Aboriginal-Jewish academic and activist Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver on her journey to an empowered life

The Good Edit: Gritty Conversations with Jewish Women

For episode three of The Good Edit, host Rebecca Davis speaks with proud Aboriginal-Jewish woman, Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver; epidemiologist, social justice activist, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy and Services at the University of Sydney – and so much more.
In this gritty and grounded conversation, they explore:

• Lisa's challenging upbringing
• Forgiveness and healing from trauma
• Overcoming adversity and Lisa's steps in creating a self-determined life
• The experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders today
• Lisa's spiritual connection to her Wiradjuri and Jewish identities.

PLEASE NOTE - In this episode, we discuss issues that may be confronting for some of us, including sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and family violence. If it is, please see the 'Episode Resources: Support' section below for ways to seek help – and do take care.
EPISODE RESOURCES: SUPPORT

• If your life is in immediate danger, call 000 now
• Lifeline Australia. Call: 13 11 14
• 1800 Respect (National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service). Call: 1800 737 732
• Gambling Help Online. Call: 1800 858 858
• National Alcohol and Other Drugs Hotline. Call: 1800 250 015
• Open Arms (for current and ex-serving ADF personnel and their families). Call: 1800 011 046.

EPISODE RESOURCES: LEARNING & ACTION

• Shalom Gamarada Indigenous Residential Scholarship Program
• Stand Up: Jewish Commitment to a Better World - First Nations Partnerships
• The William Cooper Legacy Project
• AITSIS, Map of Indigenous Australia
• Uluru Statement from the Heart
• Common Ground
• 'Looking to buy Indigenous art?', ABC News.
• 'Deadly chutzpah: A life unbounded' (Feature article about Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver by Rebecca Davis), The Australian Jewish News.
• TedxSydney with Bruce Pascoe on Native Grains.

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CREDITS
Founder, Host, Producer: Rebecca Davis
Editor & Sound Engineer: Saul Muscatel
The Good Edit acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we live and create, the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.