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We will link you to professionals who can provide media contacts and training, and assist you in creating kick-ass professional profiles and building social media engagement. https://www.blakup.com.au/our-story daily 0.75 2021-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6095f7498a67c51f98b4aac3/1621232781683-M7B3NSZBUB27JP7WPJRB/Wominjeka+RMIT.png Our Story - Janeene Payne Janeene Payne is a staunch Wiradjuri woman with twenty years of experience advocating for First Nations people. She has extensive experience co-ordinating a variety of stakeholders and campaigning for strategic, cross-service projects in the academic, government and NGO sectors. In 2019 as the Welcome Project Lead at RMIT, she utilised her extensive relationship management, strategic planning and operational skills to implement an extremely successful, creative and unforgettable programme. As part of this role, she campaigned to ensure the new RMIT Innovative Design Showcase (IDS) buildings incorporated Wominjeka and a significant First Nations art work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6095f7498a67c51f98b4aac3/1621232884345-10IAEX13EWSN4513HPW5/Mark+Tirris+copy.jpg Our Story - Mark Tirris Mark is a proud Wiradjuri (Central NSW) and European man, and an emerging writer and artist. Growing up he learnt about culture and language from the Aboriginal community on the Far North Coast, NSW. He graduated from Bond University in Queensland with a Master's degree in Indigenous Studies and another Master's degree in Business Administration. Mark is an experienced social worker and currently manages his own cultural consultancy business, Mark Tirris Consulting. He is passionate about culture and reconciliation. He strives to live the Wiradjuri word of Yindyamurra, which means to live with gentleness and kindness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6095f7498a67c51f98b4aac3/1621233008578-QIXWI4TBEDUKDY0CA91I/Screen+Shot+2021-05-17+at+4.22.03+pm.png Our Story - Caroline Kell Caroline Kell comes from a long line of rainforest people from Herberton and Atherton in Far North Queensland. She is a proud Mbarbrum woman yet was born and raised on Kulin lands on Naarm (Melbourne). Founder of Blak Wattle Coaching, Caroline has worked in senior Indigenous leadership and executive roles within government, non-government and Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations. Some of her major milestones include helping to oversee first of its kind Treaty discussions in Australia; playing an integral role in the Victorian Aboriginal COVID-19 response; and overseeing the development of Balit Durn Durn, Victorian Aboriginal Communities’ response to the Mental Health Royal Commission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6095f7498a67c51f98b4aac3/1621233584055-JO4NLI5AGN2WU9U28Q9D/Zeb-Payne+copy.jpg Our Story - Zeb Payne Zeb Payne is a proud young Wiradjuri nonbinary person, and a member of the Young Greens and the Black Greens. They volunteered with the Celeste Liddle campaign for Cooper and have worked in a similar capacity with Senator Lidia Thorpe. Zeb volunteers with Pay the Rent, and acts as an informal Indigenous liaison officer with a team setting up the First Nations Hub - an initiative supported by the Australian Conservation Foundation. 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They also connected me with people who helped revamp my website, LinkedIn and resume, and taught me how to use media effectively so that I could focus on my various roles as Family Matters Co-Chair and the National Sector Development Manager at SNAICC, and now in my new role as Yoo-rrook Justice Commissioner.” Sue-Anne Hunter, Yoo-rrook Justice Commissioner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6095f7498a67c51f98b4aac3/1621234248742-8D2WOVOMIN2V24F898AA/StaciePiper.PhotoJamesHenry.-990b6d051404513c.jpg Projects - Stacie Piper Stacie is a proud Wurundjeri, Djadjawurrung and Ngurai Illum-Wurrung woman, a Djirri Djirri Dancer, and the current Chairperson of the Victorian NAIDOC Committee. Stacie holds the position of First Nations Curator at TarraWarra Museum of Art in Healesville, and Curator for Museums Victoria, accountable for engaging with the Victorian First Peoples community and develops a program of exhibitions and events to tell their stories. 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He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5a514d65019f01a2cb2be5/1565704487180-E5RP62PX84ONAOCUM5SN/erin.jpg Our Team - First Name Last Name It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.blakup.com.au/homedummy daily 0.75 2021-05-08