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About Poppy Nichaloff

Poppy Nichaloff is a co-founder of Generation Rise, a youth initiative she started with artist and musician Jacob Nichaloff (J-MILLA). Its programs combine music, digital storytelling, cultural leadership and mental health advocacy, and include Bilawuk, which teaches young people to use social media safely, and Waditj Warriors. Generation Rise reports more than 35 community engagements across the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia, in places including Wadeye and Maningrida.

A creative strategist, storyteller and digital educator, she built an online audience as a content creator and has been featured in Adelaide Now.

On ThincHer's You're In Charge, hosted by Sav Perera, she talked about setting boundaries online, avoiding burnout and building Generation Rise.

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Key moments from Poppy Nichaloff on boundaries, burnout, and building Generation Rise.

  1. 0:00Cold open
  2. 0:21Meet Poppy Nichaloff
  3. 1:24Back to the beginning
  4. 2:51"It never planned to be this"
  5. 3:59Spotting the gap
  6. 5:35What to share, what to keep back
  7. 9:34Working with her co-founder
  8. 10:39How they resolve conflict
  9. 18:00The risk of burnout
  10. 19:42Learning to step back

Generation Rise on Day One

Generation Rise is an Aboriginal-owned youth initiative founded by artist J-MILLA (Jacob Nichaloff), a Marranungu man, and creative strategist Poppy Nichaloff.

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