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Reconciliation Action Plan
Our Vision for Reconciliation
Our vision is that all Catholic Schools and Colleges within the Diocese of Darwin will be culturally safe and respectful communities of teaching and learning for, about, and with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander staff members, families and members of the wider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Central to our vision is for all staff, students and communities to have respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and their contribution to Australian society. As the CENT Office we are committed to valuing the richness and diversity of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and supporting the Schools and Colleges to address educational inequities and provide meaningful opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and students through leadership, direction and the provision of adequate and culturally appropriate resources and pathways.
This painting is about Reconciliation.
This painting represents the work reflected in the Reconciliation Action Plan. It represents the importance of Indigenous voices in decision making within Catholic Education, and it represents the importance of those voices being heard and everyone working together. The middle circle represents the Indigenous leaders and advisory groups within Catholic Education. The oval circle is the Indigenous voices and Catholic Education staff meeting and working together, binding like the cross hatching within it. The dotted patterns represent all of the staff, students and people of the community. The big ripple also with the binding cross hatching is all of these voices being heard far and wide and coming together united and taking action towards reconciliation.
About the Artist
Meikim Cole, also known as Mim, is a Larrakia, Wardaman and Karajarri multitalented artist from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Mim has been creating art since a teenager, learning techniques through practice and observation from her mother, Uncle's and large artistic family. Mim is a natural, self-taught artist who experiments and applies her traditional and abstract compositions to her paintings. Her most recent venture is creating a luxury bedding set, Family Love, through her design business Mimmim. Her practice holds a strong connectivity to identity, family, country, nature and Community. Mim enjoys pushing the boundaries of her arts practice using a vibrant colour palette & creating movement expression in each painting.