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Emelda Davis proud to be speaking at both BLACK workshops being held in Mount Druitt & Tweed Heads

Emelda Davis ASSIPJPresident of ASSIPJ and Sydney Local Woman of the Year, Emelda Davis is proud to be speaking at both BLACK workshops being held in Mount Druitt and Tweed Heads this month.

Emelda boasts diverse expertise in community development, education, training, media and marketing having worked for Federal, State Government, Community and Grassroots organisations.

Her work as President of ASSIPJ since 2009 has seen the revival of the call for recognition for her people through coordination of five Wantok national workshops between 2012-2015 and development of the National Australian South Sea Islander Association (NASSIA) followed by the adoption of the NASSIA constitution at Tweed Heads NSW.

Connect with Emelda and hear her story.
Register now FREE for BLACK Mount Druitt.

Say halo to Lola Forester

Lola ForesterJoining the speaker line up for BLACK Mt Druitt, Lola Forester is a Yuwibara/Australian South Sea Islander who is the producer of the Blackchat program on Koori Radio 93.7FM.

Lola has travelled to South Africa, USA, Mexico, Vanuatu and beyond in her time as a radio producer. Lola’s extensive career as an Indigenous media specialist in politics and world current affairs has seen her attention in particular on Black Lives Matter issues for people of colour.

As keynote at the BLACK workshop, Lola hopes to learn, share and encourage our young to take up the advocacy work needed in creating change for the injustice our communities are facing.

Numbers for the BLACK workshop are limited so register HERE.

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