Indigenous Literacy Day 1st September 2021

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To celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD), the Indigenous Literacy Foundation is proud to present Celebrating Stories and Language, a free virtual event for all Australians going live from 9am Wednesday 1 September at ild.org.au.

 

Celebrating Stories and Language

The main program provides a window into the richness, diversity, and multilingual world of First Nations peoples. Audiences can select from over 50 inspiring, short video stories by storytellers including Jessica Mauboy, Gregg Dreise, Wayne Quilliam, Archie Roach, Anita Heiss, four young, newly published graphic novelists plus stories and animations from children and Elders from remote communities and organisations such as SharingStories Foundation, SNAICC, First Languages Australia and many more.  All video stories can be viewed from 9am on Wednesday 1 at ild.org.au

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