JOIN OUR DREAM DESIGN ACTION COLLECTIVE!
The purpose of the Dream Design Action Collective is to create a space where young mob can come together to connect, reflect, collectively and engage and be supported in capacity and skill building opportunities.
We are using Discord as our primary base for connection where mob can yarn and collaborate with each other. We have fortnightly check in yarns called 'collective connects' which are informal drop in connect sessions as well as monthly deep dive yarns with a range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experts.
ABOUT DREAM DESIGN ACTION COLLECTIVE
WHO CAN JOIN THE DREAM DESIGN ACTION COLLECTIVE:
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander young people
Between the ages of 18-35
Passionate about education and shaping learning systems that meets the cultural, economic and social needs as a community and Nation(s).
THE PROCESS
Sign up via our google Form If criteria are met (You are mob and aged from 18 to 35), we will email you with the invite to the discord server
Our first opportunity to engage is a Deep Dive Yarn with Amy McQuire on the 30th of October
DREAM DESIGN NATIONAL SUMMIT
NAARM, VIC | 3-5 SEPT 2024
Dream Design artwork by Oumoula McKenzie
Expression of interest are now closed for NIYEC’s Dream Design National Summit.
The Dream Design National Summit will bring together 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 18-35 to connect, reflect and collectively design their dream learning system.
Dream Design is a flagship initiative of NIYEC which is focused on growing a nation-wide action collective of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to create and drive our own self-determined learning system.
EOI’s will close 24 June 2024.
SUMMIT THEMES
Education Rights
History and politics of education
Indigenous Nation-Building
Education in Treaty-Making
Systems change
ELIGIBILITY
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Aged between 18-35
Available to attend from 3-5 September 2024
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
Single Room accommodation
Travel to Melbourne
Ground transfers in Melbourne
Workshop materials
Fully catered.
SUMMIT VENUE: PANORAMA RETREAT & RESORT
The Dream Design National Summit will be held at the Panorama Retreat and Resort, Kalorama, Victoria.
The 10 acre estate is nestled in the Dandenong Ranges approximately an hours drive from the Melbourne CBD.
WHY EDUCATION AND WHY NOW?
Education is a powerful tool for self-determination, liberation and freedom.
Yet, generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people have been systematically excluded from accessing a quality education.
In spite of this injustice, our families and communities have continuously turned up at the school gate and have fought for our rights to education. We have many wins in Indigenous education through the establishment of our own Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led schools, ASSPA committees, and education consultative bodies.
MAJOR FUNDERS
As young people, it’s up to us to continue this legacy. Across the continent, states and territories are entering into treaty-making processes which will include negotiations on education rights.
Young people will be key leaders in progressing this work in the decades to come.
This is the purpose of Dream Design. To bring young mob together so we can understand our rights and determine the type of learning systems we want to create for future generations.
SPONSORSHIPS
DREAM DESIGN ARTWORK
Oumoula Nanaiyu Mckenzie, is a Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, Warumungu and Warlmanpa artist from central Australia. He uses his art to try to empower his community and speak on the challenges that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples face. The dream design artwork depicts community coming together after the rain. After big rain everything in the desert comes alive. The desert, people and water Represent new growth and new beginnings. A key theme in this artwork is that learning is occurring on Country, being together and teaching is intergenerational.