Aboriginal - Girls Action Foundation

By Carli Harris
The name of my painting is “Leadership begins at home”
My painting represents the bond between mother and daughter and it represents
leadership too. The sunrise means the beginning of a new day. Children learn leadership
from their parents. The leaders of the future are taught by examples of love. The leaders
of tomorrow are shaped in our hands today. Women should be examples for their
children, not only Aboriginal women but all women.
Leaders are strong people with good morals and wise judgement. Leadership isn’t
boastful, proud or pushy, it’s patient and humble. It has wisdom and honesty and
positive reinforcement of victory. I believe that the best kind of leader is somebody
who has hit rock bottom and has risen above and become a better person because of
it. Somebody who can empathise with people and take what they know to help those
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