Graham Akhurst
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. 
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.
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: https://www.americanaustralian.org/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-my-ancestors-by-aaa-nomad-two-worlds-indigenous-arts-scholar-graham-akhurst/

To find out more about Graham's most recent, a fictional journal True History of the Ned Kelly Gang by Graham Akhurst found here.
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