If you are thinking of contributing, here’s a perspective to consider:
Be One of a Thousand!
We are seeking 1000 people to help create a space of possibility where we might hear the voices of Original Nations and Peoples. A space of possibility where you might choose to join us virtually on the day, form your own circle and participate from where you are. (We can’t stress that one enough, although there is a limited online registration space it is free of charge.)
You can make the difference! If only 1000 people from the other approx. 98% of US population, 95% of Canada’s population, approx. 96% of Australian population or 1000 people of the approx. 95% of global population practice generosity and support the efforts for the InterNātional Earth Summit 2024 hosted in Gumbaynggirr Peoples and Nation we will have the support we need to bring the Elders, Youth, Knowledge Keepers, Presenters and Special Guests to this year’s Stories and Songs of the People event Original Nations and Peoples Earth Summit 2024.
Seriously! Just the expense of the travel and accommodation costs, we’re not even including all the production costs, the generosity of their time or the knowledge and perspective they bring. Nor anything for all of our community members, friends, allies and relatives who work together to engender this space as volunteers (this includes INITC and our Gumbaynggirr relative hosts for this year)
When we all contribute we all make it possible, together. Become one of a thousand and know that you make the difference!
In case you didn’t know…
Of the estimated 8 Billion peoples of the planet,
The US Census Bureau describe US population of approximately 330 million or so, ‘Native Americans’ comprising around 2.09% of overall population,
The Statistics Canada reported a population of 40 million for 2023, according to statsCAN the 2021 Census 5% were Indigenous People,
The Australian Bureau of Statistics At 30 June 2021 reported the Census counted 25,422,788 people in Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people representing 3.8% of the total Australian population,
The UN World Indigenous Peoples Day for 2024 information declares, "There are an estimated 476 million Indigenous Peoples in the world living across 90 countries. They make up less than 6 per cent of the world's population, but account for at least 15 per cent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures.”
