Mackay is set to host the 7th Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum, with a launch session featuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dancers, an opening address, a keynote speaker and a plenary panel, scheduled from 8.30am on Monday, May 30.

The two-day forum at Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre is being presented by the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (QCDFVR), which is hosted by CQUniversity Mackay Campus.

QCDFVR Director Heather Nancarrow will deliver the opening address, while Monday's keynote speech on Reclaiming the warrior features Charles Passi from Thursday Island.

You can LINK HERE for the full forum program

The Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum aims to:

• highlight and celebrate the good work that is being done by Indigenous people themselves to end domestic and family violence;
• support Indigenous people to share information and knowledge about strategies and programs that could be used effectively by others; and to
• promote opportunities for networking between Indigenous workers in the field of domestic and family violence prevention.

Topics to be covered at this year's forum are:

• Working with men and young people who perpetrate domestic and family violence
• The impact of domestic and family violence on children
• Primary prevention - working with children and young people to prevent violence happening

This year CDFVR is also offering a free three-day training opportunity immediately after the 7th Qld Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum (on June 1-3) to 25 Indigenous forum participants. The training will be the first unit of CDFVR's nationally accredited Course in Responding to Domestic and Family Violence - Recognise and Respond Appropriately to Domestic and Family Violence (valued at approximately $500 per participant and resulting in a qualification). The venue for the training will be CQUniversity, Boundary Road, Mackay.