Celebrating NAIDOC Week with Chris Sarra, founder of the Stronger Smarter Institute

By Sara Bavato
Published 4 years, 9 months ago

“We get excited about the Pyramids of Egypt, we get excited about paintings we might see at the Louvre.”

Chris Sarra. (Photo supplied)

“Or like me, I get excited about seeing Michelangelo’s David in Florence. We think, ‘Wow, that is really old’. But ...

By Sara Bavato

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Sara Bavato is the coordinator of In classe.

Whether we are Aboriginal or Italian or any other nationality as part of our parents’ or grandparents’ make up we can all embrace all of that and celebrate it and let it resonate gloriously at different times in different moments.

— Chris Sarra

I don’t have many regrets in life, but one of my greatest regrets was not learning to speak Italian properly with my father.

— Chris Sarra

My message to principals and teachers is to join in that enthusiasm and attend to their appetite and hunger to learn about Australia’s First People, because if we can do that then we all play a part to nurture an Australia that can be more inclusive and better connected to the land that we share.

— Chris Sarra

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Celebrating NAIDOC Week with Chris Sarra, founder of the Stronger Smarter Institute

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