
Community
Gather has been born from a commitment to caring for community in a way that brings us back to Country and Custodians. Ceremony holds us in a space of deep listening and prayer. Many of us have lost our ancient ceremony and song, but we have not lost our capacity to care. This sense of care for humanity is at the heart of Gather, and it is what moves us to open to the cries of Country and the pain of her people.
My name is Karla, and my journey of creating Gather began in central Australia when I first had the privilege of sitting with elders, with lore holders who hold the oldest living culture in the world. Since then I have made it my mission to unravel from the confinements of colonisation and humbly walk with the people. This page is to connect you to the people I walk with… so we can all walk together. We really are “stronger together”, but more than that, we are healthier together. May we return to healthy caring and connected communities.
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"Belonging means reciprocity and responsibility. May we listen to Country and learn from her people to remember our way home."
Karla Riddell


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Walking with...

Dreaming Australia
Meet uncle Chris Peltherre Tomlins, Arrernte elder from Alice Springs. A nation wide activist for his people Chris holds “Dreaming Australia” in collaboration with other elders to facilitate connection to country for Indigenous youth and project participants. He has been a key contributor in Making Peas/ce, Truth-telling circles and Community Caring for Kids and continues to protect country though his actions within community and in speaking publicly. You can listen to Interviews with uncle Chris or reach out to Dreaming Australia.

Making Peas/ce
Meet Hazel Davies, a Floral activist from Canberra. Born of British heritage on Dhurrawall land near the site of the first Aboriginal massacres of the colonising period. She founded Making Peas/ce as a movement to acknowledge the First Peoples who died through invasion and the effects of colonisation of what is now called Australia through the symbol of the Desert Pea.
We gather on ancient lands that hold an ancient culture and acknowledge the Custodians that have taken care of these lands for over 100,000 years. We pay our respect to all Indigenous and acknowledge this always has been and always will be Aboriginal land. Sovereignty has never been ceded. May we listen and learn from the oldest living culture in the world and walk together.

