Yarning for community

Thanks @ArraDreaming for the welcome. I'm really looking forward to yarning with everyone. 

Hey everyone 

just checking in and seeing how things have been over the extra long weekend? 
Seen a few tough things lately in my travels and makes me glad we live in a society which doesn’t look the other way anymore. 
Hope others are looking out for each and every one of you. I’m always here for a chat 

For those who have joined this Yarning Space and haven't had an opportunity to introduce themselves yet, here's your chance.

We'd love to hear a little about you.

1) Your mob

2) Why you connected to Yarning Space

3) What you hope to get out of joining

4) Some facts about yourself

Feel free to tell us as little or much about yourself as you want (keeping ANONYMITY in mind).

Waiting to hear from you!

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Hi.

Im from the Wiradjuri mob. 

I joined in the hope of learning about culture. 

I would like to find the indigenous that is deep inside me. 

Im female single with two four legged kids. I live in regional NSW

Opening up access to the Yarning Space

Hi Yarning Space members

Until now, this subcommunity has been a proof-of-concept project which means we haven't advertised it publicly and to join as you know - potential members have to sign up to the SANE forums and then request access which is a bit slow and convoluted.

We'd like to remove that barrier soon, and start to gently promote the Yarning Space so that more early-yarners can come and join in, and then also participate in the ongoing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led-design and develpoment of this community.

We have formed an Indigenous Governance Group which is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members only who are the governing group for this Yarning Space subforum and how it develops, and through that group and partnerships with Aboriginal-governed organisations like Thirrili, WellMob and others we will also ensure data custodianship and oversight of this space along with all social and emotional wellbeing service delivery across SANE's services has strong ongoing community codesign and governance.

Please let me know your thoughts or any concerns on the barriers to accessing this space being removed, and the potential for that to increase the membership a bit, so we have more members yarning in here and helping design how the space should function.

Thanks and @tyme if you could please tag all members of this space in for me?