Let’s Talk…Social Justice with Aminata Diop


Today on Let’s Talk…Social Justice, Kevin catches up with Kemer Kemer Meriam, Kulkalgal & Senegalese woman, Aminata Diop to talk about the ongoing struggle for climate justice in the Torres Strait Islands and beyond.

Ami is a Research Officer in the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing at the Australian National University, and is also completing a Master of Public Health. She is a representative of Youth Verdict, a grassroots organisation of young people from Queensland, using legal avenues to fight for climate justice, and for First nations peoples to have sovereign decision-making power over traditional lands. Ami is a co-facilitator of the World First Nations Traditional Knowledge Conference, convened each year in Meanjin by a family-owned company, Malu Mai Wellness Consultancy, which focuses on holistic health and wellness from an Indigeno