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Share a Yarn ambassadors 2021
14 athletes across 11 different sports have been selected as ambassadors for this year’s Share a Yarn Program. As part of the program, First Nations and non-Indigenous athletes are chosen as ambassadors to undertake cultural training and activities side-by-side, supporting each other to foster reconciliation and improve cultural competency within their own sports.
Australian Matildas football representative Kyah Simon recalls playing at the 2015 FIFA World Cup and locating her family in the stands by looking for the Aboriginal flag.
Netballer Gabrielle Coffey recalls accompanying her mother, a nurse, across the red dirt desert roads to the remote Aboriginal communities around Alice Springs to teach basic health prevention.
Australian Institute of Sport Share a Yarn ambassadors build Indigenous cultural understanding
By The Ticket and ABC sport reporter Tracey Holmes
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A 2021 Share a Yarn ambassador, Australian softballer Janice Blackman said gifting her team mates with an Indigenous jersey was an emotional experience.
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A national softballer and three-time Paralympic track-and-field athlete are among 14 athletes to be named as the Australian Institute of Sport s 2021 Share a Yarn ambassadors.
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Tokyo-bound Olympian Janice Blackman says her team mates want to learn about Indigenous culture
Non-Indigenous Paralympian Brad Scott says the experience has been eye-opening