This year YSS harmony day celebrations coincide with National Close the Gap Day.

Kalari Harmony Week Message

Do you know the history of Harmony Day? Harmony Day comes out of the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, first observed in 1979, in solidarity with all those people who have struggled against racism.

https://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/background.shtml.

In Australia, Harmony Day is also about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone in our multicultural society. This includes a celebration of Indigenous heritage, culture and communities that have called these lands home for tens of thousands of years. So, Harmony Day is both a celebration of our diversity and a reminder to fight for justice and equality for all.

At YSS we are fortunate to have a very rich and diverse community that includes people from all around the world. This Harmony Day, Kalari would like to acknowledge our friends from far and wide who have made their homes in the lands we now know as Australia.

Yugara word of the week:

Friend: Yuingin (You-in-gin).

What is Kalari?

Kalari means ‘message stick’ in Yugara language and is name of the YSS Indigenous Working Group.

Kalari aims to increase the acknowledgement and celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history at YSS, through an inclusion of Indigenous perspectives and in line with the YSS school values.

Kalari is made up of Indigenous and non-Indigenous volunteer parents and anyone can join! For more information or to get involved about contact Aren Healy at mamaaren101@gmail.com.