| Warami Middigar (Welcome friends)
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Welcome to the very first edition of Embering. This isn’t just a newsletter. It’s a space to breathe. To reflect. To walk together around the quiet fire of culture, connection, and transformation.
Embering is about the slow burn — the kind of change that doesn’t shout, but simmers in the stories we carry, the systems we challenge, and the futures we dare to imagine. It’s where the sparks of awareness are kindled, the fires of identity are tended, and collective action is ignited — not from a place of performance, but from purpose.
Each Yarn-Up will share teachings, provocations, practices, and possibilities to help you lead with integrity, walk with others, and build a world where every individual is seen, celebrated, and safe to thrive.
Thank you for being here. Let’s tend this fire together.
— Tammy Baart, Owner - Blak Ignited
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By choosing to listen, learn, and lean in, you’ve already lit the spark within. That small flame — your curiosity, your care, your commitment — is the beginning of something powerful. An ember that, when tended, can grow into deeper understanding, stronger relationships, and lasting change. There are a number of upcoming online professional learning opportunities for Individuals available if you’re beginning your journey. If your business or organisation is looking for something more customised, then please reach out to blakignited@outlook.com.
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Upcoming Professional Learning
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JUNE 25 - Allyship (Transformational Connections)
Collaborating with Riley Callie Resources, Blak Ignited is delivering the final workshop in the 5-Part Cultural Intelligence Series.
In this online and culturally grounded session, you’ll be supported to:
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Identify and implement specific actions that foster allyship in your personal and professional life.
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Deepen your understanding of relational accountability — the recognition that how we show up impacts others, and that true inclusion requires ongoing, reciprocal commitment
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Explore how Indigenous principles of community, connection, and reciprocal curiosity can reshape the way we listen, lead, and build culturally safe environments
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July 16 - NEW Winter Series Cultural Intelligence
Module 1: Pathways to Belonging
Whether you're an educator or a leader in any industry, this workshop is designed to provide you with the tools to build inclusive, culturally aware environments where everyone feels valued and safe. From unpacking cultural reference points to developing conscious leadership, this journey will leave you equipped to foster belonging for your team or students. Explore Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing from an Indigenous lens.
This online, 2-hr workshop will…
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Challenge you to assess your own cultural intelligence.
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Identify the 'how' and 'why' behind building your cultural intelligence.
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Apply this knowledge to your workplace or classroom, to create a culturally inclusive environment where all individuals can belong.
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Once the spark is lit, it needs care.
Learning about Indigenous culture isn’t a one-time act — it’s a lifelong relationship. Tending the fire means staying curious, staying open, and choosing to go deeper. It’s about nourishing your understanding so that it doesn’t flicker out when things get hard or uncomfortable.
We’ve gathered a collection of resources to help you keep that fire alive — tools, stories, and practices to support your growth, stretch your thinking, and walk alongside culture with integrity.
Let the learning warm you. Let it change you.
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Check out Riley Callie Resources shop for three new posters:
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Building Trust in an Indigenous Context
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Types of Indigenous Allyship
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Indigenous Allyship & Psychological Safety.
Sold separately or as a bundle.
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A3 Cultural Safety Poster & Our Systems, Our Stories card pack- a reflective deck for adults and young adults to consider ways to live, learn and lead. This pack unlocks the dominate story we’re often taught and contrasts with Indigenous Ways for a more relational approach.
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Animal Wisdom Cards- Lessons for our young ones from our oldest living relatives. Lots of uses for these teachings within the classroom, home or as gifts for graduation.
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Old Ways, News Ways- A card pack for school students with teachings of Indigenous Ways of Being. Contrasts old, more dominate ways of doing things vs New, Indigenous Ways to consider. These help shape mental models for children and are jam packed with ideas.
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A well-tended fire doesn’t just stay warm — it lights the way for others.
Igniting change means moving from intention to impact. It’s not about perfection — it’s about presence. About showing up in your sphere of influence with courage, humility, and cultural accountability. Whether it’s shifting a conversation, reshaping a policy, or simply choosing to lead differently, your actions matter.
This is how systems change — not all at once, but spark by spark.
Keep walking. Keep tending. Keep igniting.
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Some conversation starters this week…
Whose stories do we centre — and whose are we still leaving at the edge?
How do our everyday habits include or exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
What does cultural safety look like in this space — and who gets to define it?
What have I learned — and what am I now responsible for unlearning or shifting?
Where can I use my role, voice, or privilege to clear space for others?
How might I walk with, not ahead of, community in the changes I make?
What’s one small act of integrity I can commit to this week?
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Every fire begins with a single spark — but it’s what we do after that matters most.
Thank you for sitting by the fire with us in this first edition of Embering. May the things you’ve read and seen stir something within. May the questions linger. And may you carry what you’ve felt into the spaces you live, lead, and love.
Remember: this work isn’t about arriving — it’s about returning. To culture. To each other.
Until next time,
Yanma Budyari Gumada
— walk with good spirit.
Tamm y
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