Weenthunga Health Network

Reconciliation Week is over. Now what?
 
The social posts have been shared, the events have been attended and the acknowledgements have been made.

If your organisation expects you to work safely with First Nations people - which should be the standard, not an option - it must also fund and support your participation in this learning. But let’s be honest, organisations don’t always step up; that doesn’t mean you can’t. Invest in yourself, your learning and your critical allyship practice.
 
Here is your call to action!

Join us for our Cultural Safety & Critical Consciousness (CSCC) Workshop Series this July!

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Questions? ✉️ [email protected]

Meet Lani Wilson ✨
A proud young Kombumerri woman, Lani Wilson was born and raised on Kombumerri Country (Gold Coast) 🌊☀️ She now lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne as Senior First Nations Hospital Liaison Officer and Project Lead Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and casually at the University of Melbourne in Audiology supporting the rural Indigenous student pathway program🖤💛❤️

Lani supports and advocates for First Nations patients, helping them feel culturally understood, respected, and safe. She provides advocacy, education, and cultural awareness training while responding to the expressed needs of patients 💛

As Project Lead, Lani has created initiatives including the Victorian first Mob Meal Plan, First Nations Graduate Nurse support program, RMH smoking ceremony procedure, essential Dignity Bags, and NAIDOC programs, making a real impact within RMH and across so-called Victoria 🌾

Outside work, Lani is a passionate weaver, inspired by saltwater and sunrises on Kombumerri Country, weaving helps her unwind and stay connected. She is also completing her studies as an Aboriginal Health Practitioner to further care for First Nations communities ✨

✨ Meet our member Lewis Brown ✨
A proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Gunditjmara and Kirrae Whurrong man raised on Wurundjeri Country, Lewis carries strong connections to culture, community and Country 🖤💛❤️

Lewis is the Manager of First Peoples Tourism at Visit Victoria, and also works as a tour guide, consultant, cultural awareness trainer and advisor to the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council. Through his work, he brings First Peoples stories, knowledge and perspectives into spaces where they’ve often been overlooked 🌿

For Lewis, tourism isn’t about selling culture, it’s about storytelling as education. Through experiences on Country, he shares the truth of our histories in ways that build understanding while ensuring culture is respected and protected ✊🏽

Outside of work, Lewis fills his cup by spending time with family, passing cultural knowledge to his children, walking on Country, connecting with the ocean and spending time with Mob 🌊

Whether he’s guiding visitors on Country, shaping policy, training organisations, or yarning with community, his work is guided by care for culture, for people, and for the next generations. 🤎

🔗 Link in bio to read more about Lewis in our eNews