Danjoo Koorliny Walking Together

What is it Danjoo Koorliny Walking Together is a large-scale, long-term, systems-change project designed and led by Aboriginal leaders to help us all walk together towards 2029 (200 years of colonisation in Perth, Western Australia), and beyond. Who The leaders of Danjoo Koorliny Walking Together are Dr Noel Nannup OAM, Dr Richard Walley OAM and Carol Innes AM. They are also working together with various Elder groups in Noongar country and throughout Western Australia. Vision / Djinda Danjoo Koorliny is a vision. It’s our djinda - our collective star to guide us towards 2029. It is the values that we embody. It’s the way we will get there, and the principles we will work with. It’s the sum of our collective actions that will get us to where we need to be in order to create a 2029 we can all be proud of. It belongs to no organisation but hovers above all of us, and aligns us so that we can care for everything. Danjoo Koorliny Walking Together can be seen as a social impact framework celebrating First Nations’ knowledge and Western knowledge coming together to create cultural, social, environmental and economic benefits. It will achieve this through artistic and cultural expression, social investment, economic opportunities, connecting with the environment, and promoting sustainable practices. Danjoo Koorliny could also be seen as large, living, participatory, action-research project, as well as a societal art piece. It is everyone contributing to the journey towards 2029. “We have our vision set for the next 10 years, and that is to care for everything” (Dr Noel Nannup OAM). “Nothing like this has ever happened before. This is the thing that can hold Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people together” (Carol Innes).