With the countdown underway for a potential nation-changing vote for Indigenous constitutional recognition, there’s growing momentum in support of a YES vote in the Illawarra.
Coinciding with the start of 2023 NAIDOC Week, the University of Wollongong will host the community launch of the campaign for a YES vote at 11am on Sunday, 2 July 2023.
Speakers will include Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery and 2023 Wollongong Citizen of the Year, Sally Stevenson.
The people of Wollongong and the Illawarra will get the chance to learn more about the importance of Australians delivering a resounding majority YES vote at this first a community forum.
This forum is an opportunity for the general public to be better informed about how, through constitutional recognition, Indigenous people will have a say about the laws and policies that directly affect them.
The Illawarra YES23 campaign launch will take place on the lawns of UOW near the Hope Theatre and everyone is welcome to attend.
The final speaker line-up for the UOW event is:
- Gordon Bradbery, Wollongong Lord Mayor
- Uncle Richard Davis
- Sally Stevenson, Wollongong 2023 Citizen of the Year
- Jaymee Beveridge, Director UOW Indigenous Strategy
- Arthur Rorris, Secretary South Coast Labour Council
- Prof Trish Mundy, Chief Integrity Officer, UOW
- Dr Summer May Finlay, public health expert
- Tammy Small, Manager Projects and Indigenous Advancement at UOW
- Alyce Lasek, UOW student and disability worker
