Take a deep dive into deep listening this NAIDOC Week.
We are so excited to be sharing a three-part NAIDOC Week podcast series, hosted by Safina Stewart, proud Wuthathi and Mabuiag Island woman and Common Grace's Relationships and Storytelling Coordinator. Sign up to have this podcast series delivered to your inbox during NAIDOC Week 2025, and go deeper in listening to the wisdom and prayers of three remarkable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders who have personally shaped Safina's life and ministry. Each have incredible life stories with inspirational legacies to leave the next generations.
Join us for these special conversations with remarkable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christian Elders as they share their vision, hope and prayers for the next generations of First Nations peoples, inspiring us with a love and resilience of visions hard won.
Sign up for our special three-part NAIDOC Week Podcast series!
Meet our inspiring contributors to this podcast series
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Safina Stewart is Common Grace's Relationships and Storytelling Coordinator and is a proud Wuthathi and Mabuiag Island woman who grew up cross culturally in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Safina is passionate about culture, education, the arts, justice and faith. Safina lives with her husband and three children in the Victorian coastal town of Wonthaggi on Bunurong Country
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Uncle Vince Ross was born at Balranald NSW on the banks of the Murrumbidgee river and his clan group is the Madi-Madi/Wamba-Wamba people. He has had extensive experience in various workplaces and ministries, including twenty years with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress as State Director during which time he established Narana Creations in Geelong. Uncle Vince has also been the Chairperson of The Salvation Army National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group. Uncle Vince was awarded National NAIDOC Elder of the Year in 2006.
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Aunty Esme Bamblett is a Bangerang, Wiradjuri and Taungurung woman, community advocate, educator, researcher and writer. Aunty Esme has been CEO of the Aboriginal Advancement League since 2008, is the Senior Pastor of Barak Christian Ministries and the first woman President of the Fitzroy Stars Football and Netball Club. She also founded a family partnership called Neenann which provides cultural awareness training, education consultancy, research, professional development, and graphic design.
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Aunty Dr Doseena Fergie is a proud Wuthathi and Mabuiag Islander woman and Aboriginal Christian Leader. As a midwife, missionary, activist, manager, and university lecturer, Aunty Doseena has been a change-agent, catalyst and inspiration for many people, Indigenous and non-indigenous alike. This has only been enhanced in recent years through the completion of Ph.D. studies (ACU); an inductee into the Victorian Women’s Roll of Honour; and as a recipient of a prestigious Churchill Fellowship in 2017.
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