As part of NAIDOC Week, Winslow Group staff at our Essendon Fields head office joined local community members in the Little Long Walk, which celebrated 20 years since AFL legend Michael Long walked 650km from Melbourne to Parliament House in Canberra.
The aim of the former Essendon champion’s walk was to make a stand for Indigenous communities. Two decades on, the Long Walk Foundation continue to Walk the Talk, raising money and awareness to support Indigenous education programs across the country.
The Little Long Walk around Essendon Fields was to strengthen our relationship to country, walking together in solidarity, and keeping the momentum going in the spirit of NAIDOC 2024, and to raise funds for The Long Walk Foundation.
Before the walk a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony was held, as well traditional dancing from the Indigenous Outreach Projects dancers from Cairns, who braved a chilly 10C Melbourne day to perform.
Participants enjoyed a BBQ provided by local supermarket LaManna after the walk.
