Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership

Congratulations to Lidia Thorpe and Roland Atkinson, the Fellowship’s next two Emerging Leaders

2008 Emerging Leaders

From a shortlist of six exceptional Indigenous Victorians, Lidia Thorpe from Gippsland and Roland Atkinson from Shepparton have been named as the 2008 Emerging Leaders as a part of the Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership program.

At a small luncheon, held at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Minister Richard Wynne made the announcement and provided both Lidia and Roland with their awards.

Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership
Supporting achievement and vision
for a stronger community.

The Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership fosters Indigenous leadership, providing exceptional people with the support they need to achieve their vision for their communities.

The Fellowship provides support to recognised leaders and opportunities to emerging leaders within Victoria's Indigenous communities. Building Indigenous leadership is a vital way of improving the social and emotional well being of communities, and the Fellowship helps Indigenous communities to develop innovative responses to current issues and future challenges.

The Fellowship supports indigenous leaders, past, present and future, striving to achieve positive change for Indigenous Victorians and strengthening links between Indigenous and mainstream Australia.

The Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership is a sub-fund of the Melbourne Community Foundation. You can support the Fellowship by making a donation through the MCF.