Bendigo Bank has partnered with podcast agency The Peers Project to launch NAIDOC week podcast short-series ‘A Yarn with our Elders’.
The podcast teaches the audience to listen more intently and understand more deeply the ways of the world’s oldest living culture.
Led by Bendigo Bank inclusion specialist and Munanjali woman Simone Sexton in conversations with First Nations Elders about family, future and their lived experience, it’s a show that aims to instill respect for our Elders and deepen knowledge of First Nations culture, to inspire a fully reconciled Australia, as soon as possible.
Sexton said as custodians of the oldest continuing culture in the world, the knowledge and wisdom of Elders is invaluable.
“It is said in our culture that when an Elder passes away we lose an entire library of knowledge and wisdom, the telling of our “Songlines” is transferred verbally by Elders," she said.
Podcasting is a modern way of telling and sharing these traditional stories, and a fantastic step forward as we continue to walk together on our journey to reconciliation."
Michelle Akhidenor, CEO of The Peers Project - Australia’s only BIPOC, female-led podcast agency - said these are the kinds of conversations The Peers Project dreams of creating as they matter to the audience and they make an impact.
"Bendigo Bank is focused on providing opportunities and platforms to further our collective understanding and connectivity to First Nations communities and is an incredibly valued partner of The Peers Project, whose mission is to raise diverse voices and stories," said Akhidenor.
"We’re thrilled and honoured to bring this podcast project to life on behalf of Bendigo Bank.”
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