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In this edition of RAP e-news we have a focus on the RAP refresh and report phase of RAPping, which is a critical part of every RAP journey. We also discover a small footy club in Queensland that has a leading RAP and experience a bit of Yolngu culture.
RAPs help to answer the often asked question of , “What does reconciliation look like?”
Reconciliation Australia’s RAP advisors help you to answer this question for your organsiation and also support your organisation in its RAP and reconciliation journey.
RAPs help achieve a fairer society. They provide us with a framework for sometimes ‘tough’ discussions and help us work together and build a shared pride in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories – and our shared histories as Australians.
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What do you need to know?
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How to “report and refresh” your RAP.
Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) are living documents. Your RAP includes a commitment to publicly report and refresh annually. Tracking and reporting progress ensures that you, your RAP network and the wider community can recognise achievements and challenges, and share lessons learned with others. Reflections and learnings, together with consideration of new opportunities can then be built into your refreshed RAP.
Reporting is a simple process. We encourage you to report in a way that reflects your organisation and its journey.
Visit the reporting webpage at Reconciliation Australia for more detail.
Help us finish Oz
What can you do to support reconciliation as an individual? One answer is to visit Reconciliation Australia’s ‘Unfinished Oz’ website and connect with other Australians like yourself who are participating in the reconciliation journey.
Help to ‘finish Oz’ by following the link below.
RAP workshops
RAP workshops support new and existing RAPpers on their reconciliation journey.
The next RAP workshops will be in Adelaide in late September 2010 and Hobart in late October 2010.
Please contact your RAP advisor if you are interested in attending one of these workshops or know of someone from another organisation that wants to attend. Dates will be published shortly.
Useful tools
Reconciliation Australia has an online tool, called Share Our Pride, to help individuals start or continue their journey through an introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their culture and to building respectful relationships.
Click here to access Share Our Pride
Click here to find a cultural awareness training provider near you
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Drafting Tip
Identify measurable targets for each of your RAP actions that are robust indicators of progress by your organisation.
Implementation Tip
Assign accountabilities for implementing actions to individual people, rather than sharing amongst several people. Perhaps consider setting clear primary responsibilities to implementing actions to one person with support from others.
Report and Refresh Tip
Have your RAP Working Group oversee production of your RAP reporting. Also find opportunities to ‘refresh’ the RAP Working Group so that new eyes and insights are available to your organisation.
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RAP of the Month: Football club leads the way in Reconciliation
The Northern Pride are the first Rugby League football club in the country at any level to have their RAP officially ratified by Reconciliation Australia. The NRL/ARL is the only other Rugby League body to have a RAP and ‘The Pride’ are very proud to be leading the way.
The Northern Pride’s RAP uses Rugby League and sport as a vehicle for reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians.
Read more about this fascinating story at RAP of the Month.
Garma
The ancient sound of the yidaki (didgeridoo) last week called all people to come together at the Garma Festival in North East Arnhem Land. Held from 6 to 10 August, Garma is an annual event and the largest and most vibrant celebration of the culture of Yolngu culture in recent memory.
Each year Reconciliation Australia invites women who are leaders in their sectors to experience Garma. For many it has a positive impact, creating opportunities for cultural awareness and understanding—and in many cases assists in the development or implementation of their organisation’s RAP.
For more information about Garma visit: http://www.garma.telstra.com/
RAP launches in July and August
- Transfield Services (report)
- Australian Taxation Office (report and refresh)
- Sinclair Knight Merz (report)
- National Rugby League (report and refresh)
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
- Northern Pride Rugby League Club
- Local Government Association of NSW and Shires Association of NSW (LGSA)
- ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS)
- Mount Morgan State High School
- Marsden State High School
- Kingston College
- Windaroo Valley State High School
- Woden Community Services Inc.(WCS)
- Health and Community Services Workforce Council (H&CS)
- Western Sydney Community Forum (WSCF)
- Old Parliament House
- Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
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RAP Chat in Reconciliation News
If you have a story from the development, implementation or report and refresh of your RAP,we’d love to cover it in Reconciliation News—our hard copy newsletter that is circulated to 40,000 people across the country. Discuss your ideas with your RAP advisor or send your stories and high resolution pictures to raps@reconciliation.org.au.
Update your contact information and organisation details
If you need to give us updated contact information for your organisation, please email Michael Ahearn, our Information Officer at michael.ahearn@reconciliation.org.au.
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Who's who in the RAP team
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Team changes
Kath Caller has joined the RAP team as Relationship Manager – Engagement and will develop strategies to engage and maintain stakeholder interest in the RAP program, through workshops, communications and events. Michele Abel is now acting as Relationship Manager – Agency for the remainder of 2010 while Christine King focuses on completing her PhD. Christine continues her work at Reconciliation Australia through cultural mentoring and the development of a RAP cultural continuum. We all wish Christine well for this important work.
RAP contact details
Adam Mooney, Director - Reconciliation Action Plans ,
adam.mooney@reconciliation.org.au
Christine King, Relationship Manager
christine.king@reconciliation.org.au
Michele Abel, acting Relationship Manager – Agency and RAPs National Advisor – Early childhood, Schools, and Peak Bodies
michele.abel@reconciliation.org.au
Paul Paulson, Relationship Manager – Direct,
paul.paulson@reconciliation.org.au
Kathleen Caller, Relationship Manager – Engagement,
kathleen.caller@reconciliation.org.au
Martha Piper, RAPs National Advisor – Corporate,
martha.piper@reconciliation.org.au
Claire Toepfer, RAPs National Advisor – Corporate,
claire.toepfer@reconciliation.org.au
Kerrie Nelson, Relationship Manager – Quality and Development / RAPs National Advisor – Local Government
kerrie.nelson@reconciliation.org.au
Jane Magnus, RAPs National Advisor – Quality and Development,
jane.magnus@reconciliation.org.au
Grant Paulson, RAPs National Advisor – Higher Education and State Reconciliation Councils,
grant.paulson@reconciliation.org.au
Jacqueline Bethel, RAPs National Advisor – Federal Government,
jacqueline.bethel@reconciliation.org.au
Glen Toohey, RAPs National Advisor – State and Territory Governments,
glen.toohey@reconciliation.org.au
Caitlin Buxton, RAPs National Advisor – Community, and Not-for-profits
caitlin.buxton@reconciliation.org.au
Michael Ahearn, Information Officer,
michael.ahearn@reconciliation.org.au
RAP agents
Farah Rind, RAPs Advisor - WA State Government,
Farah.Rind@dia.wa.gov.au
Erin McKinnon - Victorian Local Government, Reconciliation Victoria,
erin.mckinnon@reconciliationvic.org.au
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