Not merely an organisation. A movement.

Majority First Nations Board

BilaEmpower is a First Nations not-for-profit based on Kaurna Country (South Australia). Co-founded by Bianca Stawiarski and Tod Stokes in 2024, it emerged as a decolonised and holistic approach to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to drive change.

By privileging First Nations knowledge systems and worldviews, we provide culturally integrated services that enhance social and emotional wellbeing, alongside education, training and support for First Nations business and employment.

The BilaEmpower Team: our national network of First Nations clinicians, each an independent contractor, shown with their names and practices. — The BilaEmpower team: our national network of First Nations clinicians.

VISIONA future where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, families and communities thrive through self-determined, culturally integrated services that promote social and emotional wellbeing, economic empowerment and leadership.

IMPACTEnhancing the social and emotional wellbeing of First Nations people through culturally integrated services that address systemic barriers to employment and business success, creating intergenerational change.

PURPOSETo provide benevolent relief and meaningful support to First Nations people experiencing distress due to systemic disadvantage, intergenerational trauma and disrupted cultural connections.

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