SPEAKINGTRUTH Town Hall
Presented by SPEAKINGTRUTH / Phoebe McIlwraith & Oliver Reyes
Saturday 24 January 2026, 11am - 3pm
Ashfield Town Hall, 260 Liverpool Road Ashfield
In the lead up to January 26, learn how our community can have engaging conversations about First Nations justice and continue your truth-telling journey.
‘SPEAKINGTRUTH Town Hall’ is a free community event at Ashfield Town Hall, facilitating First Nations-led truth-telling for multicultural and multilingual communities.
Tickets
Free or $10 ticket includes goodie bag and donation to Common Ground.
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*Common Ground is an independent First Nations storytelling collective. Their projects centre First Nations storytellers and communities in innovative ways, bringing knowledge into digital spaces. SPEAKINGTRUTH was supported to launch through their “Weaving Truths” educational resource.
Program details
- Work at your own pace through screen-printing, zine and poster-making stations - using translations for “We all live on Aboriginal land” in Arabic, Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin and Vietnamese.
- Soak up truth-telling during the “Speaking Up 4 Mob Justice” panel or learn the short but complex story of the public holiday with “JAN26: A history yarn”.
- Join the conversation in our Im(Perfect) Translation roundtable and guide future multilingual resources for your community.
There is something for everyone in this space, which is safe and welcoming for our diverse communities during an important national conversation.
This town hall event is an extension of SPEAKINGTRUTH, a multilingual project by First Nations journalist Phoebe McIlwraith and Latinx graphic designer Oliver Reyes. Through collecting community submitted translations of phrases like “We all live on Aboriginal land”, the project generates low-cost resources.
| 11:15am |
Opening and Acknowledgement of Country |
| 11:30am |
Behind SPEAKINGTRUTH: Workshop |
| 12:30pm |
Speaking Mob Truth Panel (speakers TBC) |
| 1:30pm |
(IM)PERFECT TRANSLATION: Community Roundtable |
| All day |
Screen printing & badge making station
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| All day |
Self-guided Zine + Poster Table (all day)
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* details TBC
Participating artists & collaborators
SPEAKINGTRUTH @northbutsouthhh
Oliver Reyes Commonground
Accessibility information
- LQBTIQ+ safe space
- Culturally safe space
- Wheelchair accessible entry
- Wheelchair accessible toilet
- Large print
Transport and parking
- Train - From Ashfield Station, a 3 minute walk (T1, T2 and T9 lines)
- Bus - The following buses can get you to Ashfield Library (Stop ID 2131110):
- 406: Five Dock to Hurlstone Park
- 418: Hurstville to Five Dock
- Bike - The Cycleway Finder shows options for cycling in the area. There is designated bicycle parking located on Liverpool Road
- Car - Car parking available on site via Norton or Holden Streets. Time limits and ticketed parking apply.