Kiilalaana Foundation

Kiilalaana Foundation young mob coming together to Dreak up our ways of fundraising to keep our doors open... Funding our path, celebrating Our young mob and creating choices. Shifting narratives, remembering who we are is more than the colonial pain and impacts of colonisation. We are our Ancestors wildest dreams, we are what they fought for. Now it's our turn to fight for ourselves, our futures and future generations now. #nowmorethanever #keepthefireburning #kiilalaanafoundation #blakloudandproud

Kiilalaana Brothers program, guiding and supporting our young men in their journey, culture and stories. Deadly preparation going on for #Mutawintji2024... Share our pages and connect. Help us share our story and journey. #nowmorethanever #blakloudandproud #hereforgenerations #keepthefireburning #kiilalaanafoundation

Sneak peek in our Kiilalaana Dancers on Country day yesterday in Robinvale. Preparing for Mutawintji2024. Under the deadly guidance of Uncle Dizzle and Billie. #nowmorethanever #keepthefireburning #kiilalaanafoundation #blakloudandproud #hereforgenerations #getupstandupshowup

Our Tidda’s.. Warrior Women... Biggest gratitude and shout out to Aunty Billie for guiding, loving on and supporting our Tidda’s and Brothers to get ready for Mutawintji Cultural festival 2024. #cultureislife #keepthefireburning #nowmorethanever #blakloudandproud #hereforgenerations #kiilalaanafoundation

Kiilalaana Brothers Culture camp 2024... On Country... Creating connections, sharing story and journey ✨️. CONTINUING the OLDEST living Culture in the world. On their own time, for themselves and finding their way... THANK YOU to Uncle Dizzle for making this possible for our young men to practise men's business... Tidda’s came out for a visit.... Preparing for the Mutawinji 2024 Cultural festival. #kiilalaanafoundation #kiilalaanakoakii #nowmorethanever #keepthefireburning #hereforgenerations #blakloudandproud

HeartLand tour with Willam Barton & Veronique Serret was so powerful for our young mob. Practising Yidaki with Uncle William and sharing story with Veronique. And than attending their concert. Our hearts are full. Culture is alive and strong. #blakloudandproud #nowmorethanever #keepthefireburning #kiilalaanafoundation #hereforgenerations #kiilalaanakoakii

Kiilalaana is growing. And we are so excited to be developing our next level strategy. Grateful to have some BIG news to share with our communities soon. Today we yarned with some of our Young mob about why does Kiilalaana matter, what it means to them and who are. As we invest and commit our time into our foundations and next level. We are committed to our vision to be #hereforgenerations.. Stay tuned as we share our updates over the coming weeks. #kiilalaanafoundation #nowmorethanever #keepthefireburning

Celebrating and honouring 12 months since we first launched our Brothers Program. So much growth, learning and fun. Proud of our Young Brothers mentor Zac. Showing up, learning and leading. And the young men who show up each week and come together to learn and share. Kiilalaana is about shifting narratives about ourselves and for ourselves. Away from the deficit narratives, that we are a problem to fix, a statistics to change, a gap to be closed or someone to be rescued. We come from Dreaming, we come from the OLDEST living culture in the world. Our Ancestors gifted us our Dreaming, strength, culture, country, community, stories, Courage and resilience. We walk in their footsteps and now walk to create our own by honouring their example and Legacy. And creating our own through our Dreaming, our journey, our voice, example and showing up #nowmorethanever to #keepthefireburning to be #blakloudandproud Here is to creating spaces for our young mob to gather, to yarn and connect. In the first 12months we have. 1. Worked with 12+ young men in our community in different capacities through programs, mentoring, dance and culture 2.danced and shared culture at around 10 events 3. taken our young men on our annual Swinburne/Kiilalaana Naarm camp 4. 10 young men danced and shared culture at the 2023 Mutawinji Gathering and Festival And now we are excited for the next 12months. #kiilalaanabrothers #kiilalaanafoundation #kiilalaanakoakii

Thank you to my Tidda Jodie Welsh for again making me feel welcome to contribute to Brolga Dance Academy young mob. Got to share the latest update from the Shantelle Thompson - @barkindjiwarrior #journeytoblackbelt. And work on some JiuJitsu concepts, emotional literacy and the power of having a dream and showing up. Such a gift and responsibility to be invited into someone else's space. These kids are deadly, Jodie and her dedication and vision is powerful and Brolga is doing big things for mob in Sydney and across NSW. Inspiring and empowering our young mob to know and see who we REALLY are. And to remember who we are and the power have. Passing on Ancestral power, memory and love. Not trauma and deficit narratives.

We got this... Some EXCITING and DEADLY things happening at Kiilalaana. #nowmorethanever to #keepthefireburning to be #blakloudandproud and #bebravemakechange for ##voiceforgenerations... Kiilalaana Foundation ...