ReconciliAction Youth Network

Welcome to ReconciliACTION!
The ReconciliACTION Network is a volunteer network made up of Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people aged 16 to 29 years. State based groups that are part of the ReconciliACTION Network include ReconciliACTIONnsw, ReconciliACT and SPARC (Vic).

Latest News December 2007
ReconciliACTIONnsw has recently launched its new website, including the online Education Kit. Visit the ReconciliACTIONnsw website at www.reconciliaction.org.au/nsw.

To contact SPARC (Vic) contact the Reconciliation Victoria office on 03 9662 1645.

More Info
The ReconciliACTION Network is a network of young people who have an interest in reconciliation and Indigenous rights issues and those who are active in their communities.

ReconciliACTION was started in 2002 by a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people from metropolitan, regional and remote New South Wales. Since then ReconciliACTION has grown to become a national network which includes young people from across Australia, with autonomous partner groups in NSW, the ACT and Victoria.

Our aims include community education, advocacy, support for young people working to overcome racism in their local communities and skills and leadership development.

The national ReconciliACTION Network is open to all interested people aged between 16 and 29 years. To join the ReconciliACTION Network please contact one of the three state groups or email recon@reconciliaction.org.au.

The ReconciliACTION Network is a not-for-profit network run entirely by young people. The Network does not have recurrent funding and relies in fundraising, donations and but in-kind support from organisations such as the NSW Reconciliation Council and Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR).

Recent Project Profile - Freedom Ride
One of ReconciliACTION's recent major projects was Freedom Ride 2005. February 2005 was the 40th anniversary of the 1965 'Freedom Ride', where a busload of Sydney university students led by Dr Kumantjayi (Charles) Perkins went on a journey across NSW to find out about the poor treatment of Aboriginal people in regional NSW. The 1965 Freedom Ride was a key event in Australia's social history.

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary ReconciliACTION filled up a bus with young people passionate about reconciliation and retraced the original 'Freedom Ride' journey, whilst making a documentary about the experience. Freedom Ride 2005 interviewed over 300 people living in regional NSW including many young people about race relations in their towns. The ride was a huge success but the journey is not yet over! ReconciliACTIONns is continuing to work to ensure that the stories collected on the ride have a chance to be heard. Some of the projects resulting from the ride include the development of the online Education Kit, a documentary to be screened in 2008 and several state-based campaigns.

This page last updated 8 November2007.