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Ember Connect is an exciting new charity elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to know and fulfil their truest aspirations - to lead a life of choice - in a society where women are valued.
05/05/2026
🔥 Join us for our next upcoming yarn on Ember Connect
Stepping Into Your Voice and Back Your Strengths with Brooke Tahir
💬 In this relaxed 45-minute session, Brooke will share how to build confidence in speaking up, advocating for yourself, and navigating professional spaces in ways that stay true to who you are — without leaving culture at the door.
You’ll learn practical strategies for communication, boundary-setting, and recognising the powerful strengths that come from your lived experience.
❤️🖤💛 Walk away with greater confidence, practical tools, and a deeper understanding that your identity is your strength — not a barrier.
About Brooke:
Brooke Tahir is a proud Gunai/Kurnai woman from East Gippsland and founder of Dominating Diversity. She is a tertiary academic and accessibility advocate working across inclusion, cultural competency, and education.
👉 Registrations essential
Register here: https://emberconnectlive.com.au/events/543
Tag a sister or share with your networks to help spread the word 🔥
05/05/2026
🔥 Reminder —this powerful session is happening in just 2 days!
Join Dr Aunty Rhonda Radley live on Ember Connect for a relaxed and insightful yarn on Understanding Country: Respectful Engagement with Community.
đź’¬ This is a valuable opportunity to deepen your understanding of Country, culture, and the importance of engaging respectfully with Aboriginal communities. Come along, listen, learn, and gain practical insights to strengthen your approach and relationships.
About Aunty Rhonda:
Dr Aunty Rhonda Radley (Anjilkurri) is a proud Birrbay/Dhanggati woman and respected community Elder with more than 40 years’ experience across education, land rights, cultural heritage, Women’s Lore, governance, and community justice.
đź—“ Thursday 7 May 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM AEST
đź“Ť Online
👉 Don’t miss this—register now via the link in bio or head to emberconnectlive.com.au
Tag someone who would benefit from this yarn 👇
30/04/2026
🔥 Attention mEmbers! Free webinar happening tomorrow on Ember Connect.
If social media feels overwhelming, or you’re struggling to know what to post, this session is for you. Perfect for small business owners looking to get clearer, more confident, and more connected online.
Don’t miss this practical and inspiring session—register now via the link below!
https://emberconnectlive.com.au/events/540
28/04/2026
We are recruiting for a CEO to lead Ember Connect into our next phase of growth and impact.
Ember Connect is growing and we are looking for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander woman to step into a leadership role that will help shape our future.
This is a powerful opportunity to lead a national community supporting First Nations women to connect, grow and access opportunities across career, business, culture and life.
We are looking for someone who is values driven, experienced, community minded and ready to lead with purpose.
If this sounds like you, or someone you know, we would love to hear from you.
Read more about the role and apply here: https://www.seek.com.au/job/91749357?ref=direct-share-cm-ui
Please share this with your networks and help us find the right woman to lead Ember Connect into our next chapter!
24/04/2026
🔥 Join Dr Aunty Rhonda Radley live on Ember Connect for a relaxed and insightful yarn on Understanding Country: Respectful Engagement with Community.
đź’¬ This is a valuable opportunity to deepen your understanding of Country, culture, and the importance of engaging respectfully with Aboriginal communities. Come along, listen, learn, and gain practical insights that can help strengthen your relationships and approach.
About Aunty Rhonda:
Dr Aunty Rhonda Radley (Anjilkurri) is a proud Birrbay/Dhanggati woman and respected community Elder with more than 40 years’ experience working with Aboriginal people across education, land rights, cultural heritage, Women’s Lore, governance, and community justice.
As Chair of the Aboriginal People Knowledge Group at the Environment Protection Authority, Aunty Rhonda is a passionate advocate for embedding Aboriginal knowledges in decision-making, protecting significant sites, and fostering respectful relationships with Aboriginal communities ❤️🖤💛
đź—“ Thursday 7 May 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM AEST
đź“Ť Online
👉 Register via the link in bio or head to emberconnectlive.com.au
We have our winners! 🔥
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in our Bring a Sister In campaign. It was incredible to see so many of you sharing Ember Connect with your networks and helping grow our community.
We’re excited to announce our winners — head over to www.emberconnectlive.com.au
to find out who they are!
Two lucky mEmbers have each won a $500 gift card 🙌
This is what it’s all about — women bringing women in, strengthening connection, and growing our community together.
Thank you again to everyone who participated. We loved seeing the support and can’t wait to welcome even more women into Ember Connect
22/04/2026
100 First Nations women-led businesses and growing!❤️💛🖤
Recently, we celebrated a powerful milestone at Ember Connect — 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women-owned businesses are now part of our Business Directory.
From artists and creatives, to psychologists, consultants, educators, designers, printers and more — the diversity, strength and talent across our community is incredible. ✨
The Business Directory is about more than visibility.
It’s about:
+Supporting each other
+Creating opportunities for procurement and collaboration
+Backing First Nations women in business
We know from our Game Changer Grants and broader community that there is a strong and growing interest in entrepreneurship, and this is one of the ways we’re supporting that journey.
Want to explore and support these businesses?
Or add your own business to the directory?
Join Ember Connect (it’s free and takes a minute):
https://emberconnectlive.com.au/
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women can join as members, and non-Indigenous women are welcome as allies.
If you’re a First Nations woman in business, you can apply to be part of the directory once you join (it must be your business).
And if this isn’t for you, please share it with your networks — let’s continue to grow and support First Nations women in business. ❤️💛🖤
The power of mentoring!
Our 2025 mentoring program brought together 68 First Nations women from across the country, supporting 34 mentoring relationships grounded in connection, guidance and shared experience.
The results speak for themselves, our survey respondents told us:
✨ 100% would recommend the program
✨ 92% felt more confident to pursue new career opportunities or progression
✨ 75% developed healthier routines and goal setting practices
But beyond the numbers, it’s the stories that matter.
Women shared how mentoring helped them build confidence, gain clarity, ask for promotions, return to work, and back themselves in ways they hadn’t before.
This program wouldn’t be possible without the support of:
Indigenous Business Australia whose funding helped us pilot the program in 2023
100 Women whose grant in 2025 enabled us to continue and strengthen the model.
We’re continuing to grow the program in 2026 and are always looking for more participants.
Right now, we have an incredible group of mentors ready to go, and we’re especially looking for more mentees to join.
Find out more or register your interest via the link in our bio or head to: https://emberconnect.com.au/mentoring/
And if this opportunity isn’t for you, please share it with your networks, it could make a real difference for someone else.
Let’s keep backing each other!
22/04/2026
Big things are happening in 2026 for career development support at Ember Connect!
We’ve launched a series of FREE online career development sessions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Across the year, we’ll be delivering 25 practical, skill-based sessions aligned to the nationally recognised Australian Blueprint for Career Development, all focused on helping you grow, build confidence and take the next step in your career.
What makes this special?
These sessions will be led by incredible women from within our own Ember Connect community of 6,000 First Nations women and allies.
✔️ Practical and relevant
✔️ Designed for real career impact
✔️ Free and accessible online
Events are live on our events board...
Join Ember Connect (it’s quick and free): https://emberconnectlive.com.au/
Questions? [email protected]
And if this isn’t for you, please share it with your networks, it could make a real difference for someone else.
Let’s grow, learn and back each other in 2026!
Rather than be bogged down with the racism we endure online every day, we thought we'd take action at Ember Connect and prepare a submission for the Senate Inquiry into racism, hate, and violence against First Nations people, with submissions open until 1 May 2026.
If you would like your voice heard...or you want to share your experience, there are three ways you can do this:
1. SURVEY: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TZS6T73
2. Message us on Instagram or Facebook
3. Email your thoughts to [email protected]
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute
First Nations Foundation
Marion Scrymgour MP
Katie Kiss - Social Justice Commissioner
Senator Sue Lines
If you feel someone would be interested in contributing, please share.
14/04/2026
🔥 Attention mEmbers – reminder for this Thursday’s event!
Women’s Business – Systems, Strength & Survival with Barbara Brennan
Nagangbi (Dharawal) Giinagay (Gumbaynggirr)
Barbara is excited to connect with our mob across the country and share a powerful conversation grounded in lived experience and community strength.
In this session, Barb will offer a brief overview of the impacts of systemic trauma, and speak to how Bars Behind Me — her life’s work — is amplifying the voices of our most vulnerable sista’s, supporting them to find their way home and step into the matriarchs they were born to be.
This is a space for real talk, learning, and connection — come along, listen in, and be part of the conversation.
👉 This session is for Ember Connect mEmbers only — please register to join us:https://emberconnectlive.com.au/events/541
Join Ember Connect – it’s FREE. Link in bio or head to www.emberconnectlive.com.au — or, if you’re already a mEmber, please share this post to help our community grow! 🔥
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