{"id":25759,"date":"2026-05-25T16:54:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/?p=25759"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:25:06","slug":"develop-your-cultural-knowledge-and-anti-racism-skills-kuru-wiya-kuru-palya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/2026\/05\/25\/develop-your-cultural-knowledge-and-anti-racism-skills-kuru-wiya-kuru-palya\/","title":{"rendered":"Develop your cultural knowledge and anti-racism skills &#8211; Kuru Wiya Kuru Palya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following on from the launch of our new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan, we are pleased to invite fixed-term and continuing staff to participate in Reconciliation SA&#8217;s anti-racism program, <em>Kuru Wiya Kuru Palya<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Reconciliation SA aims to create a safe learning environment that encourages people to embrace difficult conversations, confront and dismantle systemic racism and prejudice in all its forms.<\/p>\n<p>This is a multi-part program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pre-survey<\/strong> &#8211; to establish interpretation\/knowledge and a baseline of awareness and understanding<\/li>\n<li><strong>Workshop 1<\/strong> (three hours) &#8211; <em>Kuru Wiya<\/em> is a structured and facilitated session aimed at fostering understanding<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intermission<\/strong> (two weeks) &#8211; Participants are provided with a workbook and information to complete prior to workshop 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Workshop 2<\/strong> (two hours) &#8211; <em>Kuru Palya<\/em> is a facilitated discussion between presenters and participants<\/li>\n<li><strong>Post survey<\/strong> &#8211; this survey assesses changes and increased awareness of participants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Staff attending this program will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>gain an increased awareness of the impacts of racism on individuals, organisations, and society; and<\/li>\n<li>build confidence to engage and create a supporting organisational culture that reflects a diverse and inclusive environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first program kicks off next week \u2013 so get in quickly to secure your place!<\/p>\n<p>You can enrol via the <a href=\"https:\/\/staff.flinders.edu.au\/employee-resources\/professional-development\">Staff Learning Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Following on from the launch of our new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan, we are pleased to invite fixed-term and continuing staff to participate in Reconciliation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5570,"featured_media":25760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31386,56622,50584],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people-and-culture","category-professional-development","category-staff"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5570"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}