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Ovens Murray Community Services Symposium – Stronger Together
June 25 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
$50.00
The Ovens Murray Community Services – Stronger Together Symposium is a chance for Community Service sector practitioners and leaders to come together in celebrating and promoting collaborative pathways, connection and practice.
The full-day program will include opportunities to explore pathways for collaboration and innovative practice to enable our workforce to work together, for better outcomes for children, young people and families across Ovens Murray.
Keynote speakers I Presentations I Panel discussions
Matt and Sarah Brown ‘SHE IS NOT YOUR REHAB’
In their powerful keynote messages, Mataio + Sarah Brown share their innovative and revolutionary approaches to addressing family violence, emphasising the pivotal role of community and collective healing in breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma while passionately advocating for healthy masculinity role modelling. They encourage men to overcome shame while taking responsibility for their own healing. Their message inspires a transformative journey towards healthy relationships and cultural shifts that challenge ingrained norms to foster a safer, more empathetic and holistic society.
Professor Daryl Higgins
Is Director of the Institute of Child Protection Studies. For 30 years, Prof Higgins has been researching child abuse prevalence and impacts, public health approaches to prevention, child protection and out-of-home care systems, family law, family violence, family wellbeing, and past adoption practices. He is one of the Chief Investigators on the Australian Child Maltreatment Study.