This week, I won over the office by bringing in a delicious Lemon Meringue Pie for morning tea, as a late birthday treat for everyone, it went down a treat. Now they have to let me stay!!
I felt like I hadn’t seen Erin for ages, so it was nice to chat with her, she’s been busy working on a number of things, including organising the nominees for the Leighton Awards of Excellence in September. It seems like a while away, but nominations have to be in by July.
Erin asked me to carry on with the NAIDOC Week plans. She apologised for not having a chance to look at the work I had done the other week, I told her what I had done, but I just said I could expand on the ideas and really get a day by day guide that will be going on.
I researched a great 3 part documentary that we will be showing in the office board room on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I thought this would be better than showing different movies everyday. This will make it easier for more people in the office to watch the whole documentary on their lunch break, as each part only goes for about 26 minutes.
The movie I have chosen is In A League of Their Own. I ordered the movie and hopefully it will arrive before Friday so I have a chance to watch it and can report on it on Friday.
“This series follows Australia’s first all-black football team through their first season in the big league. After more than 30 years of running their own competition in a remote island community off the coast of Darwin, the Tiwi Bombers set out to prove that their fast intuitive style of football can beat the long established teams of the NTFL.”
Erin thought it was a great movie that’s positive for Indigenous culture, but the documentary also touches on the real issues facing the island. Suicide rates are one of the highest in Australia, so I hope the movie isn’t too dark, but at the same time doesn’t ignore the issues. Looking forward to watching it.
I also chose a dot painting exercise to do on the Tuesday or Thursday or both to get the office involved once again. Everyone will be given a rock, that they will paint using Aboriginal dot painting techniques that can then go on their desk as a paperweight to remind them of Aboriginal culture.
Erin really liked my ideas and I have been asked to present this to Erin and Kylie this Friday, which I’m looking forward to, to practice my presentation skills and to show that I am capable of doing the tasks set out for me.
Kylie just started as the Communications Advisor and she’s worked for the government and resources division and also in film and television. She is a great edition to the team and it’s great that I now have 2 people to learn from.
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