Ray Jackson
Monday 7 July, 2008
Of Aboriginal descent, Ray was stolen from his Aboriginal mother at the age of two, and placed with a white family when aged about three. This history has instilled in Ray a firm commitment to justice for Aboriginal people, and opposition to all forms of oppression.
In 1987 Ray became active in Deaths in Custody issues, and was a coordinator of the Aboriginal Deaths In Custody Watch Committee from 1991 to 1997. In 1997 Ray became a founding member of the Indigenous Social Justice Association Inc, an unfunded organisation working within gaols, Juvenile Justice, police, Courts, Coronial matters, Family issues, Education, Health, and more.