Diversity@Deakin: The stories that shape us
Thursday 10 May 2018
6pm–8.30pm
Waterfront Kitchen Cafe, Geelong Waterfront Campus
Auslan services will be available
Event details
Join us to hear our speakers share their stories.
Diversity is not always obvious. Personal attributes, experiences and circumstances intersect in our lives.
'Diversity @ Deakin: The stories that shape us' is an opportunity to reflect on the stories within each of us, and the many layers of our collective experience. Our speakers will share their stories of rich and complex lives enhanced by attributes such as culture, sexuality or disability.
A light supper will be provided.
Jax Jacki Brown
Jax Jacki Brown is a disability and LGBTIQ activist, writer, public speaker, disability sexuality educator and workshop designer and facilitator. Jax holds a BA in Cultural Studies and Communication where she examined the intersections between disability and LGBTIQ identities and their respective rights movements. She is a member of the Victorian Ministerial Council on Women's Equality, The Victorian governments' LGBTI taskforce Health and Human Services Working Group and The Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's Disability Reference Group.
She was named one of the 25 LGBTI People to Watch List in 2015 and is a co-producer of Quippings: Disability Unleashed, a disability performance troupe in Melbourne. Jax teaches in disability at Victoria University and enjoys transmitting her passion for disability rights into practical applications for students. Through her presentations at conferences and universities, and her extensive publications, she provides a powerful insight into the reasons why society needs to change, rather than people with disabilities.
Dr Adele Murdolo
Dr Adele Murdolo is the Executive Director of the Multicultural Centre for Women's Health and has been a committed advocate and researcher of immigrant and refugee women’s rights and wellbeing for over 20 years.
Adele is from an Italian migrant background and has a PhD in history and women’s studies, with specific expertise in intersectionality, violence against women and women's health. Adele is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and has recently published in the areas of feminist history and violence against women.
Richard Frankland
Richard Frankland is a proud Gunditjmara Man who lives on country in south-west Victoria.
His roles include being an Investigator for the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission, fisherman, musician, author, writer for live theatre, screen writer, director of stage and screen, theatrical producer, CEO, keynote speaker for theatrical institutions, workshop facilitator and key note speaker in Indigenous issues including lateral violence, cultural safety, community capacity building and Associate Dean, Associate Professor and most importantly, a family man.
Despite leaving school at the age of 13, Richard has notched up many academic achievements. In 2007, he completed his Master of Arts at RMIT University with a thesis entitled 'The Art, Freedom and Responsibility of Voice' and in the same year published his first novel, Digger J Jones. The book tells of a young Koori boy growing up in 1967 at the time of the Referendum which gave Aboriginal people citizenship rights.
Richard’s lifelong work has been to facilitate the voice of Indigenous Australians via his many public personas. Richard constantly reminds people that, 'We are not a problem people, we are people with a problem and that problem was colonisation.'
MC: Kylie Warne
Kylie Warne is Managing Director of award-winning marketing consultancy, Brand Bureau, which she established 12 years ago, and founder of tech startup, GetSetGo. She is passionate about her home town of Geelong. She is the longest serving President in the 165-year history of the Geelong Chamber of Commerce, having occupied the role since 2013 and only announced her retirement just recently.
Kylie was appointed Chair, Barwon Regional Partnership, in 2016, by the Minister for Regional Development. The Barwon Regional Partnership is one of nine Partnerships across Victoria, providing a new way to direct the priorities identified by regional communities straight into the heart of state government. As Partnership Chair, she was automatically appointed as a member of the Regional Development Advisory Committee to advise the Minister on policies, projects and issues related to rural and regional Victoria.
Kylie holds Master of Business and Bachelor of Arts degrees, is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is married and has two boys aged nine and seven. In her spare time, Kylie enjoys politics, cooking, lap swimming and participating in open water swimming events.
Key information
Date and time
Thursday 10 May 2018
6pm–8.30pm
Location
Waterfront Kitchen Cafe,
Geelong Waterfront Campus,
Deakin University,
1 Gheringhap Street,
Geelong VIC 3220
Contact
For more information, please contact events@deakin.edu.au