Ten Years of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation

LIBRARY FRIDAYS | INDIGENOUS LITERACY DAY To celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day on Wednesday 2 September, the Cooktown Library is hosting an online ZOOM event to officially launch the nursery rhymes that were translated into local Indigenous languages for the First 5 Forever program. The online event will include an acknowledge of Country and reading of the nursery rhymes by Hopevale elder and Guugu Yimithirr translator, Irene Hammett. For more information and ZOOM details please email the library [email protected] Then... the festivities continue as The Indigenous Literacy Foundation's YouTube Virtual event goes live at 12:30 with ILF Ambassador, Jessica Mauboy singing an Australian favourite. The ILF team will also be joined by kids and community members from all around the country to share stories, culture and connection that celebrates the value of Indigenous language. * #first5forever is an initiative of the Queensland Government, coordinated by State Library of Queensland and delivered in partnership with Cook Shire Council As our Foundation celebrates our tenth anniversary, some of our ambassadors come together to share the importance of our work. If you can, please consider ma... (Feed generated with FetchRSS)