Jenni Cargill-Strong - 1985

Jenni is now a professional storyteller based in Byron Bay
Jenni is now a professional storyteller based in Byron Bay

Jenni Cargill-Strong completed her Bachelor of Arts in 1988 and used to love walking down the path to the river in Spring, through carpets of jacaranda blossoms.

When I was at UQ, we protested for Aboriginal rights, free speech, the right to assemble and against student fees.
 
When Joh Bjelke-Petersen was given an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, we gathered outside Mayne Hall.  We yelled our disgust, pounding our fists against the tall glass walls.  Then we noticed that the glass was swaying dangerously. Frightened faces were looking out at us.
 
I realized then, that while ‘the price of freedom is eternal vigilance’, it always pays to keep your cool.

Twenty years later, I still express my political views actively, creatively.  But I never yell them.

 

 

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