Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing

Dudgeon, P., & Lovett, P. (2020). Black Lives Matter. Aboriginal Lives Matter. Black Deaths in Custody Must Stop. https://www.cbpatsisp.com.au/aboriginal-lives-matter/

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We are all responsible for shaping the world that our children are born into. The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) at the University of Western Australia stands with those protesting for justice worldwide and are committed to challenging all forms of racism and State violence.

We stand in solidarity and great sorrow for the death of George Floyd who was killed by police in Minneapolis on the 25 of May 2020. We also extend our heartfelt sympathy and respect to the family of David Dungay, an Aboriginal man who died while being restrained by five prison guards. We share the outrage and acknowledge the re-traumatisation felt by the families and communities of these men in the wake of the death of George Floyd…