The Yindyamarra Trust aims to cultivate a space for thought leadership and spiritual reflection in our national life. This will reach beyond the fray and fracture of politics to surrender to the gentle spirits of our land, rooting ourselves in ancient Wiradjuri traditions.
The Trust would build on the existing work being done at Yindyamarra Nguluway – a current meeting place for critical discussions around issues of justice, equity, faith, and belonging led by Distinguished Professor Stan Grant Jnr.
We have established the following programs to be situated within the Yindyamarra Trust.
We will offer a series of immersive leadership retreats located in the heart of Wiradjuri country. These retreats will offer Australian leaders the opportunity to reflect with Stan Grant on what it means to live in alignment with the principles of Yindyamarra.
Such retreats will be open to all Australians and exist in various forms: from a focus on youth and emerging leaders, to social and business leaders and more.
Our public discourse is in dire need of contributions to public debates that are at once evidence-based and imaginative. Drawing on a team with leading applied academic expertise and standards in research, thinkers at the Yindyamarra Foundation will embody the principles of Yindyamarra in their public contributions. Through podcasts, social media work, events, videos, and public talks we will bring Yindyamarra to bear on the challenges of our time.
Yindyamarra is an ancient tradition, rooted in Wiradjuri principles and practices that have existed for thousands of years. Building on the work already being done at Yindyamarra Nguluway, the Yindyamarra Foundation will continue to support the Wiradjuri Nation with nation-building activities, including by: ensuring that equitable practices exist for knowledge-sharing; by protecting, and developing the Wiradjuri language and culture course; and assisting with community facilitations and discussions around advocacy on the Voice, Treaty and other issues of Wiradjuri and broader First Nations justice.
Democracy needs to find ways to renew itself. We are therefore working with world-class international partners including the London School of Economics and Political Science (Democratic Audit of Australia/UK), Harvard University and the University of Southampton (Trustgov.net) and 360info wire agency to develop a world’s first virtual agora to share stories of democratic innovation and imaginings of future democracy targeted at those areas of democratic governance which are most vulnerable.
Through the power of Yindyamarra we will drive a national conversation on how we can strengthen democratic practice, celebrate our democratic achievements and be the best democracy that we can be. We will host the Democratic Audit of Australia which will audit the qualities of our democratic practice, investigate and experiment with what works in terms of renewing our representative system of government and facilitate non-partisan conversations on future democracy.The Yindyamarra democratic futures program
The Yindyamarra democratic futures program is a partnership with former participants in the Democracy 2025 initiative at the Museum of Australian Democracy including Trust.gov, the Democratic Audit of the UK and the Australian Democratic Audit.
Charles Sturt University is seeking the generous philanthropic support of committed organisations and individuals.
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