Cat Kutay on alternatives to relocation in flood prone communities and First Nations engineering, replay of Pro-Trans, Anti Fascist Rally courtesy of Solidarity Breakfast, Priyanka Ashraf chats about Maya Cares, an online platform where users can report racism.
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7:30 - First Nations people were and are the first engineers on this continent, it is crucial that this knowledge is centred in all land management decision making. Today, Dr Cat Kutay is joining us to unpack why relocation is not the answer for communities in flood prone areas. Cat is descended from seafarers of Celtic and Aboriginal origin. She works with Aboriginal communities for online language learning and story sharing as a way for Aboriginal culture and knowledge to be acknowledged and integrated into Australian engineering approaches. You can read Cat's article on Indigenous engineering here.//
7:50 - We are now going to an excerpt from the Pro-Trans, Anti Fascist Rally courtesy of Annie McLoughlan from Solidarity Breakfast Saturday, recorded last Saturday 25 March. We hear from two speakers at the rally: Roz Ward, co-founder of Safe Schools Coalition Victoria, and Andy Meddick - former MP, supporter of LGBTI rights, a parent of trans children and activist. Hear more from Solidarity Breakfast here.//
8:10 - Priyanka Ashraf is a Muslim woman from Bangladesh who previously worked as a lawyer before transitioning into technology and entrepreneurship in establishing The Creative Co-Operative, or The CCO. The CCO is the first 100% Woman of Colour owned, led and operated social enterprise in Australia working to close the intersectional and intergenerational wealth gap by supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Black and Women of Colour in building shared economic power and improving access to mental health and wellbeing. She joins us today to chat about a CCO initiative Maya Cares, a online platform where users can report racism, as well as get access to an entire library of culturally-appropriate resources and services, including various lists of culturally-appropriate counsellors.//
