Caroline Kell

Caroline Kell

Mbarbrum | Aboriginal health worker, counsellor/mentor/ coach, and organiser

‘‘Blackfullas have a shared struggle with Palestine, and have long stood in solidarity with other colonised and Indigenous communities worldwide. From Congo, West Papua, Yemen, Sudan and beyond, we are witnessing the domination, control and atrocities of settler colonialism and violence, something all Blackfullas continue to feel and experience in so called “Australia”.

We have borne witness to mass genocide of babies and children, mothers, brothers and sisters for land appropriation and ethnic cleansing. The slaughter, displacement and torture are undeniable. Standing up, and showing up against these injustices is by no means radical, it’s quite simply, the right thing to do.

It's crucial that we persist. That we continue to work together to understand our roles in the movement. That we lean into the power of the community/the collective, we acknowledge our capacity and limitations at times, that in the pursuit of justice we don’t neglect ourselves entirely and feel shame in reaching out for support or a yarn, when we need it. This work is emotionally charged, it requires our strategy, love, agility, endurance and our rest at times, too. With unwavering love, rage, and solidarity. From the river to the sea. Always was always will be”