Yarning Circle invitations

Invitations to Join a Yarning Circle

Each Yarning Circle has its own invitation card: a public version of the email I send to allies and friends. Use these to share an upcoming gathering, or to look back at who has joined us.

Next Yarning Circle

Remah Naji, a woman with long dark curly hair, smiling warmly, wearing embroidered Palestinian tatreez earrings and a traditional coin necklace.

Sunday 23 August 2026 · 11.15 AM

Yarning Circle with Remah Naji

Linguist, community organiser, daughter of Palestinian refugees, and the first Palestinian woman to stand for the Australian Federal Parliament.

Where Darnell Room, St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane CBD
Cost Free · RSVP appreciated

Open invitation

Past invitations

Colin Thomas, a man with white hair and glasses in a brown jacket, in front of green bushland.

19 July 2026

Yarning Circle with Colin Thomas

Scientific instrument maker of Aboriginal and Chinese ancestry; a box of family photographs revealed the story his family had kept in silence

Aunty Sandra King OAM, Aboriginal Elder, with shoulder-length dark hair and glasses, wearing a black and red floral jacket, with the green parkland of Barrambin behind her.

12 July 2026

Yarning Circle with Aunty Sandra King OAM

Aboriginal Elder of Barrambin, one of Australia’s first Aboriginal fashion models, founder of Black, Bold & Beautiful

Dr Noritta Morseu-Diop, First Nations academic and social worker, smiling, wearing a purple top and silk scarf.

21 June 2026

Yarning Circle with Dr Noritta Morseu-Diop

First Nations academic, social worker and author of Healing in Justice: the first Torres Strait Islander to earn a PhD from UQ

Portrait of Uncle Billy Gorham, Aboriginal Elder, with silver hair and glasses, wearing a dinner suit and bow tie.

17 May 2026

Yarning Circle with Uncle Billy Gorham

Health and social justice advocate, and the first guest in the Yarning Circle series

Looking for the wider context? Visit Yarning Circles for what these gatherings are and how the regular programme runs, or What is a Yarning Circle? for an introduction.