Our work has been deeply informed by convenings of
Indigenous women elders, where we have sought to honor their ancestral knowledge while also lifting up their matriarchal roles in their various communities.
Not exact matches
In 2010, the Olympic tent city led by
Indigenous women and
elders of DEWC / POW won the immediate demand of housing all homeless residents living on the site.
Programming is developed in consultation with the Downtown Eastside
Women's Centre Elders Council, comprised of Indigenous women leaders with vast knowledge, experience, and wisdom as well as a strong voice in the commu
Women's Centre
Elders Council, comprised of
Indigenous women leaders with vast knowledge, experience, and wisdom as well as a strong voice in the commu
women leaders with vast knowledge, experience, and wisdom as well as a strong voice in the community.
The Inquiry's sources of information include testimony by loved ones of missing and murdered
Indigenous women and girls and by
Indigenous women who have experienced violence; expert and institutional hearings; collaboration with
Elders and knowledge - keepers; forensic examination of police records; and past and current research.
Leading up to this year's BC
Elders Gathering in Duncan, the
Elders group has started work on crafting regalia alongside
Indigenous young
women and youth.
Examples of healing processes might include
women - specific and men - specific groups; story - telling circles; cultural activities; (150) understanding the impacts of issues such as racism, colonisation and identity on
Indigenous well - being; the use of mentors and / or
elders to provide support to individuals; and retreats or residential - style components where participants spend a period of time going through the healing process, usually on a spiritually significant site, away from their families and communities.
An important form of healing is through one - on - one support, such as mentoring provided by
Indigenous Elders for
Indigenous women in prison or who have recently been released from prison.
IndigenousX has supported many of these on Start some Good, with recent successes being as diverse as paying The Koori
Woman for brilliant writing, the Culture is Life's
Elders Report into
Indigenous Self Harm & Youth Suicide.
Phillips presented a vision where
Indigenous values — including caring for country, and respect for
women and
Elders — provided a foundation for a better Australia.
As part of this work, NoVo is deeply honored to have supported the birth and launch of Spirit Aligned, a leadership program that works to elevate the lives, voices and dreams of
Indigenous elder women who are working to heal, strengthen and restore the balance of
Indigenous communities.
all relevant persons and groups in a community (including traditional
elders, custodians of sites, Traditional Owners and custodians of stories / songs, men's and
women's businesses) in traditional decision making about
Indigenous heritage and what happens on Country