Pronouns: She/Her
Lizzy Jarrett (Elizabeth Ann Jarrett) is an activist, educator, poet and warrior woman from the Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung, Dunghutti clans and a direct descendant of the original Stolen Generations. She now makes it her life duty to help advocate for her peoples’ rights through activism, poetry, art, music and volunteering to the community. She is a member of Grandmothers Against Removals Sydney, an organisation that fights for the return and restoration of Aboriginal families that are still being torn apart by government policies.
She is also a core member of FIRE Fighting In Resistance Equally and is a well-respected figure at Sydney First Nations social justice rallies. She often MCs demonstrations. Elizabeth is tireless in her support of the families who’ve lost a loved one to the NSW criminal justice system. She always makes the journey out to the Coroner’s Court in Lidcombe to attend inquests into Aboriginal deaths in custody