Graham Akhurst
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Graham Akhurst (2019 AAA Scholar, 2019 Fulbright scholar, 2019 Roberta Sykes Scholar, 2015 Study Tour participant) has published an article entitled Standing on the Shoulders of My Ancestors by AAA-Nomad Two Worlds Indigenous Arts Scholar Graham Akhurst.
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A few weeks into Spring semester the world changed. I remember my last on campus class and the worried faces around me. Looking at the news became anxiety inducing and it was announced we were going to do our classes online. Within days we were in total lockdown. The death toll rose to apocalyptic proportions. We didn't leave our apartment except to get groceries, and in those first couple of weeks there wasn't much on the shelves.
Police violence is the reality of many Black, Indigenous and People of colour, and while the protests and resistance we are witnessing are not new, it occurs at a time when the world has slowed and we reflect on the institutions that run our lives. In that reflection an anger has surfaced that has been growing since colonisation began, and now the people have acted. It's what happens next that matters most.
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To find out more about Graham's experience as an Indigenous Australian studying in the US during the pandemic and the BLM protests, you can read the full article here.
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Alison Whittaker
Alison Whittaker (2017 Dean's Scholar in Race, Gender and Criminal Law, 2017 Fulbright Indigenous Postgraduate Scholar, 2017 Roberta Sykes Scholar, 2016 Study Tour Participant) has edited a poetry anthology, Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today, reviewed here.
You can also hear Alison's opening address for the 2020 Sydney Writers' Festival here. The festival's theme was Almost Midnight and Alison addressed this by considering the critical role both hope and storytelling play at challenging times.
Alison is also quoted in and article entitled I can't breathe: the suffocating truth of Australia's race relations here.
You can also hear Alison's opening address for the 2020 Sydney Writers' Festival here. The festival's theme was Almost Midnight and Alison addressed this by considering the critical role both hope and storytelling play at challenging times.
Alison is also quoted in and article entitled I can't breathe: the suffocating truth of Australia's race relations here.
