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  • Introduction
  • SNAICC policy papers, reports, submissions & briefing papers
  • Policy highlights
    • Child abuse & neglect
    • New Children & Family Centres
    • Early childhood & education
    • NT Response
    • Human rights & International links
    • 8 Priorities for our children & families
    • Federal election 2010
    • NAICD themes
  • SNAICC conference
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NAICD themes

• Full history of the NAICD themes and the posters
• View NAICD posters

Since 1988 National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day (NAICD) has focussed on themes ranging from child poverty, the forced removal of children from families, access to education, cultural pride and inheritance, the importance of elders in the lives of children and investing in a better future for children.

The NAICD themes reflect both arms of SNAICC policy work on alternate years - child protection messages and child and family well being themes. The NAICD themes and resources are an important aspect of SNAICC's policy work in both developing and egagging services and families across the nation.

National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day themes 1988 to the present:

2010   Value My Culture, Value Me

2009   Good Child Protection - We do it better together

2008   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families – Nurturing our children to flourish

2007   Raise children strong in culture - Pathways to healing and revival

2006   My culture is me - I am proud and strong

2005   Foster and kinship carers - Keeping kids connected to community, family and culture

2004   One childhood, one chance - Let's not take a chance on our future - invest in our future leaders

2003   Break the silence - Protect the kids - Heal the perpetrators

2002   Tracks in the sand - A path to self determination

2001   We are watching and learning from you - make us proud of all you do

2000   Celebrating our children's future. Cultural inheritance - the right of every Indigenous child in Australia

1999   Elders and children: The circle of life - Sharing culture, knowledge and wisdom

1998   Heart of our community - Teach, love and learn. Our children

1997   Bring them home

1996   Unity is our future

1995   Never again - Break the chains

1994   Children our Dreaming - Keep our families together

1993   Their future - Our responsibility

1992   My family, where are you? Enquiry into the removal of Aboriginal and Islander children

1991   Demand an enquiry into the removal of Aboriginal and Islander children

1990   We don't make the problems - Why must we pay?

1989   Our kids are our future - Let's protect and educate them

1988   Return our kids - Stop the cultural genocide