7th Annual Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum ...

Monday May 30 and Tuesday May 31, 2011

Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre, Alfred Street, Mackay

Day 1 - Monday May 30

Primary prevention - working with children and young people to prevent violence happening

8.00 am Registration

8.45 am Welcome to Country

8.55 am Aboriginal dancers

9.05 am Torres Strait Islander dancers

9.15 am Opening address - Heather Nancarrow, Director CDFVR

9.25 am Keynote speaker - Charles Passi - Thursday Island - Reclaiming the warrior

10.00 am Plenary panel - Chair, Shirley Slann

Leanne Smith & Terri-Anne Goodreid - Qld - Future Parenting Program - increasing children's skills and knowledge

Laurel Blow - Qld - Change and growth - Trauma informed practice

Heather Nancarrow - National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children

10.45 am Questions

11.00 am MORNING TEA

11.30 am Yarning circles Leanne Smith & Terri-Anne Goodreid - Future Parents Program Selena Miller - Qld. Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service - The BROC program Laurel Blow - Mudjimba Women's Safe House - S.A.F.E.L.Y. Tool

12.30 pm Feedback from yarning circle presenters

12.45 pm LUNCH Day 1 - afternoon - Impacts of domestic violence on children

1.45 pm Plenary panel - Chair, Pat Cora

Kerry Thompson - Vic. - Art therapy for a healing journey

Simone Jackson - Children within the statutory space as a result of domestic violence -

impacts and outcomes

TBA

2.30 pm Questions

2.45 pm Yarning circles Fiona Mawson & Kerry Thomspon - The ‘Violence is Not Our Way' program Denise Johnson, Qld. - Consider the Jarjums - the high impact of family separation on children. Tracey Morris - Qld. - Showcasing Far West Indigenous Family Violence prevention programs Fay Gee-Hoy & Josephine Martin - Qld. - Raising awareness on the impact of family violence on children

3.45 pm AFTERNOON TEA

4.05 pm Feedback from yarning circle presenters

4.20 pm Close - Dr. Jackie Huggins.

7.00 - 12.00pm "Let's Unite!" Forum dinner and karaoke

Day 2 - Tuesday May 31 - Working with men and young people who perpetrate domestic and family violence 8.45 am Keynote speaker - Bruce Simpson - Qld. - The SOS program - helping our young people address domestic and family violence

9.30 am Plenary panel - Chair, Harold Fatnowna

Jason Jarro - Qld. - Understanding family violence Gil Thomsen - Qld - Restoring cultural health and harmony

TBA

10.15 am Questions

10.30 am MORNING TEA

11.00 am Yarning circles Bruce Simpson and Charles Passi - What's working in our communities Jason Jarro - The Understanding Violence program Cameron Barwick - The Watchhouse DVD project Gil Thomsen & Matthew Quaife-Ryan - The NOW program

12.00 am Feedback from yarning circle presenters

12.15 10 minute bites - Six participants have the opportunity to speak for 10 minutes about the good work being done in their community.

1.15 pm Close - Heather Nancarrow

1.30 pm Lunch.