Getting to Know You
These are some of the conversations we are having. You’re in good company.
“I recognize that acknowledgement alone is a small gesture that only becomes meaningful when actively coupled with authentic relationships and informed action.”
-April Petillo (she/her), Associate Professor of Public Sociology at Northern Arizona University
“I listen with my soul, my spirit and my heart, one of the traditions in our culture is called Dadirri or deep listening.”
-Dr. Tjanara Goreng Goreng is a Wakka Wakka Wulli Wulli Traditional Owner from Central Queensland, an academic researcher, community development worker and senior policy Director in the Australian Public Service.
“There’s not a lot of people that look like me. That’s when I realized that I had something to offer that was more than me, it was my perspective and the life experience and the story…I’m standing up for anybody who’s ever stood on the outside and felt they didn’t belong on the inside.”
-Christopher Arlen, Business founder, executive and organizational development consultant