Tranby Aboriginal Co-Operative

🎉 The Board of Tranby Aboriginal Co-Operative Ltd ("Tranby") welcomes Mick Gooda as Co-Chair! 🎉

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Our Tranby team are so proud of the amazing outcomes that our Mentoring Our Mob Program has achieved! A big congratulations to Tranby Program Manager, Emma Griggs, and the Tranby Team who assisted for facilitating incredible events to allow our Mob to come together and thrive ❤️

Apply to study online at Tranby in 2024! Applications are now open.
 
Let us support you in your learning journey! In 2024, Tranby is offering two online Diploma courses:
 
1. 10861NAT Diploma of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Advocacy (Applications close 18 Feb, course starts 11 March)

2. 11026NAT Diploma of Applied Aboriginal Studies (Applications close 3 March, course starts 25 March)
 
Follow the link in our bio to access the Tranby website and apply. Please submit an application for one course only.

Happy New Year, everyone! ✨️

It's so important to remember to reflect on your achievements and how far you have come 🌞🥳

At Tranby, we are looking forward to another year of connecting to Community ❤️

Apply to study online at Tranby in 2024! Applications are now open.

Let us support you in your learning journey! In 2024, Tranby is offering two online Diploma courses:

1. 10861NAT Diploma of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Advocacy (Applications close 28 Jan, course starts 19 Feb)

2. 11026NAT Diploma of Applied Aboriginal Studies (Applications close 11 Feb, course starts 4 Mar)

Follow the link below to access the Tranby website and apply. Please submit an application for one course only.

https://tranby.edu.au/online-courses/

HURRY there are only a few more days to go for the chance to win one of 4 x $250 JB HI-FI Vouchers! 😍❤️✨️

We are extending your chances to win till 5.00pm Monday 4th December 2023.

All you need to do is click on the LINK IN BIO and fill out the Mentoring Our Mob Survey.

Tell us about your mentor or mentee experience!

Come and join us to hear about the importance of mentoring while we paint and weave.

Presented by Mentoring Our Mob, and Blue Mountains Aboriginal Culture and Resource Centre.

PAINT 'n' YARN - Thursday 23rd November 2023 - 12.00pm to 4.00pm / includes Lunch
WEAVE 'n' YARN - Friday 24th November 2023 - 10.00am to 2.00pm / 3 includes Lunch

Click in the link in our Bio to register.

Repost | JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY HEALING EVENT | Wed 8th Nov 3:30pm
Thanks to , GYS and will be hosting a Post-Referendum Community Mental Health Month event next week!

No matter your thoughts on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, we know this has been a difficult time for First Nations people, that has impacted on mental health. This event will provide space for Indigenous mob and their allies to come together and prioritise mental health and well-being after a difficult few months.

So come down next Wednesday and join us in yarning all things mental health! We will have lots of art activities going on, a great feed, and plenty of mental health talk as guided by you.
The amazing Rikka Lamb will also be joining us! A proud Murrawarri and Yuwaaliyaay woman, Rikka is a South Sydney Women's Rugby Player and we are super excited to hear her speak about footy and mental health!

All Community welcome 🤝

Reminders:
- Allies are also invited, as non-Indigenous Australians have an important role to play in ensuring our society prioritises the mental health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
- This event is a safe space for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Community to come together post-referendum, focusing on healing and caring for mental health. It is not a space to debate the referendum; and if you choose to talk about the referendum, we ask that everyone is respectful and discussions are guided by empathy and care.

Whatever your role, we all have a part to play when it comes to mental health for ourselves, our friends and families, and our Communities. 💛

Would you like to learn about storytelling through dance, and hear about the importance of mentoring?

Mentoring Our Mob and Tranby Aboriginal Cooperative are holding two sessions in October with Aunty Rayma (Buuja Buuja Butterfly Dancers)

The sessions will include:
Storytelling: Aunty Rayma's dance journey
Yarning Circle: Understanding mentoring and successful outcomes
Cultural Dance: movement, rhythm and expression

SESSION 1: Wednesday 18th October 2023 - 11.00am to 2.00pm / 3 hours, includes Lunch
SESSION 2: Wednesday 25th October 2023 - 11.00am to 2.00pm / 3 hours, includes Lunch

Click the link below to register:
Mentoring our Mob - Storytelling Through Dance with Aunty Rayma | Eventbrite

Mentoring our Mob - Storytelling Through Dance with Aunty Rayma YOU ARE ENROLLING FOR - Session 1: Storytelling Through Dance

We express our utmost admiration for Aunty Bernice Hookey, a previous Tranby student and the esteemed lead facilitator of our ‘Yanalangami Strong Women, Strong Communities’ program. 🏆🥳🌈
Her remarkable nomination for two highly coveted Indigenous Leadership and Business awards at the Aus Mumpreneur Conference fills us with immense pride!! It is with great pleasure that we announce Aunty Ber's well-deserved achievement of winning the Gold award for Indigenous Business and Bronze award for Indigenous Leadership! We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees and winners, particularly the extraordinary women who were acknowledged for their exceptional accomplishments ❤️

August is Australian Poetry Month and BLACKBOOKS, a branch of Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative Limited, is hosting ,ultiple events to share and showcase the voices of our First Nations LGBTQIA+ Poets who contributed to "Nangamay Mana Djurali First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ Poetry" (BLACKBOOKS 2023)

Presented in partnership with City of Sydney -
Saturday 5 August 2023 and Saturday 12 August - 2pm to 3pm

Darling Square Library
Level 1, The Exchange
Little Pier St
Haymarket NSW 2000

Program (5 August) Gavin Ivey (MC and Poet), Jazz Money, Samuel Barsah, Ellen Van Neerven (streamed in Brisbane), Dominic Guerrera (streamed in from Adelaide), Ellen O'Brien, Keith Quayle and Lay Maloney (Pre-recorded from Melbourne).

This event will be live streamed from the library.

Nangamay Mana Djurali: First Nations LGBTQIA+ Poetry | City of Sydney - What’s On A celebration of First Nations LGBTQIA+ poets, writers and storytellers

What a day of Q***r Blak Joy! 🌈☀️🖤

We had a big and deadly turnout yesterday for the NAIDOC Q***r Elders lunch celebration. Thanks to Uncle Jeffrey, Aunty Laura, Gavin, Juan, Sam and Speedy for their powerful sharing 🙏🏾✨
Your words remind us that we stand on the shoulders of giants, those Q***r Elders that fought for these safe spaces so that we can celebrate who we are 🦋

Shout out to for the collaboration and for sponsoring this deadly event for our mob.

We can’t wait for next months Q***r Elders lunch 🏳️‍🌈 join us second Wednesday of the month🏳️‍⚧️

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Our Elders are pillars of our Communities. Their stories of joy, resilience, culture and activism show us young ones the way forward. Grounding us in the history and strength of our peoples.

Uncle Jeffrey Samuels is one of those deadly storytellers who guides us. As a founding member of the co-operative he has been around Tranby since the early days.

Today he is making change happen by sharing stories and art at our monthly Q***r Elders lunches - a place to celebrate and honour our q***r mob 🌈🖤✨

Join us today to sit, listen and learn from these pillars of our community 🙏🏾

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We can’t wait for this community NAIDOC-on event this Monday with and

Join us on Gadigal in Glebe to listen, learn, dance and bring in the good energy after a big and deadly NAIDOC week!

🖤 come and cleanse with a smoking by Uncle Graham from at 11am
💛 Sit, listen and share a cuppa with our community Elders
❤️Enjoy some cultural dance and learning with the beautiful Buuja Buuja dancer 🦋

Come and celebrate with our community, can’t wait to see you mob there!!

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The NAIDOC spirit is all around 🖤💛❤️✊🏾💙🤍💚

Tranby staff members Promise and Rhianna looking deadly with Aunty Sharon celebrating 🙏🏾

Last Friday was a special gathering, bringing young mob, community and allies together to reflect on culture, community and celebrate our Elders. There was a smoking ceremony for community to come together and deadly performances from our young mob, as well as our local Indigenous blak business’s stalls and networks, sharing culture, creativity and education.

The day showered community with strong blak power and courage filling us up with joy and pride from Gadigal and beyond!

Special shout out to our tidda for always inspiring our mob and showing up for us as a leader, using her voice and experience to keep us standing strong, Blak, proud and healing together! We love ya sis ❤️

For our Elders 🧓🏾❤️👴🏾

🏳️‍🌈Join us on Wednesday 12th for a very special NAIDOC Q***R ELDERS celebration🏳️‍⚧️

This is an opportunity to listen to, learn from and celebrate the lived experience, stories and Blak joy of our Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Q***r Elders. There will be a lunch, poetry readings organised through .online and many yarns and laughs.

Don’t forget to email your RSVP so we have enough food for you mob 🖤

See you there 🌈✨

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If you missed our deadly podcast launch last week, don’t worry, you mob can still listen in to Episode 1 of our new podcast Seeds of Change 🎧🌱

Join Gavin Ivey and special guests, as we explore the deadly leaders, organisations and programs igniting change through Aboriginal-led education.

At Tranby, we are proud to stand on a foundation of 65 years of Aboriginal-led social action. We pay our respects and gratitude to the leaders of the past who ignited these movements, advocating for our people and demanding equity and freedom in education and beyond 🙏🏾💥

Tranby is 65 of more than 65,000 years of knowledge, community and cultural education.

👆🏾 episode link in our bio

Wow - last night was deadly 🤩

On campus we held a special night of storytelling from past students, teachers and community sharing memories and reflections on Tranby over the past 65 years. It was meaningful to hear about the many things that Tranby has meant to them on their journey; a place of empowerment, community and safety to be honest and strong in who we are.

Last night, we were reminded of the staunch leaders and changemakers that created and continue to lead Tranby. We walk in the footsteps of these leaders, grateful for the legacy that they have left us young mob.

Thank you to Uncle Jefferey, Aunty Donna, sis Katherine and brother Tom for the courage, heart and laughter they each brought. We are grateful that your roads have led back to Tranby.

Biggest love from your Tranby family 🖤💛❤️🤍💙💚

Deadly female changemakers 🙏🏾

We are stronger and more powerful when we remember we walk in the footsteps of giants 👣

Indigenous women always have been and always will be Changemakers leading the way ✊🏾🌞❤️

And here is one of them > “I am an Aboriginal Budawang woman from Yuin Country on the South Coast of NSW. I grew up on Gadigal land Eora Nation, Sydney. I was one of six siblings from very humble beginnings.

I have been blessed with many opportunities to advance my career. I have worked in Not For Profits and community organisations, joining the public service 20 years ago. I have worked in both state and commonwealth public sectors in areas such as Human Resource Management, Environment and Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs. During that time, I continued to study to compliment the work I was doing.

The positions I have held have provided me with extensive experience engaging with communities across Australia. I am blessed to still have my elderly parents with me, I am mother to two adult girls, and have four stepsons and 10 gorgeous grandchildren.”

Today our team gathered for our weekly meeting. This week was a powerful yarn facilitated by the incredible Aunty Bernice Hookey , our lead facilitator.

Aunty Ber spoke with strength, resilience and vulnerable truth about how our communities, especially our young mob. She is a community Changemaker in the way she speaks out and shares her truth.

Thank you for opening the dialogue and sticking true to Tranby’s activist roots. The moment was a reminder of the meeting place of community-led change that Tranby always was and always will be. We walk in the footsteps of leaders and Elders who have campaigned for justice for more than 250years. but community change is leading the healing 🙏🏾❤️✊🏾

Come for a cuppa, yarns and a night of storysharing as we celebrate Tranby’s 65 years of 65,000 🖤💛❤️

🌈It’s hard to have the winter blues when you are lunching with this fabulous group of Q***r Mob & allies

🫶🏾 Always a pleasure to hold space for connection, listening and learning between young Q***r people and our Elders who continue to pave the way for a better future 🖤💛❤️

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Join Arts Law and Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative for this exciting presentation on Legal Protection for First Nations Writers.

The session will cover concepts like
(i) Copyright – what rights you have, why they matter and who owns them,
(ii) Moral rights – your right to be credited and to have the integrity of your work respected,
and (iii) Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property – how to think about protecting First Nations language, knowledge, stories, culture, and heritage in your work.

There will be concrete examples (eg, what happens if you’re collaborating?), tips and tricks, and time for questions at the end.

The Arts Law Centre of Australia is the only national community legal centre dedicated to the arts in Australia. It provides free or low cost legal advice to creators and has a special service ‘Artists in the Black’ dedicated to assisting First Nations creators around the country.

Its work spans telephone legal advice, document reviews, advocacy on law reform issues, and legal education. Arts Law also has a huge catalogue of resources for creators—template contracts, information sheets, guides, and checklists.

To register your interest in attending The Arts Law Workshop on Wednesday 24th May at Tranby College, please 📧[email protected].

A big happy birthday to one of the coolest kids in town! Gavin, thank you for keeping us young & for keeping Tranby fun 🌈❤️✊🏾

Last week some of our team and CEO were invited to present at the Australian Human Rights Commissions Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Summit 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

It was a powerful week of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women coming together to speak up and speak to the change needed in our communities, for our girls, women and families. There was an incredible energy on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country (Canberra) with 900 First Nations women bringing passion, leadership and Blak love to the city.

We were humbled to showcase Tranby’s program that invests in strong women for stronger communities. As always, the journey starts with story, a seed that was planted at Tranby, by community and for community. 🌱 from little things, big things grow!

WE ARE THE CHANGE 🖤🦋

📸 Yanalangami tiddas
Aunty Bernice Hookey (Waanyi)
Deb Edwards (Yankunytjatjara)
Dr Belinda Russon (Yugambeh)

It was deadly to have the legendary Jacqui Katona visit us while she was on Gadigal land 👣

While on campus Jacqui yarned about her time working at Tranby and even pointed out her old office. It’s amazing how many deadly leaders have walked through these doors, creating pathways for others and making positive change happen for our mob ✊🏾❤️

📸Jacqui is pictured with old friend and long time Tranby advocate, Tony Duke, who is currently the Manager of .online

GIVEAWAY 🤩

We got new Merch and we want to give it away to you lubly ones!

Follow the directions on photo 2 for your chance to win a new Tranby tote 🖤💛❤️

👉🏾share a photo of your time at Tranby
👉🏾tell us what studying at Tranby meant for you
👉🏾tag us
👉🏾 enter before 8th May (next Monday) for your chance to win

We can’t wait to hear your Tranby stories 👩🏽‍🎓👏🏾🧑🏾‍🎓

Apply to the Yanalangami Changemakers sisterhood today!

🔗 https://yanalangami.com.au/become-a-changemaker/

We value the stories, journeys and perspectives of the many diverse sisters within our Indigenous community.

In doing so, it's important to recognise our sistergirls as inherent changemakers, highlighting the ways they support and uplift younger Trans women along their leadership journeys. These women pave the way with truth, vulnerability and community 🏳️‍⚧️💪🏾

Yanalangami envisions an Australia where all our diverse Indigenous female changemakers have the tools, networks and resources they need to thrive, on their terms and in ways that directly benefit their communities. For many sisters, we believe the Yanalangami national cultural leadership program can be that first step 👣✨

Sis, don't forget to put in an application or nominate a deadly sister to be a part of this journey 💌

Hurry, applications close next Monday 3rd of April 👆🏾 click on the 🔗 in our bio

Our volunteer Joss striking a (gardening) pose 👏🏾🌈🪴

It’s always a great day when we have Volunteers on campus. Amazing humans like Joss help us continue making Tranby a thriving place for our students and community.

Thank you for walking with us and keeping Tranby strong 🧡

It was super deadly to connect with our brother organisation on Kaurna country in Tarntanya (Adelaide)!

Tauondi is a Kaurna word meaning ‘to penetrate’ or ‘to break through’. The name of the college acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which it stands and also highlights the powerful affect of Aboriginal-controlled education for our mob. Like Tranby, Tauondi is community led and provides meaningful and culturally appropriate learning pathways for our communities to pursue careers of their dreams that equip them with the knowledge and skills to give back to their communities 💪🏾🧡

We are proud to share ideas and support with to ensure our mobs from around Australia continue to have access to our life changing VET programs.

Thanks you mob for showing us around campus and sharing your deadly stories with us 🖤👍🏾