Author: Eve Quigley

Digital information hub for health workers and communities

On behalf of Cancer Institute NSW, 33 Creative worked with Aboriginal health organisations, workers and community members, as well as the wonderful Danika at Neat Copy, to develop a new Helping Mob Live Healthy and Prevent Cancer toolkit.

33 Creative used their strong community connections to recruit and facilitate consultations with Aboriginal Health Workers and the community, in order to gain insight into the community knowledge and needs of the resources to be developed.

Cancer Institute NSW were open to early conversations to ensure that their approach to developing resources was as effective as possible, ensuring Aboriginal Health Workers and the community were informed, equipped and supported in navigating cancer prevention, screening and treatment for Aboriginal communities in NSW. Cancer Institute NSW later looped back with a second round of consultations to test the draft resources, based off the findings of the first consultations. This early and continuing dialogue is vital in creating resources that are of effective use and interest to target audiences.

We thank all consultation participants for their input in creating useful resources to support services for mob.

Visit the website to view the toolkit, share it with family and friends so that its availability is known. Together, we can help find, treat and prevent cancer in our communities ensuring our mob lead Healthy Lives.

Tags Aboriginal health organisations, Cancer Institute NSW, Helping Mob Live Healthy

Blak & Deadly: The First Nations Gala Concert

33 Creative were proud to support our friends at the Company We Keep who produced Blak & Deadly: The First Nations Gala Concert at the Sydney Opera House as part of Sydney WorldPride in March. A big and bold celebration that took place on Tubowgule – ‘a place where Aboriginal people have feasted, sung, danced and told stories for many generations’, the event aimed to showcase Blak excellence in the Arts and highlight the future faces of First Nations LGBTQIA+ talent and artistry.

Mayrah, Chelsea, Emily and Denise helped out backstage on the night, a space they were familiar with having previously all worked on the legendary Deadly Awards. It was an honour to be involved in bringing a celebration of Blak excellence to the concert hall stage once again, and with it a bittersweet nostalgia.

The night was a huge success with an excited crowd and performers filling the iconic space with an uplifting and positive energy, from the buzzing foyer and glamorous Blak Carpet event to the inspiring performances.

‘Faboriginal’ comedian Steven Oliver was MC for the night and kept the crowd entertained with his trademark cheek and powerful spoken word poetry between performances from Electric Fields, Mo’Ju, Samuel Gaskin and the Merindas, special guest Indigenous Canadian tenor Jeremy Dutcher, and Jessica Mauboy supported by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Philharmonic Choirs.

Ru Paul’s Drag Race Down Under star Kween Kong also graced the stage as did the fabulous World Pride’s Miss First Nation Supreme Queen contingency and winner, Torres Strait Queen, Cerulean!

Photography by Joseph Mayers Photography

Tags blakanddeadly, blakandqueer, blakjoy, firstnations, firstnationsgala, queerjoy, sydneyworldpride, worldpride

Alexandra Dorante

Communications Officer

Alex is a proud Wagadagam and Meriam woman from the Torres Strait. After growing up in Mission Beach, Alex moved south to pursue a Bachelor of Communication (MA Journalism and Media and Communications) at the University of Technology. She joined our team at the beginning of 2023 as a Communications Project Officer, after working as a journalist for the National Indigenous Radio Service. Since then, she has emerged as a professional journalist, presenter and rugby league commentator. Alex is determined to utilise her communication and media skills to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and create meaningful change.

Emily Nicol

Production Manager

Emily is a proud Birri Gubba/Ugarem media professional living and working on Gadigal country with a diverse background in journalism, radio, TV and the music industry. An experienced Producer with a passion for storytelling, music, and Indigenous knowledge transmission, she is skilled in presenting, writing, hosting and curation.

Emily is also a writer and journalist/producer, who worked as an integral part of the team at National Indigenous TV over the past 6 years, and most recently joined 33 Creative as Production Manager where she hopes to continue using her skills and experience to connect people and create effective and positive change.

Emily’s passion for music and highlighting the work of First Nations artists is evident in her ongoing curation of Spotify’s ‘Blak Australia‘ playlist. She also serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors at Electronic Music Conference and the Board of Directors at MusicNSW.

You will often find her somewhere getting fresh air and nature with her two young daughters, streaming the latest sci-fi series or marvelling at the night sky.

Alexandra Dorante

Communications Officer

As Art Director for 33 Creative, Eve draws on her 20 years of experience in project management, publishing, design and branding to deliver projects in a creative and proven way.

While working at 33 Creative, Eve has nurtured relationships with our network of artists and guides our projects for Indigenous audiences balancing the complex demands of our extensive client portfolio. Eve is an expert in handling the creative, strategic and stakeholder requirements that exist with complex integrated campaigns, while never losing sight of community needs, connection and engagement.

Emily Nicol

Production Manager