WHAT IS THE INDIGENOUS COLLECTIVE, AND HOW CAN I BECOME A MEMBER?

G’day! Benjamin McGrory, the 95th SRC First Nations Office-Bearer here. I am urging all First Nations students to get involved with the Indigenous Collective.

We need First Nations students to band together and demand representation within our university, SRC and USU. When our voices are not heard, we are overlooked or left behind.

This upcoming Voice referendum will make or break our political, social and economic agency in modern Australia. Non-Indigenous people cannot continue legislating on our behalf without consultation or consent. We need to use our platform to make this historic moment happen.

Dr Charles Perkins spoke up and challenged the university to take action during the 1965 Freedom Rides, and fought for a constitutionally-recognised First Nations Voice.

Get involved in the Indigenous Collective! USyd has a grassroots community of First Nations leaders and change-makers. It’s time our voices are heard!