BlakUp!

BlakUp! is a five-day residential gathering for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people that combines cultural grounding, wellbeing, skill-building and campaign training. The program is led and co-designed by First Nations facilitators and includes workshops, creative sessions, panels and opportunities for connection. FYA provides shared accommodation, meals and travel support for participants. The event aims to support First Nations young people to rest, heal, build power and strengthen campaigns and movements.

All meals, shared accommodation, travel provided; cultural grounding, workshops, skill-building, connections with First Nations facilitators and knowledge holders; Covid-safe supplies provided as needed.

Open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 16–35 who wish to connect with other First Nations young people, learn from organisers and knowledge holders, and build campaigning, storytelling and self-care skills. FYA encourages applications from people with lived experience of the justice system, state care, mental health system, housing precarity and from remote, rural or regional communities.

Apply via FYA application process (applications are currently closed); successful applicants are notified prior to the event and must attend a pre-camp online check-in.