On Monday 21 February, Mitchell Garlett and Uniting Church WA’s General Secretary, Rev Dr Andrew Williams, met to sign Mitchell’s contract of placement with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress WA Regional Committee. Mitchell, a graduate in Christian Ministry and Theology from Nungalinya College in Darwin, had been authorised for ordination by the UnitingRead more
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Beananging Kwuurt Institute (BKI), a Uniting Church WA Aboriginal community services organisation in Queens Park, Perth, held a NAIDOC Week storytelling event on Wednesday 7 July. Guests were invited to listen, learn, share, and enjoy kangaroo stew and damper together. This year’s NAIDOC theme is ‘Heal Country!’ In the 1930s, the site where BKI nowRead more
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Sorry Day is held each year on 26 May to remember and acknowledge the Stolen Generations. Dr Alison Atkinson-Phillips is a member of the Bringing Them Home Committee, supported by the Uniting Church WA. She is also the author of ‘Survivor Memorials: Remembering trauma and loss in contemporary Australia’, and worked as Media and CommunicationsRead more
