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.
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STATEMENT FROM YAPA ELDER ROBIN GRANITES: shared online by SNAICC
Robin Granites, senior Yapa (Warlpiri) elder and spokesperson for the family of Kumanjayi Little Baby, has appealed for calm across the Central Australian community.
“It is time now for sorry business, to show respect for our family and have space for grieving and remembering.
“Everyone is feeling very upset and emotions are very high, I understand that.
“What has happened this week is not our way. Our children are precious, of course we are feeling angry and hurt at what has happened.
“This man has been caught, thanks to community action, and we must now let justice take its course while we take the time to mourn Kumanjayi Little Baby and support our family.”
Mr Granites has asked people in bush communities to carefully consider their need to travel to Mparntwe/Alice Springs at this time.
“If you need to come to join sorry business, that’s fine. But just come for that, then return home please.
“Now is not the time to be heroes on social media or make trouble.
“We must be mindful Mparntwe is traditional country for Central Arrernte, and East and Western Arrernte as well. We must respect that and their ways.
“We need to be strong for each other, we must respect family and cultural practice. This is the Yapa way.”
If any mob need our support please reach out.
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We are so sad to hear the news from NT police about the disappearance of Kimanjayi little baby in our community.
Sending strength and love to our mob.
Hold your little ones tight 😥❤️
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Our thoughts are with little Sharon, who is currently missing in Alice Springs.
At CASSE, we are deeply concerned for her safety and wellbeing, and we stand with her family, friends, and community during this incredibly difficult time.
We are hoping with all our hearts that Sharon is found safe and brought home very soon.
If anyone has any information, no matter how small it may seem, please come forward and share it with the appropriate authorities.
Let’s all keep Sharon in our thoughts and support the community in any way we can.
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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.
