To join the global movement against systemic violence, police brutality and racial inequality, means to acknowledge and fight the same oppressions in our own backyard towards First Nations peoples.
Here is a list of organisations and fundraisers we can support to address systemic inequality and violence against Indigenous Australians. Click on the title to link through to the organisation’s website.
This is by no means a comprehensive list, but a collection I gathered via articles from NITV, ABC, and Vice Australia.
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
The national peak body representing 143 Indigenous health services.The Healing Foundation
A national organisation that partners with communities to address the ongoing trauma caused by actions like the forced removal of children from their families.SNAICC
The national non-government peak body in Australia representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory
The peak body for Aboriginal community controlled primary health services in the NT.Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Gifts books to remote Indigenous communities and runs programs to inspire communities to tell and publish their own stories.Lowitja Institute
A national institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research.TSYRSA
Provides sports funding, financial support and community grants to Indigenous people within the Torres Strait region.The Justice for David Dungay Junior fund
To fight for justice in the case of David Dungay Junior, who died in custody in December 2015.Sisters Inside bail fund
Focusing on Aboriginal women in custody, paying fines for those who can’t and freeing women from prison.Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
Aims to address the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the criminal justice system.Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria (Djirra)
Providing support to all Aboriginal women and particularly to Aboriginal people who are currently experiencing family violence.AIME Mentoring
Creating pop-up Imagination Factories on university campuses to unlock the internal narrative of marginalised kids.Black Rainbow
A national advocacy platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQI peoples.Bush Mob Aboriginal Corporation
Helping people having hassles with any drugs through residential and non-residential treatment.First Nations Telegraph
Australia's first free national First Nation specific e-newspaper.Grandmothers Against Removals
Advocating against the forced removal of First Nations children from their immediate and extended families.Gunawirra
Working with communities to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island mothers and children.IndigenousX
Creating a media landscape where Indigenous people can share their knowledge, opinions and experiences with a wide audience across the world.SEED
Building a movement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice.The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
Aboriginal people have the right to the care and custody of their own kids, raised in Community and Culture.Wangan and Jagalingou Family Council
Fighting to defend our lands from Adani and the Queensland and Commonwealth Governments.Wunan
Driving long-term socio-economic change for Aboriginal people by investing in people’s abilities, encouraging and rewarding aspiration and self-responsibility.WAR: Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance
Committed to the cause of decolonization and the philosophy of Aboriginal nationalism - resistance and revival.Yirra Yaakin
Producing award-winning, world-class theatre that is exciting, entertaining, educational, authentic and culturally appropriate.Pay the Rent
Show your solidarity with Australia’s First Nations People by paying a regular amount to the traditional owners of the country.