Welcoming Australia to Host Groundbreaking Bloodlines to Country event for Welcoming Week 2024
Welcoming Australia
Welcoming Australia is thrilled to host the "Bloodlines to Country: In Conversation" event on Wednesday 11 September at the Queensland Museum, South Bank, Brisbane.
This exciting event is an opportunity for diverse audiences to learn about Yuggera language, heritage, identity, and belonging from respected Yuggera Elder, Aunty Kerry Charlton, and esteemed media makers Karina Hogan and Jenae Tien, who developed and produced the award-winning Bloodlines to Country podcast.
This event brings together people from diverse backgrounds to reflect on the history of this place, the importance of truth telling and cultural understanding, to create connection and shared understanding.
Taking place at the Queensland Museum – Kurilpa, at South Bank, a place where significant cultural and historic artefacts are held. This conversation will bring the past into the present, exploring the enduring legacy of language, of country, and of bloodlines in shaping identity. This important conversation is about knowing the story and the history of the place we now call home.
"We felt so honoured to work with Aunty Kerry on this podcast, and love sharing it with new audiences and communities” explains Jenae Tien. "At a time when our nation is grappling with questions of identity and belonging, 'Bloodlines to Country' offers an opportunity to listen, learn, and reflect on the history of this place, and importance of reckoning with the past, telling the truth, and knowing the story of the place where you live”.
The event reflects the 2024 Welcoming Week theme of #WhatBringsUsTogether, where guests are invited in a time of escalating global uncertainty and division to intentionally carve out moments to explore “What Brings Us Together”- over delicious food from FigJam & Co, shared conversation and deep listening and learning.
This event will also include a Q&A session, allowing attendees to engage directly with the speakers. Media representatives are encouraged to attend for exclusive interview opportunities and to capture these compelling moments.
Key Facts:
Welcoming Australia is thrilled to host the "Bloodlines to Country: In Conversation" event on Wednesday 11 September at the Queensland Museum, South Bank, Brisbane.
This event will officially launch Welcoming Week in Queensland for 2024.
About us:
Welcoming Australia is a non-partisan movement and organisation committed to cultivating a culture of welcome and advancing an Australia where people of all backgrounds have equal opportunity to belong, contribute and thrive.
Welcoming Week 2024: 13- 22 September
Through Welcoming Week, organisations and communities bring together neighbours of all backgrounds to build strong connections and affirm the importance of building welcoming and inclusive communities – for our shared future.
The 2024 Welcoming Week theme, #WhatBringsUsTogether, is a moment to consider and celebrate the work of advancing a welcoming Australia that happens in communities across the country every single day.
In a time of escalating global uncertainty and division, we believe it’s crucial to intentionally carve out moments to share “What Brings Us Together”.
Whether through shared meals, the camaraderie of sports, vibrant music celebrations, thought-provoking art exhibitions, intimate storytelling circles, enriching cultural exchanges, or meaningful community service projects, we look forward to seeing the creative ways you and your communities celebrate Welcoming Week.
Let’s embark on a journey of exploration, focusing on what unites rather than divides us as we strive to build a more inclusive and compassionate world for all.
By bringing us together to celebrate our shared humanity, we can advance a more inclusive and welcoming Australia where everyone can belong, contribute, and thrive.
Learn more about Welcoming Cities at www.welcomingcities.org.au/.
Learn more about Welcoming Week here: www.welcomingweek.org.au
Learn more about Bloodlines to Country here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bloodlines-to-country/id1697438861
Contact details:
For further comment, to arrange a media pass for the event, or further information contact:
Cate Gilpin
Coordinator (Qld), Welcoming Cities
Coordinator, Welcoming Universities
Welcoming Australia
0411 562 103
cate@welcoming.org.au
Kate Leaney
Campaigns & Communications Manager
Welcoming Australia
kate@welcoming.org.au | 0411 712 930
Aleem Ali
CEO
Welcoming Australia
aleem@welcoming.org.au | 0400 917 756
