Reconciliation Action Plan Conference: Now More Than Ever

Over 800 reconciliation leaders and supporters from all around Australia will gather for this event during this historic phase in Australia’s reconciliation journey.

 

Key participants from the corporate, legal, education, cultural and sports sectors will discuss strengthening their resolve to address barriers to reconciliation.

 

Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) remain a potent force in building a just and reconciled Australia. More than 5 million people are now working in, studying at, or are members of an organisation with a RAP and almost 77, 000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are employed by RAP organisations.

 

According to the 2023 RAP Impact Report, RAP organisations procured more than $3.5 billion worth of goods and services from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-owned businesses.

 

The National RAP Conference 2024 theme, Now More Than Ever, reflects the reconciliation movement’s view of the urgent need for stronger commitments and actions to fight for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights, and to be guided by First Nations voices.

 

Fiona Jose Group CEO of Cape York Partnership, will share her insights into the urgent work of reconciliation during her keynote address.

 

Joshua Creamer Chair of Queensland’s Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry and Sue-Anne Hunter, Deputy Chair of Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Commission, discuss the state of truth-telling and its vital importance during the opening plenary.

 

The conference will also include sessions on equity and economic justice, youth justice and incarceration, understanding Indigenous cultural and intellectual property, education and reconciliation, and how organisations can drive self-determination and economic participation.

 

Learn more about the Conference here.