Thomas Mayo to speak at Armidale reconciliation event

Thomas Mayo will speak at the Armidale Town Hall on August 28th

15th Aug 2023

One of the key signatories to the Uluru Statement from the Heart will be in Armidale on Monday August 28th. Thomas Mayo is a Kaurareg Aboriginal, Kalkalgal and Erubamle Torres Strait Islander man, who has spent the last six years travelling the country to share and explain the message of the Uluru Statement to the Australian people.
Mr Mayo will be speaking at the Armidale Town Hall at an event co-sponsored by local reconciliation group ANTaR and the Northern Tablelands for Yes group.
“An Evening with Thomas Mayo” aims to provide information about the proposal to enshrine the First Nations Voice in the constitution, and address questions and concerns anyone might have.
Convenor of ANTaR Armidale, Diana Eades, is encouraging people to come along, whether they are thinking of voting “yes” or “no”, or they are unsure about how they will vote.
“Thomas Mayo is a calm, thoughtful and knowledgeable Indigenous man, with years of experience talking to a wide range of audiences and individuals,” she said. “He is a very popular speaker, and we have nothing to fear, and plenty to learn, from welcoming him and listening and talking to him.”
Mr Mayo has also accepted an invitation from Rose Lovelock, Director of the Aboriginal
Cultural Centre and Keeping Place to participate in a Yarning Circle with members of the
Aboriginal community.
Mr Mayo has written several books: the latest is the best-seller The Voice to Parliament
Handbook – All the Detail You Need, (co-authored with Kerry O’Brien).
In the book he sets out the background to the Voice, and why it is important to ‘recognise Indigenous peoples as the first peoples of Australia’, and to ‘ensure that when decisions are made about us, as a distinct people, that we have an opportunity to have a say’.
The evening with Thomas Mayo is in the Armidale Town Hall on Monday, August 28th, from 5.15pm, with 5.30pm start. The event is free, but please book a ticket on the Humanitix website, so we know how many people are planning to attend. https://humanitix.com/au/search?query=mayo

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