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The Long Walk

The Long Walk is a charity inspired by Michael Long's walk to Canberra to get the lives of Indigenous people back on the national agenda.  We work for Indigenous wellbeing and believe this can be achieved by raising awareness and gathering support for Indigenous leadership projects.


Raising Awareness and Gathering Support

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The Long Walk Women's Luncheon on Friday 9 October at Peninsula at Central Pier, Docklands in Melbourne was attended by close to 600 people. The event raises funds for The Long Walk with proceeds from the 2009 Women's Luncheon contributing to The Long Walk's Indigenous Cultural Exchange which promotes cultural maintenance and transmission between generations and Indigenous communities. Thank you to all those who supported the day either by buying seats or donating time, auction items or seats to Indigenous women. Over $15,000 was raised on the day. More fabulous photos by Bindi Cole can be found on our facebook page

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Carolyn Briggs, Boonerwurrung Elder, offered a Welcome to Country, Kylie Belling was our Mistress of Ceremonies and Long Walk Patron attended with The Long Walk Chairperson, Darron Muir.

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Guest speakers included Patricia Harrison, Lead Artist on The Long Walk's Indigenous Cultural Exchange Program, for which the Luncheon raised funds; and Leslie Turner, Michael's partner who shared her experiences behind the scenes of the 2004 walk, as well as the issues that are important to her as an Indigenous woman.

 More about the programs The Long Walk supports.

 

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The event would not have been possible without the generous assistance of many volunteers on the day mainly drawn from NAB's volunteering program, with a special mention to head volunteer Beth Newman who assisted in the pre-production as well.

 Find out about volunteering here


The Long Walk 2009

 

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10,000 people participated in The Long Walk at Federation Square and through Birrarung Marr to the MCG on Saturday 23 May 2009


News


01 Sep 2009

The Long Walk proud to support Essendon Football Club's Reconciliation Action Plan

Essendon Football Club's Reconciliation Action Plan outlines themes of Respect, Relationships and Opportunities in its actions to address the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. More

30 Jul 2009

10,000 strong support Indigenous Leadership

10,000 people participated in The Long Walk at Federation Square and through Birrarung Marr to the MCG on Saturday 23 May 2009. More

13 Jul 2009

Indigenous Achievers Honoured

A testament to the high quality of nominations -the committee decided to award 11 indigenous Australians with National NAIDOC Awards in 2009 More

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OUR PURPOSE

The Long Walk is a charity inspired by Michael Long's walk to Canberra to get the lives of Indigenous people back on the national agenda.

The Long Walk is committed to the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.

We believe ALL Australians are entitled to a home, a job and an education.

All the work we do is focused on achieving equality between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians

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OUR GOALS

We work for Indigenous wellbeing by

  • raising awareness
  • gathering support
  • supporting Indigenous leaders who promote culture and improve conditions in their communities.

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Help The Long Walk Raise Funds for Indigenous Leadership

The Long Walk recommends onlinegiving.com.au as a secure online fundraising site and we welcome your help.
 
Your valuable contribution will help The Long Walk assist four programs that promote Indigenous leadership and improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.
 

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