How to get involved in NAIDOC Week

This year’s NAIDOC theme is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!  Here’s some more background on why this year’s theme was chosen:

“Getting Up, Standing Up, and Showing Up can take many forms.

We need to move beyond just acknowledgement, good intentions, empty words and promises, and hollow commitments. Enough is enough.

The relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non‑Indigenous Australians needs to be based on justice, equity, and the proper recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights.

Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! with us to amplify our voices and narrow the gap between aspiration and reality, good intent and outcome.

Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!” (Source: NAIDOC)

If you want to support NAIDOC week through your workplace, here are some ideas to get you started.

• Download the National NAIDOC Week Poster
• Find out about related events taking place this month
• Learn more about NAIDOC week in general
• Consider other ideas like these from last year’s NAIDOC Week, most of which are still relevant.

Perhaps you may be inspired to take this further and support for organisations such as Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA). Here are some ideas you may wish to reflect on.

• Join the Friends of IAHA program
• Review IAHA’s current strategic plan
• Consider attending IAHA’s national conference in November
• Nominate someone for the Indigeous Allied Health Awards, with entries closing on 31 August 2022.

Happy NAIDOC Week!