Dilin Duwa Online
Powering the Indigenous Economy –
Keynote + Panel
Tuesday 12 October 2021 10am - 11.30am
Join us for a morning session in celebration of Indigenous Business Month this October. Bringing you Indigenous business perspectives from across the country and around the world to start the Dilin Duwa Online Series.
Keynote Speaker
Keoni Lee
Keoni is the CEO of Hawai'i Investment Ready (HIR), a non-profit organisation with a mission to advance the sector through capacity and relationship building programs and services. HIR’s flagship program is its social enterprise accelerator that works at the nexus of culture, business, and purpose. Keoni participated in HIR’s first accelerator cohort in 2013 as a co-founder of 'Ōiwi TV, the first and only Native Hawaiian language and culture television station. As a native storyteller, he has had the privilege and honour to learn from and work in native communities across Hawai'i and around the world. These stories and relationships to people and culture have shaped his perspective and drive his work to shift contemporary structures of power by being grounded in Indigenous knowledge and values. Keoni is active in community work and initiatives around decolonising education, food systems, and the economy. He is a co-leader of the 'Āina Aloha Economic Futures initiative—an Indigenous-led mainstream movement calling out and addressing the inequities, injustices, and unsustainability of Hawai'i’s economy.
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Panelists
Sam Cook
Sam is a Nyikina arts, entertainment and tech professional now USA-based. She is a cross-artform practitioner, educator, arts manager and leader in Indigenous Arts. A retired musician, Sam was the Director of The Dreaming Festival and a programmer of the Woodford Folk Festival. Artistically, she is a playwright, writer, visual artist and graphic designer. Administratively, Sam started working in Aboriginal publishing at Broome based, Magabala Books ahead of becoming the Executive Producer of Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company and then launching her company The KMBA Creative Agency.
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Craig North
Craig is a proud descendent of the Bidjara people who for more than five years has been a senior executive in Indigenous economic development and impact. He is the founder of Indigenous Impact Pty Ltd, an Indigenous advisory business established to support the development of a thriving Indigenous impact investment market in Australia. Focusing on the 'Learn, Create and Grow' aspects of investing, Indigenous Impact partners with other Indigenous enterprises to pursue long-term social, cultural, environmental objectives and greater economic sustainability. In 2021, Craig became an Executive-In-Residence at The Yunus Centre, Griffith Business School, Griffith University. He is also Deputy Chair of Queensland South Native Services and a director on the board of Australian Native Food and Botanicals.
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Shilo Villafor
Shilo, a proud Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander woman, has worked for more than 20 years helping Cape York communities with their battle for legal recognition of Native Title rights & interests. She is passionately committed to real change and empowerment in Aboriginal Communities. Shilo joined the AbCF in April 2019, which provided a steppingstone from Native Title into continued work with Traditional Owners after land has a native title consent determination. She now focuses on working with pastoralists and farmers to help keep people on their land through possible carbon projects aimed at addressing climate change and our broader environments.
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Event Host
This kick off event will be hosted by the fabulous Rachael Hocking.
Rachael is a Warlpiri woman from the Northern Territory and a freelance journalist, moderator and presenter who is passionate about sharing First Nations stories. In 2019 she joined the Board of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma in the Asia Pacific where she advocates for better, trauma-informed reporting in Indigenous communities. Rachael was a reporter and presenter for NITV from 2015-2021 and the former co-host of its flagship show, The Point.