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Acknowledge This!

Learnings and Workshops

Acknowledge This!

Learnings and Workshops

Acknowledge This!

Learnings and Workshops

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Volume 4: A new kind of newsletter

24 Sept

Written By Rhys Paddick

Rhys Paddick

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Acknowledge This!

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Acknowledgements that link to the rotating acknowledgements

I acknowledge my mate Mitchell for being a bloody legend.

I acknowledge my gen Y mob.

I acknowledge the squarespace technicians of the silicon valley nation.

I acknowledge Anna Stanford for designing my website.

I acknowledge pasta.

I acknowledge nothing BUT emerging elders.

I acknowledge speaker #7 for acknowledging me.

I acknowledge those that were, those that are and those that will become.

I acknowledge my mum and dad. Cheers for birthing me guys, I’m having fun.

I’d like to extend this acknowledgment to all of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Indigenous First Nation Traditional Custodians and Owners and extend it further to First Australians lol

I acknowledge you probably expected a “proper” acknowledgement here.

I acknowledge I am never stuck in traffic, I acknowledge I am the traffic.

I acknowledge Darren B still owes me money.

I acknowledge the unpaid emotional labour of every blackfella who’s sat in a boardroom trying to explain themselves.

I acknowledge the magpies who keep the mornings honest.

I acknowledge every person who’s ever pretended to understand cultural safety training.

I acknowledge my future self for still showing up.

I acknowledge every mob who made a better cup of tea than their budget allowed.

I acknowledge Country, because without it, none of this matters.

I acknowledge the meeting that could’ve been an email.

I acknowledge the council workers keeping the parks clean so we can walk on Country.

I acknowledge my Ancestors, who taught me how to listen.

I acknowledge laughter as the first language of this Country.

I acknowledge the Elders who’ve been around longer than LinkedIn.

I acknowledge anyone who’s still reading these acknowledgements — you’re a real one.

I acknowledge the Noongar season we’re in, even if the weather app doesn’t.

I acknowledge rest as resistance.

I acknowledge my mob, my mates, and anyone who knows how to have a yarn without an agenda.