Culturally Intelligent Allyship: Allying for Impact
Empowering non-First Nations leaders with the confidence and capability to help create change.
Course Overview
Culturally Intelligent Allyship: Allying for Impact is designed for professionals whose work actively engages with First Nations people, communities and organisations. Allying for Impact supports participants to engage and challenge each other to consider their roles as allies for First Nations people across the spectrum of Advocate, Activator, Partner and Supporter. At First Peoples Leading we know that the best culturally intelligent allies must be able to recognise when to either walk beside or behind First Nations people and to have the ability to do both impactfully as required.
Our Culturally Intelligent Allyship programs are purposefully small groups to ensure they are safe, innovative spaces with high levels of experiential engagement.
Like all First Peoples Leading programs, Culturally Intelligent Allyship will be challenging, pragmatic, relevant and innovative experiences focussed on supporting allies to have real impact now for First Nations people that contributes to a dignity-centred community for all Australians.
Program features
Online delivery: 3 x 2-hour virtual workshops, 2 small group coaching circles and associated reading, or viewing requirements.
Expert presenters: This program will be lead by highly experienced First Nations and non-First Nations leadership professionals.
Small group learning: A safe and supportive learning environment with a maximum of 16 participants.
Ongoing collaboration and engagement: Access to the Allying chamber of the First Peoples Leading alumni and community of practice.
First Peoples Leading Team
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Ben Ballard
First Peoples Leading | Biripi
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Nicole Major
First Peoples Leading | Bundjalung
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Jason Ardler
Thirriwirri | Yuin
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David Major
Thirriwirri | Yuin-Maneroo
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Sally Ross
Executive Central
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Rachel Ardler
Thirriwirri | Yuin
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Paul Garcia
Choose Coaching
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Melissa Ellis
Thirriwirri | Yuin/Dunghutti
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Jess Herder
Thirriwirri | Dunghutti
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Trent Brickle
MobCo | Palawa
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Melissa Hamilton
Thirriwirri | Wiradjuri
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Claude McDermott
Thirriwirri l Bundjalung
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John Beattie
Thirriwirri
What You Can Expect
3 x Expert-led workshops
Online and 2 hours each
Learning material
Access unique and curated content
Community of practice
Continue to learn with and support your peers
2 x Group coaching circles
Develop your coaching skills with peers
Learning Outcomes
Identify and analyse your cultural intelligence
Greater awareness of where First Nations people and communities are at
Comprehend and model dignity in your workplace and community
Develop strategies to move from activist to advocate to activator
Identify what First Nations people and communities need from their allies
Develop strategies to implement and embed cultural intelligence for systemic impact
Workshop One
From Knowing to Being
Awareness: what needs to be discussed
Understanding: First Nations’ experience
The Dignity Framework
Self-paced learning assignment
Coaching circle: dignity in action
Workshop Two
Being an agent for change
What First Nations need from allies
Activist to advocate to activator
Group coaching circle: action planning
Reflection paper on knowing to being
Workshop Three
Doing the work for change
Small group collaboration
Implementing and embedding cultural intelligence
Allying with First Nations people for impact
Our Vision
“Our aspiration is not just to create great First Nations leaders, but to create great leaders, full stop! Purposeful leaders, equipped with the agility and confidence to respond adaptively and with dignity to the unprecedented complexity and pace of change currently experienced by our communities and organisations.”
First Peoples Leading Board
Upcoming Program Dates
Please contact us to request an invoice or to inquire about our group and community rates.
First Peoples Leading is a registered Not-For-Profit organisation that aims to offer supported places to First Nations community organistions to access high quality leadership development programs.
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Acknowledgement of Country
We pay our respects to Elders and community leaders, and those leaders that came before us, who for millennia have maintained the world’s oldest surviving cultures and who have made it possible for us to do what we do. We acknowledge the strength and innovation of our young people, the leaders and Elders of the future.
We acknowledge our families, who have always supported us to dream big and who continue to support us as Thirriwirri evolves.
We also pay respect to the non-First Nation people we work with who share our vision for an empowered, prosperous and culturally assured First Nations Australia.