Full Circle of Social Change

Today I  delivered a guest lecture for the ‘Making Social Change’ unit of the LaTrobe University Masters program in International Development. As an alumnist of this university and Masters course, it was a come-full-circle moment addressing this class...

Resilience Under Fire

I presented a keynote today at the ‘Resilient Women’ forum in Darebin for the Darebin City Council.  The purpose was to give context to the lived experience of Islamophobia afflicting Australian Muslim women, knowing with whom culpability for this...

What is Humanitarianism?

Just presented at the Swinburne University ‘Youth Humanitarian Festival’ on ‘What is humanitarianism’ (answer: core respect, compassion and inclusivity- among other responsibilities). Great questions from the floor, too.  Congratulations...

A Knight for Storytelling Royalty

Enjoyed some scintillating banter tonight  with screenwriter legend, Andrew Knight, as we fielded audience questions post a screening of ‘Ali’s Wedding’ at @palacewestgarth.   Andrew spoke to his experience working on the film, his...

Campus Dining On Diversity

Tonight I spoke at the Monash Residential Services (MRS) Leadership dinner, to a group of 150 University students aged 18 – 22 years old who all live on campus and University staff. I addressed the need for culturally diverse perspectives in leadership, in order...

Respect Where it Matters

From a recent speaking gig I gave at Salesian College to their upper secondary cohort – on ‘The Space In-between’. To the theme of respectful relationships I focused on the role of communication and knowledge of others, understanding difference over...