About Us

Our History

Marigurim Mubi Yangu is Butchulla for Strong Women Talking

Butchulla and Garrawa woman Sono Leone is the founder of Strong Women Talking and develops and leads all programs. This is her story.

I wanted to create a program for our First Nations’ women, our sisters, where they are comfortable and safe to start healing, to understand, to build their knowledge and make changes. Strong Women Talking is giving women information and tools. It’s bringing them back into their God given dreams and destiny for their lives. It’s reminding the women there is a black sisterhood that care. To be around people who are encouraging.

Our Aunties– make up a huge part of what we do. They’re just a phone call away. They have the lived experience so they are all knowledgeable – they have warmth and love and dedication.

Simplistic in their markings. Powerful in their symbolism. Three white lines across their wrist and face is the cleansing for women to start their program.

To be grounded in culture, to use that strength of culture to feel and be safe, to commit to change. To heal. To break the cycle of violence and abuse. To create positive, bright futures for their babies.

Our Mission, Values, Vision

Mission

Educating women about the different forms of abuse and the cycle of violence. We believe education is the key to preventing cycles of violence for future generations.

Equipping women with new coping mechanisms and tools to be able to heal from trauma.

Empowering women to come into a deep revelation of self-worth and self-love. Having a strong sense of belonging and identity to be able to fulfil their dreams and destinies.

Values

Love in action.
Respect for all.
Integrity in all we do.
Gratitude attitude.
Hope for the future.
Safety always.

Vision

To break the cycle of family and domestic violence in our families and create a safe healing space for First Nations women to heal from the impacts of trauma demo violent relationships.