Join Dr Naysun Saeedi in this exploration of the ongoing impact of family violence on children and the complex role of faith.
Dr Naysun Saeedi completed his basic medical training in Queensland, and his psychiatry specialist training in Melbourne. His subspecialty is in child, adolescent and family psychiatry. He was the former director of the child and adolescent psychiatry service in Cairns, north Queensland and since his return to Melbourne, he has been working at the Monash Medical Centre as a child and adolescent psychiatrist and is also a lecturer at Monash University.
Born in Africa, to Iranian Baha’i parents, spending his primary school years in Iran, he and his family migrated to Australia in 1986 escaping the religious violence and persecution against Baha’is. He is a member of the Baha’i Faith community and of the Monash Baha’i Council.
His interests are in moral development of children and adolescents and he was the coordinator of the Education for Peace program’s Melbourne campus, a Baha’i inspired program of personal and spiritual development for teenagers.
Where: The Castle, Hemmings Park, Princes Highway, Dandenong
Cost: This is a FREE breakfast event.
Bookings: RSVP by 30 January. For catering purposes, we need to know how many are coming.
RSVP by email to interfaithofficer@interfaithnetwork.org.au or Tel: (03) 8774 7662.
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Interfaith Network of City of Greater Dandenong
Website: interfaithnetwork.org.au
Email: interfaithofficer@interfaithnetwork.org.au
Tel: (03) 8774 7662