@CatherineT2497@monkeymujic@MikeCarlton01@OneNationVic@PaulineHansonOz You are conflating incarnation with rehabilitation. We have a system structured to incarceration and little focus on incarceration not rehabilitation, and with that high rates of recidivism. There is no evidence supporting minimum sentences as a tool to increase public safety.
I’m going to be honest about my frustration.
I donate all of my time to my charity Jilya - so Indigenous people don’t continue to suffer from a lack of access to complex therapy. This has been implicated in every single inquiry-suicide prevention, incarcerations, child removals.
I’ve racked up an estimated 16,000 hours - that’s the equivalent to 10 years of unpaid work. I’ve brought in $19M in fundraising commitments for the scholarship and research programs into the next 2 yrs and still work for no salary.
I’ve donated around $200,000 to the scholarship program and admin support in its early days plus pay for all of my own costs to do fundraising including all Jilya events. I’ve donated all of my cultural IP to ensure Jilya is able to win grants-that data is unique in Australia and probably worth millions in grant potential.
I also donate all of my time writing political commentary and opinion pieces for all of my followers free of charge on this page. On complex issues facing the country.
And when I do I get millions of engagements. This is a page of ally’s.
But here’s the disappointing truth. When I share posts about supporting our fundraising gala-which is literally having to occur because we cannot get funding for a program that has never existed in Australia-a pipeline of Indigenous psychologists accessible to services on the ground - you are desperate for this vital access - we get very little reaction, engagement or support.
Activism is hard. Try black activism. The wallets close up.
Big companies and organisations who have this as a literal mandate.
Services who spend every day trying to access an Indigenous psychologist not supporting this cause.
I’ve also personally purchased a $10,000 community sponsorship.
You can literally donate $1 to support this event-to donate click on “get tickets” and scroll down to the Pay It Forward” button and insert any amount.
Here’s the link.
https://t.co/G0nf7mEORY
@puck_spirit@Matt_Camenzuli Only it didn’t and doesn’t work. It looked like it might in laboratory tests but it didn’t work in clinical conditions. Move on.