Speakers and participants will converge on Mackay's Entertainment Centre in May (11-13) for the 6th Annual Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum.

The Forum is being conducted by the Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, which is based on our Mackay Campus. 

Last year's participants included L-R - Dr Jackie Huggins, Deputy Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Studies Unit, UQ; Heather Nancarrow, Director, Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research and Pat Anderson, Chair, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and co-author of 'Little Children are Sacred Report'. PHOTO courtesy Daily MercuryThis event is convened each year by the Centre, in conjunction with its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group. Details are available via http://www.noviolence.com.au/ .

Speakers this year will include: Professor Chris Cunneen, NewSouth Global Chair in Criminology, UNSW; Kerrie Tim, Indigenous Leadership and Engagement, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; June Oscar, Fitzroy Crossing; and Pat Anderson, Chair Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and co-author of the Little Children are Sacred Report. Professor Steve Larkin, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Indigenous Leadership, Charles Darwin University will speak at the Forum Dinner.

This year's Forum offers an optional third day which includes workshops by the Help Ease Life's Parenting Pressure (H.E.L.P.P.) Program team and Red Dust Healing presenters, Randal Ross and Tom Powell.

This year's Forum - The Big Picture - Putting the Pieces Together - will have a strong focus on healing, leadership and community information sharing.

It provides an opportunity for Indigenous people to come together to network and celebrate the good work that is being done in their communities to end family violence.