[Edited extract from public address]
#MeToo Founder
In 2006, Tarana famously broke the silence on sexual violence with a simple phrase: Me too. Her activism sparked a viral gender equity phenomenon driven by survivors of sexual assault and their allies.
Tarana will be visiting Australia for the first time to accept the Sydney Peace Prize, jointly awarded to both her and Tracey Spicer for their advocacy work in amplifying the voices of survivors of sexual violence.
Tracey Spicer AM
Journalist, NOW Co-Founder
Tracey Spicer AM is a multiple Walkley Award winning author, journalist and broadcaster who has anchored national programs for ABC TV and radio, Network Ten and Sky News. The national co-founder of Women in Media and NOW Australia, Tracey is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers and emcees in the region.
This year, she is receiving the Sydney Peace Prize with American activist Tarana Burke, on behalf of the global #MeToo movement. She has also been named the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year, and in 2018 was chosen as one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence, winning the Social Enterprise and Not-For-Profit category. She was also named Agenda Setter of the Year by the website Women’s Agenda. For her 30 years of media and charity work, Tracey has been awarded the Order of Australia.
Dr. Kyllie Cripps
Proud Pallawa woman, Family Violence Researcher and Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales
Dr Kyllie Cripps is a Scientia Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Law Faculty at the University of New South Wales. Kyllie as a Pallawa woman has worked extensively over the past twenty years in the areas of family violence, sexual assault and child abuse with Indigenous communities, defining areas of need and considering intervention options at multiple levels. She has led three major Australian Research Council grants in the areas of Indigenous family violence including one defining and contextualising, Indigenous and non Indigenous, community and service sector, understandings and practices of partnerships in the family violence sector. The research in this area was significant for identifying gaps and opportunities in the sector that could facilitate improvements in service responses to Indigenous family violence.
Where: Collingwood Town Hall, 140 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, VIC 3067
Cost: $29.69 – $41.13
Bookings: Online through EventBrite
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Victorian Women’s Trust
Address: 9/313 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
Tel: 03 9642 0422
Email: women@vwt.org.au
Website: www.vwt.org.au
Proudly presented by the Victorian Women’s Trust in partnership with the Sydney Peace Foundation with support of our friends at the Australian Women's Donor Network.
Tarana Burke will be joined on stage for a panel discussion with local feminists Tracey Spicer AM (journalist) and Dr. Kyllie Cripps (violence prevention expert). More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks!
Tarana Burke#MeToo Founder
In 2006, Tarana famously broke the silence on sexual violence with a simple phrase: Me too. Her activism sparked a viral gender equity phenomenon driven by survivors of sexual assault and their allies.
Tarana will be visiting Australia for the first time to accept the Sydney Peace Prize, jointly awarded to both her and Tracey Spicer for their advocacy work in amplifying the voices of survivors of sexual violence.
Tracey Spicer AM
Journalist, NOW Co-Founder
Tracey Spicer AM is a multiple Walkley Award winning author, journalist and broadcaster who has anchored national programs for ABC TV and radio, Network Ten and Sky News. The national co-founder of Women in Media and NOW Australia, Tracey is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers and emcees in the region.
This year, she is receiving the Sydney Peace Prize with American activist Tarana Burke, on behalf of the global #MeToo movement. She has also been named the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year, and in 2018 was chosen as one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence, winning the Social Enterprise and Not-For-Profit category. She was also named Agenda Setter of the Year by the website Women’s Agenda. For her 30 years of media and charity work, Tracey has been awarded the Order of Australia.
Dr. Kyllie Cripps
Proud Pallawa woman, Family Violence Researcher and Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales
Dr Kyllie Cripps is a Scientia Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Law Faculty at the University of New South Wales. Kyllie as a Pallawa woman has worked extensively over the past twenty years in the areas of family violence, sexual assault and child abuse with Indigenous communities, defining areas of need and considering intervention options at multiple levels. She has led three major Australian Research Council grants in the areas of Indigenous family violence including one defining and contextualising, Indigenous and non Indigenous, community and service sector, understandings and practices of partnerships in the family violence sector. The research in this area was significant for identifying gaps and opportunities in the sector that could facilitate improvements in service responses to Indigenous family violence.
Where: Collingwood Town Hall, 140 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, VIC 3067
Cost: $29.69 – $41.13
Bookings: Online through EventBrite
MORE:
Victorian Women’s Trust
Address: 9/313 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
Tel: 03 9642 0422
Email: women@vwt.org.au
Website: www.vwt.org.au
Proudly presented by the Victorian Women’s Trust in partnership with the Sydney Peace Foundation with support of our friends at the Australian Women's Donor Network.