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When women are included everywhere, there's

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a sense of belonging, relevance and

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empowerment.

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The team at Trambi is extraordinarily

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proud of our Yanulunyami Strong Women,

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Strong Communities project that identifies and

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showcases our Indigenous female changemakers to

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be a source of pride, resilience,

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motivation and joy for other Indigenous

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women and communities around Australia.

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Our changemakers are all provided with

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culturally meaningful and community relevant

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training

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through our online and our face-to-face

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workshops, as well as mentoring and

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support to enable them to actualise

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their dreams of changing and empowering

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communities.

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Yenil and Yami derives from Darug

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and it was gifted to us

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by a nanny possum.

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and Sister Karina.

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And I am honoured and proud

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to carry that through, being a

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proud Wanyu woman from Queensland and

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being able to share our stories,

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like the meaning behind it.

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Yenil and Yami, me and you,

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we walk together.

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It's been, to me personally, a

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healing journey from my own personal

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experiences of moving through

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extreme grief depression and the women's

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empowerment journey and coming together like

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we say, Yenil and Yami, strong

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women, strong communities is bringing women

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together so that the chain of

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us becomes stronger and the resilience

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and the vulnerability of us is

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really a powerful shift in the

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movement of what we can do

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for each other.

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I think these programs are vital

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because as First Nation women this

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trauma we carry with us unknowingly

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subconsciously embedded in our spirit.

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Programs like this help us to

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understand that it's okay to be

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going through what we're going through

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and that that trauma is real

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and it is valid but it's

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like what can we do to

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help you unpack that.

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These programs not only give us

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the space to unpack that but

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to share that pain.

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I'm a survivor of domestic violence.

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I've been on my own for

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eight years so with my...

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Kiddos, I come across Yanolinyami on

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a social media post.

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At the last minute, someone shared

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it.

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And as our ancestors do, they

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put things in front of us

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just at the right time.

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So I thought, what have I

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got to lose?

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I was a Yanolinyami participant in

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2022.

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And as a mum, my whole

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focus and my mission in life

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was literally to put a roof

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over my kid's head and put

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food on the table.

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And that's what my goal was.

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And through this journey I've realised

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how much trauma I still had.

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The biggest challenge I've had with

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this program was believing in myself.

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I dropped out of school, I

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didn't have an education and I

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think the world we live in

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promotes.

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If you don't have that piece

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of paper, you don't have those

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skills.

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I was lucky enough to be

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a Yanalan Yami Changemaker in 2022

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in the emerging stream and it

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completely transformed my life.

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I remember a session early on

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in Yanalin Yami where Aunty Burr

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shared very vulnerably her personal lived

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experience.

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And I just remember this life

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changing moment where I realised that

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I could also open up completely

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and not worry and not be

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judged.

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And it was this feeling of

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just freedom and bliss to know

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that I can share things that

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I've gone through and I can

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heal from that trauma of my

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past and know that you can

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go through these really

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horrific circumstances in life.

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And you can come out the

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other side stronger and brave and

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vulnerable.

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It's so important as First Nation

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women to have these bases to

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go to to draw that strength

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and to be empowered and to

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be inspired and to know that

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there is so much out there

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in the world for us as

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First Nation women that we can

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accomplish.

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Yanoling Yamis give me the skills

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to believe in myself, to be

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confident to step outside that comfort

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zone.

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to stand up for myself, to

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want things that I don't think

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could be possible, but with passion,

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with conviction, with strength and

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determination,

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I can have whatever I want

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to have.

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And believing that my lived experience

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and my passion and drive is

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enough to get me places.

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I've re-enrolled in study and I'm

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just more than happy just to

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go on that journey of growing

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myself and learning.

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I am now working with Yanalin

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Yami as program manager and helping

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to bring this program to more

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women across Australia.

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It is amazing and it never

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would have happened if I didn't

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apply for that program because I

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never would have believed in myself

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that I could do something like

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this.

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We want to have a generational

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healing legacy not generational trauma and

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it is so important that we're

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there to support each other and

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that

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has been very moving and powerful.

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This sisterhood demonstrates that by empowering

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Aboriginal women and supporting them in

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achieving their goals, we can make

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sustainable change occur.

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The sisterhood serves as a shining

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example of the importance of grassroots

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changemakers in creating positive change in

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our communities.