The Long Journey; Humanity's Story, Our Story with Annalise Jennings and Elder Maryann Coconut

Whole of Community Change

A philosophy of ownership and self determination

Creating ‘strength based’ strategies

The aboriginal community of Napranum

Meeting Place

Cairns

LuwangCollecting water from ‘Luwang’ sacred site for blessing ceremony

Kwokkunum

Girl’s Dormitory

Weipa Mission School

OUR visionary Plan…

An elder’s hopes and aspirations for the future...

Nov ‘11

COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP and Self-

Determination

Our Community Values

Engagement

Ownership

Accountability

Fairness

Working Together

A new narrative……

from PROBLEMS to POSSIBILITIES

From:Root cause of

failure

To:Root cause of

success!

From:Problems and deficiencies of

community

To:Possibilities and

gifts of community

Self belief

Student Program

Women of Worth Program

SHIFTPatternalism

unishmentrohibition

Community ownershipSelf-determination

…..and 5 years on, it continues

The Shift....

Councillor Maryann CoconutThanikwithi Elder

Life is like a Rose..

Epic supermarket opening!

The SHIFT.. Napranum Transformation

NEW LIBRARY(Named after Maryann!)

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The SHIFT.. Napranum Transformation

60% increase in employment

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40% increase in community owned infrastructure

The SHIFT.. Napranum Transformation

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The SHIFT.. Napranum Transformation

Community owned housing !

War Memorial

New Civic Centre!

The SHIFT.. Napranum Transformation

From….poorest community in QLD2nd

SHIFTTrue

Community Ownership!

Within 2 years!

The magic..

The power of Vision

90% + of the community’s goals came to fruition in just over 2 years!

New State Policy introduced

Underpinning Whole of Community

Change principles

Economic Development

Spiritual Growth30%

Funding

Policy

Programs Domestic Violence

School truancy

Alcohol related crime

Unemployment

80% Reduction in children attending the Safe House

80% decrease in adult domestic violence

50% decrease in adult court appearances

The Well-being ‘happiness’

Index

Matches3

Cultural Evolution Report Copyright 2013 Barrett Values Centre

Orange=Values MatchP=PositiveL=Potentially Limiting (white circle)

Cultural Evolution Report

Healthy

Needs monitoring

Significant issues

Crisis situation, riots

2016

2014

2013

2011

18%

13%

9%

33%

Wellbeing Index

Kili

Missionary Robert Hall driving the buckboard in 1912. With Maryann’s grandfather Robert Hall and great uncle Daniel Kwintaggan

The Janet Thomson

Presbyterian mission sailing vessel

Transported people and supplies during the 1950’s

Albert Mackenzie

Ist Weipa Mission man to enlist in WW2 was Maryann’s great uncle.

Served in the medical corps in the middle east

Weipa mission

A closer view

Amomanja with water vine used for sewing skinbark canoes

$1.2 mil Boat ramp upgrade

Planned for 2017….

$4.4 mil upgrade of the waterfront

Cultural grounds upgrade

Refurbish PCYC

It takes a community to build a

community!

My Message

Whole of Community Change

The ripple effect of building a values based community is

real and its working!

The Shift....

Real shifts never have an ending

THEY IMPACT US FOR LIFE !

“THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO OUR

COMMUNITY!”

Key Note Toronto – Maryann and Annalise

Maryann

Maryann’s script (slide2)

HymnInto Thy Presence We Come

Sung in both Thaynakwith and English

Maryann

Story about a totem / story place.

EG: Negwer the bandicoot

Pics of her country will be showing on background slides

Maryann

The history of Napranum.. Maryann says something about each of the 5 slides (slides 3 -7)

(90 sec per slide)

Maryann passes the message stick to Native American

(Richard Barkley to make)

Traditional song to conclude

Mary Ann to choose her song. One possible idea is ‘Langi Main’.

Annalise

• Introduces Maryann, HER HISTORY AND HER ACHEVEMENTS

• Brief intro of WOCC

Annalise• Planned for 2017

15 min 10 min 5 min 8 min

3 min 3 min 2 min

Napranum song will be playing as we come onto the stage…..

Music softly playing in the background as maryann talks about her slides

A criticalmomentin time

START

1. School2. Bus3. Supermarket4. Take away food5. Restaurant6. Roads7. Library8. Civic centre9. Sports oval10.Street lights11.Speed bumps12.Birthing centre13. Play ground

Statistics

YOUTH SUICIDEYOUTH SUICIDE

Numeracy

Literacy

Health

Women are speaking up and taking up leadership

roles.

SHIFTHow was it done?

Increase Economic Opportunity

Infrastructure Services Community Growth

Economic Development

‘Whole’ of Community Change program

Over emphasis on deficiencies, needs

and problems of community

Builds social capital.Focuses potential & assets of community

Infrastructure Services Community owned !DynamicExchange.com.au

Community Growth

Economic Development

Community Leaders

Parents

Young Adults

Students

Elders

Community drives this process!

‘Whole’ of Community

Change program

It all starts with you!

Economic Development

Spiritual Development DynamicExchange.com.au

The ripple effect!

How do we shift away from the 3 P’s?

RESPECT for Culture and IdentityStarts with extensive community engagement and the creation of a community owned blue print

The answer starts with a questionHow do we shift away from the 3 P’s?

Respect in the wisdom of the collectiveHow do we shift away from the 3 P’s?

How do we shift away from the 3 P’s?

BELONGING

Non stop wishes...Strategic Plan

Our children... Our country....

Our future....

Steering Committee Session 10th October 2014

Non stop wishes...

Civil Construction House Construction Napranum

Tourism Laura Banana FarmingCattle Industry

Police Service

Super Market Napranum

Primary Health Care Mine Workers RioIndigenous Ranger Program

Survey & measurement tools

The Well-being Index.. Happiness Survey

Measurement Matters!

3 simple questions

Who am l…

What is currently happening…

What do l want…

Pulse checks

Pulse checks can be conducted on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. This will help build a picture of the wellbeing of the community

Spiritual

Mental

Emotional

Physical

Lets put the wellbeing index into practice…

WELLBEING Index

18th Aug 2016Pulse checks

A regular assessment of the community can then be measured

Kili

Other sessions of interest….1. Engagement

Key steps to producing viable, thriving communities 2. Community Owned Enterprise

The shift from Welfare Dependency3. Key principles

What makes it different and why it works 4. Cultural Appropriateness

Getting the balance right with government responsibilities 5.  Measurement matters! 

The outstanding results and how we measure our progress

6. Constructing capacity Building programs and measuring their effectiveness

7. Trust and Respect Between government agencies and Indigenous communities