Strong and Thriving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls.
Shooting Stars is an engagement program that creates opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls and young women to thrive at school, at work, at home and in community. Through our locally informed, school-based and community-led programs, participants strengthen: Connections to Culture & Country Confidence & Wellbeing Education & Leadership Pathways & Aspirations Everything we do is guided by strong relationships, local knowledge and community priorities. Working alongside families, Elders, schools and communities, Shooting Stars helps create environments where girls and young women can pursue their aspirations, walk confidently in two worlds and shape their own futures.About Us
1,000+
Empowered Participants
50+
Empowered Employees
100+
Yarns Conducted
Our Projects
Art with the Stars
Through the Art with the Stars Project, Shooting Stars uses arts-based research methods to evaluate the program. This form of research was chosen as art making is a fundamental part of Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing.
Kaya Kwopetok Koorlang Yok
Kaya Kwopetok Koorlang Yok: Dear Beautiful Young Woman is a celebration of 28 incredible women who have shared what 'success' means to them.
Pathways
The Shooting Stars Leadership Program helps close the gap for young Aboriginal women leaders by strengthening participants’ positive profiles and developing their leadership capability and capacity.
Research
Through our research – which is grounded in Aboriginal ways of knowing, being, and doing, and provides a platform for our participant's and communities voices – Shooting Stars challenges the status quo.
Deadly Minds Matter
The Deadly Minds Matter program, formerly known as 'Seven Sisters', will provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls and women with opportunities to develop positive social and emotional wellbeing skills and preventative mental health strategies.
Sparks
The Sparks program aims to support participants on their education journey, helping them to identify and develop their spark and passions in years 8-10.