Victorian Transcultural Mental Health will hold its biennial forum at the Djerring Flemington Hub. The theme of this year’s forum is “Practice and research innovations towards culturally responsive systems”.
Across Victoria, there is innovative thinking and action that strengthens the cultural responsiveness of our sector. This forum is an opportunity to shed light on the variety, richness, and challenges of that valuable work. We will focus on the experiences of dignity and indignity in mental health interventions through the lens of communities, clients and service providers.
The forum will feature keynote speakers Indigo Daya and Kathomi Gatwiri, two of the sector’s most innovative and thought-provoking voices. We will announce the rest of the speakers and program in the coming weeks.
Daya is a research scholar and activist, informed by her own experiences with the mental health system. She practices independent peer support, training and co-reflection, and works with others to grow liberatory alternatives to psychiatry.
Gatwiri is one of Australia’s leading Afro-diasporic scholars whose award-winning interdisciplinary research investigates the intersecting topics of racial trauma, belonging, blackness, and migranthood. Her work is grounded in decolonising methodologies that attempt to develop knowledge about and for those people who are assigned categories of difference.
A limited number of complimentary tickets are available for people in the community with lived and living experiences, who are not currently employed. If you think you may be eligible, please email vtmh@svha.org.au for more information.
Spaces are limited. Reserve your spot so you don’t miss out.
- Where: Djerring Flemington Hub, 25 Mt Alexander Road, Flemington
- Cost: $100
- Bookings: online via VTMH
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Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH)
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Tel: (03) 9231 3300
VTMH acknowledges it is located on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation. We know this land has history, custodians and stories spanning tens of thousands of years. We celebrate and recognise the First Peoples’ continuing connection to the land and water, and pay our respects to their Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
In a spirit of reconciliation, we commit to walking the journey of learning and healing together.