Rec Week March 13, 2009

Update YACVic

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RECONCILIATION WEEK 27 MAY – 3 JUNE 2009
Reconciliation Victoria have chosen their theme for Rec Week 2009: “Reconciliation: Turning Words into Action”. Rec Vic will again be producing its Rec Week calendar of events, which will be available online and distributed with the May 2009 Edition of the ListenUp! Newsletter.

Rec Vic encourages you to organise your own Rec Week Events in your community, school, business or organisation and for the first time this year Rec Vic is offering small grants of up to $500 to Local Reconciliation Groups for Rec Week Events. For more information about the grants program, conditions and how to apply please contact Doug McMillan on 9662 1645 or doug.mcmillan@reconciliationvic.org.au

Source: Reconciliation Victoria

RICCI MARKS YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD March 5, 2009

Update from YACVic
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RICCI MARKS YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD
The Ricci Marks Young Achiever Award encourages, nurtures and supports educational and career development opportunities for young Indigenous Victorians.

The Award recognises individual achievements in training, education, arts, culture and community leadership.

It was set up in honour of the memory of Ricci Marks, whose achievements with the Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Halls Gap, and whose time as a player with the Heywood Football Club contributed so much to his local community.

Each year the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs awards a $5000 bursary to two young Indigenous people who are role models in their community and who have demonstrated leadership and initiative. This bursary is intended to support the winners’ further development in their chosen field.

Ricci’s contributions were recognised when he won the Aboriginal Young Achiever award in 2002.
If you know someone you’d like to nominate for this award, like:

Ø Someone you work with
Ø Someone you go to school with
Ø Someone you play sport with
Ø Someone who is part of an organisation you know about

Then all you have to do to nominate them is:
Ø Download and fill in the nomination form (the form needs to be signed by two people)
Ø Write a letter that outlines their achievements and explains why you’re nominating that person
Ø Provide a copy of that person’s resume or CV

Nominees need to be Indigenous, living in Victoria, and between 16 and 25 years old as at 31 December 2008.

Nominations close on Tuesday 10 March 2009 and winners will be announced during National Youth Week in April 2009.

Nomination forms are available from Melanie Abrams at Aboriginal Affairs Victoria. You can contact her on 9208 3240 or at melanie.abrams@dpcd.vic.gov.au.

Source: Youthcentral