Why learning from one another can help form a pathway to reconciliation
Just last year, Yamatji woman Lennelle Papertalk was at a Geraldton department store and sent her teenage son Richard to look for socks for an upcoming basketball camp when a security guard followed him. Key points: Yamatji woman Lennelle Papertalk says her people experience racism every day and she wants that to change She says bringing all cultures together and learning from one another is the key to reconciliation Ms Papertalk is a driving force at the Mitchell Street Community Centre, a safe space for all people to come together "Richard came up to me and he said 'mum, that security guard is following me around' and I said 'what have you done? "I said 'this is my son, you don't follow my kids around, you don't intimidate them, and you don't make them feel uncomfortable at a shopping centre'." "We are trying to bring the community together, to come together as one, walk alongside each other, learn from each other, and be one part of a community." "We want to be able to celebrate Australia Day with our non-Indigenous friends, with our Aboriginal people," she said.
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