Brooke Prentis is a descendant of the Wakka Wakka people. She is a prominent Aboriginal Christian leader, a chartered accountant and CEO of the Christian Justice movement Common Grace. Prior to becoming CEO, Brooke was the Aboriginal spokesperson for Common Grace since November 2014. This year at Dirrum Festival Brooke spoke about songlines and the way ancient knowledge remains relevant today. - - - #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021 Stepping Stones | 6-7 August 2021 Stepping stones for a better tomorrow. The first act of changing the world is a single step. What steps can we take to make this world a better place? For more information about #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021, visit https://dirrumfestival.org/cbr21 - - - #dirrumfestival is an artefact of Dirrum Dirrum, a movement encouraging young people’s engagement in service to the common good. Dirrum Dirrum is a way of seeing others and ourselves bound in respectful relationship, standing in a wide circle of compassionate engagement. It acknowledges a common ground and is an active choice for life beyond the smallness of self-interest. Dirrum Dirrum is the sound of red in Ngunnawal language: the colour of blood and earth. For more information about Dirrum Dirrum, visit https://dirrumdirrum.org/about - - - 0:00 Introduction 1:59 Brooke Prentis - - -

Born in Brisbane, Stephanie Rice made history when she won three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at age 20. Rice won the 4x200m freestyle relay, 200m and 400m individual medley events, all in world-record times. She is in fierce company, as only six others have achieved such greatness at a single Olympics. Stephanie went on to set 5 world records in the time of her swimming career. Stephanie was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in January 2009. As global brand ambassador and mentor, Stephanie is passionate about forward thinking and mindset. The hard working and resilient former athlete continues to inspire others to be their best self through mentoring and mental health advocacy. This talk comes with a mild language warning. - - - #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021 Stepping Stones | 6-7 August 2021 Stepping stones for a better tomorrow. The first act of changing the world is a single step. What steps can we take to make this world a better place? For more information about #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021, visit https://dirrumfestival.org/cbr21 - - - #dirrumfestival is an artefact of Dirrum Dirrum, a movement encouraging young people’s engagement in service to the common good. Dirrum Dirrum is a way of seeing others and ourselves bound in respectful relationship, standing in a wide circle of compassionate engagement. It acknowledges a common ground and is an active choice for life beyond the smallness of self-interest. Dirrum Dirrum is the sound of red in Ngunnawal language: the colour of blood and earth. For more information about Dirrum Dirrum, visit https://dirrumdirrum.org/about - - - 0:00 Introduction 2:10 Stephanie Rice 15:12 AIS video 17:59 Stephanie Rice - - -

Margriet Ruurs is a Canadian based author renowned for her children’s books and educational materials. Her bestselling book Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey is an emotional and thought-provoking story illustrated by the stone artwork of Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr. He collects beautiful pebbles from around his home in Latakia, recreating the tragedies he has seen as a result of the Syrian conflict in stone. Following a family forced to flee their village to escape the war drawing closer to their home, Stepping Stones is a cry for change and hope. Margriet's campaign through Stepping Stones has raised over $60,000 for refugees in Canada, and allowed multiple schools, organisations and communities around the world to join her cause. - - - #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021 Stepping Stones | 6-7 August 2021 Stepping stones for a better tomorrow. The first act of changing the world is a single step. What steps can we take to make this world a better place? For more information about #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021, visit https://dirrumfestival.org/cbr21 - - - #dirrumfestival is an artefact of Dirrum Dirrum, a movement encouraging young people’s engagement in service to the common good. Dirrum Dirrum is a way of seeing others and ourselves bound in respectful relationship, standing in a wide circle of compassionate engagement. It acknowledges a common ground and is an active choice for life beyond the smallness of self-interest. Dirrum Dirrum is the sound of red in Ngunnawal language: the colour of blood and earth. For more information about Dirrum Dirrum, visit https://dirrumdirrum.org/about - - - 0:00 Introduction 1:45 Margriet Ruurs - - -

Paul Zappa is the General Manager for Prevention and Community Development for The Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services (JSS). With the team at The Men's Project, he conducts community outreach programs, so that young men become aware of the Man Box's effects and how they can break from its constraints. JSS is a Sydney based organisation that aims at creating a “just society where all people can live to their full potential.” Part of JSS' work includes the Men's Project, which worked on the Man Box study in Australia. The Man Box is defined by a set of views on masculinity and how men should behave. When men are ‘inside’ the Man Box, they are more susceptible to mental illness and perpetrating domestic violence. JSS’ study of the Man Box aims at finding ways for young men to extract themselves from it, bettering themselves in the process. - - - #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021 Stepping Stones | 6-7 August 2021 Stepping stones for a better tomorrow. The first act of changing the world is a single step. What steps can we take to make this world a better place? For more information about #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021, visit https://dirrumfestival.org/cbr21 - - - #dirrumfestival is an artefact of Dirrum Dirrum, a movement encouraging young people’s engagement in service to the common good. Dirrum Dirrum is a way of seeing others and ourselves bound in respectful relationship, standing in a wide circle of compassionate engagement. It acknowledges a common ground and is an active choice for life beyond the smallness of self-interest. Dirrum Dirrum is the sound of red in Ngunnawal language: the colour of blood and earth. For more information about Dirrum Dirrum, visit https://dirrumdirrum.org/about - - - 0:00 Introduction 2:29 Paul Zappa - - -

Kevin Rudd is a former Prime Minister of Australia, Member for Griffith, Leader of the Opposition and Foreign Minister. Since 2015, Mr Rudd has served as President of the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York, a platform dedicated to assisting governments and business on policy challenges between Asia and the West. One of Mr Rudd’s first major initiatives as Prime Minister was to deliver the National Apology to the Stolen Generations and commit to ‘closing the gap’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. He successfully led Australia through the Global Financial Crisis, which kept Australia as the only major developed economy to avoid recession. In October 2020, Mr Rudd launched a petition for a Royal Commission into the diversity of the Australian media and its impact on Australian democracy. With more than 500,000 signatures, the petition became the most signed parliamentary e-petition in Australia. - - - #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021 Stepping Stones | 6-7 August 2021 Stepping stones for a better tomorrow. The first act of changing the world is a single step. What steps can we take to make this world a better place? For more information about #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021, visit https://dirrumfestival.org/cbr21 - - - #dirrumfestival is an artefact of Dirrum Dirrum, a movement encouraging young people’s engagement in service to the common good. Dirrum Dirrum is a way of seeing others and ourselves bound in respectful relationship, standing in a wide circle of compassionate engagement. It acknowledges a common ground and is an active choice for life beyond the smallness of self-interest. Dirrum Dirrum is the sound of red in Ngunnawal language: the colour of blood and earth. For more information about Dirrum Dirrum, visit https://dirrumdirrum.org/about - - - 0:00 Introduction 1:15 Ensuring Australia's prosperity 3:19 Fundamentals of strong leadership 7:21 China's growing influence 10:19 Media ownership in Australia 13:50 Vaccination targets 18:27 Australia's climate change response 22:35 Handball as an olympic sport 24:04 Outro - - -

Dr Helen Szoke has had a career spanning community, health, education, regulation and international development. She is a non-executive Director, currently sitting on the Council of the University of Melbourne, the Board of Life Without Barriers, Co-Chair of the Collingwood Expert Advisory Group on Anti-Racism, Advisory Committee Member of the Climate Project Griffith University, member of the Expert Panel to Indigenous Business Australia and is an independent member of the Judicial Commission of Victoria. Helen also led the Review into Sexual Harassment in Victorian Courts. She was the inaugural Chair of You Matter, an independent charity supporting women who are relocated following domestic violence. She is a mother and stepmother to eight children and shares grandparenting of seven grandchildren with her husband Jonathan Tribe. With such a vast and expansive career, Helen focusses on her experience as the former Chief Executive of Oxfam Australia up until 2019 as a strong advocate for foreign aid and international development, human rights, gender and race equity. - - - #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021 Stepping Stones | 6-7 August 2021 Stepping stones for a better tomorrow. The first act of changing the world is a single step. What steps can we take to make this world a better place? For more information about #dirrumfestivalCBR 2021, visit https://dirrumfestival.org/cbr21 - - - #dirrumfestival is an artefact of Dirrum Dirrum, a movement encouraging young people’s engagement in service to the common good. Dirrum Dirrum is a way of seeing others and ourselves bound in respectful relationship, standing in a wide circle of compassionate engagement. It acknowledges a common ground and is an active choice for life beyond the smallness of self-interest. Dirrum Dirrum is the sound of red in Ngunnawal language: the colour of blood and earth. For more information about Dirrum Dirrum, visit https://dirrumdirrum.org/about - - - 0:00 Introduction 2:48 Helen Szoke - - -