TOPIC – Connecting to Culture and Country
DATE – Tuesday 1 December 2020
TIME – 3.15pm – 3.35pm
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Thara Brown is a proud Koori woman with maternal connections to Yorta Yorta Country. Thara is the Founder/Director of Wala Connections and the Education and Advocacy Manager for Culture is Life.
Nartarsha is a proud Yorta Yorta, Gunai, Wiradjuri & Walpiri woman with Scottish heritage.Tarsh loves being able to tell her story and create and journey through dance and movement.
Wala means water in Yorta Yorta Language, the ancestral connections of Co-founders, Thara Brown and Nartarsha Bamblett.
Wala Connections provides opportunities to connect to self, culture and Country through creating safe spaces to learn, grow and share creatively.
Wala deliver workshops, programs, performance and mentoring with a focus on connection, expression and empowerment through movement. We have collective expertise in education, performing arts and within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.