A continuation in the series of interviews between First Nations advocate Thomas Mayo (An invitation to listen, AG 170) and the Indigenous community leaders he met when he toured Australia in 2019 with the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
AFTER INTERVIEWING Barbara Shaw, all I can think about is her crew, the women of the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group; the warm welcome they gave me, their strength and their solidarity.
The first time I visited them, Barbara and I told the group about where the Uluru Statement from the Heart came from and what it called for. We talked about what it could mean to the women’s communities. The next time, I updated them on the Uluru Statement campaign, then we had a great discussion about what a referendum is and how difficult it may
