CASSE Australia – Creating A Safe Supportive Environment
Our Vision
A reconciled Australia, with a two-way cultural heritage, living and dreaming together.
Our Mission
Changing minds and saving lives by using psychoanalytic approaches to violence, trauma and healing.
Our Core Work
By changing minds and spirit, we are saving lives. It is this simple belief which guides our work every day.
Latest Posts
One year on since the Uluru Statement from the Heart referendum, CASSE Aust continues to say YES to a First Nations Voice in Parliament. We believe in the power of a First Nations Assembly and the importance of giving Indigenous Australians a voice in decision-making. Let's keep pushing for a more inclusive and representative government. #UluruStatement #FirstNationsVoice #VoiceTreatyTruth
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CASSE is proud to have had the opportunity to support Anangu Wati from across the central desert in their journey walking from Kulpitjata to Mutitjulu, walking across and reconnecting with country.
A huge thank you to NPY Watiku for inviting CASSE’s cultural workers to be part of this experience.
We are proud to be a part of the support crew for this important event.
We're grateful to have been a part of this important initiative to strengthen community ties and honour our culture.
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The Governments recent announcement to ban social media for young teens highlights a significant inconsistency in the government’s policies.
On one hand, the age of criminal responsibility in Australia is as young as ten, meaning children can face legal consequences and even imprisonment at that age. Yet, at the same time, these same children might be barred from accessing social media platforms due to concerns about harmful content, online bullying and harrassment.
CASSE understand that social media can be harmful for young children and teens and supports age restrictions but we would argue sending children and young teens to prison is also harmful!
This contradiction underscores a broader issue in our governments policy approach, where measures designed to protect young people from potential dangers sometimes clash with other legal frameworks affecting their lives.
CASSE continues to support some of our most traumatised young people in the NT and firmly believes rehabilitation and connection is far more beneficial than doing jail time.
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Our annual dreams
To take 60-100 youth per year on cultural healing Shields For Living,Tools for Life camps to make traditional tools every year.
To hold day cultural healing camps for the town at-risk youth a day a week at our Desert Knowledge site.
To be in Youth Detention Alice Springs one day a week to deliver traditional tool making.
What we deliver
Through our programs and resources we create spaces for intercultural exchange and understanding.
CASSE respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which we meet and work.
CULTURAL CAMPS AND TRADITIONAL TOOL MAKING
The Men’s Tjilirra Movement has partnered CASSE with Aboriginal communities in Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji), Mt Liebig (Amunturrngu), Kintore (Walungurru), Papunya (Warumpi) and Kiwirrkurra in Australia’s central western desert region. CASSE’s ‘Shields for Living, Tools for Life’ program delivers cultural camps for high-risk youth in Alice Springs at Desert Knowledge Australia, Willowra, Santa Teresa, Snow Bore, Titjikala, Tempe Downs, Lajamanu, Finke, Mutitjulu and Imanpa.
