Learning from Chicago

From October 7-14, 2011 a delegation of Australian Aboriginal elders, representatives of the Northern Land Council and the Australian Education Union were hosted by the Centre for Community and Labor Research (CLCR). In conjunction with CLCR the trip was organised by Australia’s (ISX) Indigenous Stock Exchange. The week involved policy discussion, an overview of the Chicago economy and society, a history of African American communities, analyses of the state of manufacturing and tours of cutting-edge Chicago manufacturing companies, and two full days at the outstanding Austin Poly-technical Academy (www.austinpolytech.org). 16 year old Chaseley Walker, a member of the Kuku Yalanji community, was hosted by Austin and shadowed students through a regular daily cycle of classes including participating in calculus, computer programming and machining. This report, Learning from Chicago, is about the findings, outcomes and learnings of the Chicago visit. 

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