australian missed. Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS). We even appeared on the other side of the camera! Gael Council support: Wilson, Frank O’Connor and I were filmed by the We are extremely grateful for the grant – and St Kilda Community group, talking about PPCfR, support – we get from the City of Port Phillip. We our schools programme and social justice. appreciate their acknowledgement of our work in the community and their interest in sponsoring Communciations: workshops promoting stronger communities, Mungo. Our informative newsletter has been several of which I attended. published each month for members and sent to Stonnington Reconciliation group members as Year ahead: well as Reconciliation Vic and ANTAR Vic. It’s We plan to contact the private schools in the distributed thanks to a great team effort: Jo area and to set up a re-visiting programme for Bond, Ian Spalding, those already contacted, perhaps extending it to Dal Ellis, Martin Foley’s electoral staff (printing) include people to talk about the campaign for and Todd Condie who sends out the email Constitution recognition, if appropriate. We will version. also work with the Council on awareness-raising events and support their activities and maintain Website: ppcfr.org is kept up-to-date thanks to connections with affiliates including Inner South Joe Malignaggi’s creative efforts. Community Health Services, BoonWurrung Foundation, ANTaR, Reconciliation Victoria and Networks: the EcoCentre. *PPCfR, one of the more active local reconciliation groups, continues to support and Rosemary Rule, Co Chair, PPCfR, promote the work of Reconciliation Victoria and 12 November 2013 Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation (ANTaR). We’ve participated in Local Testimonial: Reconciliation Groups network meetings and provided items and photos for their “ We are writing to express our appreciation of the wonderful experience which you and the Port Phillip newsletters. Citizens for Reconciliation made available to our Prep “Your support for the movement both locally in and Grade 4 students through the visit of Annette Sax Port and Judda Mackey on Friday 10th August. Annette Phillip and state-wide, and involvement in worked her magic with the delighted Prep children, events arriving an hour early to ensure that she had plenty of and activities, is highly valued and appreciated time to prepare for her puppet show and art lesson. by The Preps were fascinated by her introduction of the RecVic team.” aboriginal language and the story of two aboriginal different effects and how easy it was to paint children on a possum hunt.... Aboriginal paintings. His friendly approach made each of the sessions enjoyable and interesting...... It Judda had every student interested in his stories would be wonderful if other students at Albert Park about where he came from and the information about Primary School could experience such a memorable his culture. It was fascinating to listen about his tales incursion. We both hope that should the opportunity of the movement and sounds of animals and then see arise at a future date, PPCfR would be kind enough to how he represented these in his paintings. It was contact us or one of our colleagues.” great that Judda showed the students the colours that Ros Plowright and Chris Richardson, Art teachers, are used, the easy use of tools to achieve many Albert Park Primary School.</p><p>2012 AGM guest speaker Kyle Peter Judda Mackey with St Vander-Kuyp with PPCfR Kilda Primary Year 4 students. member Noelleen Ward Kyle’s former teacher </p>