_Youth Space for Her Place _is your opportunity to be part of a
discussion about how the voices of young people can be part of Her
Place Women’s Museum Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that
celebrates the achievements of all Australian women, inspires young
women and girls and educates all.
Bringing together a panel of young thinkers, writers and activists,
the forum will explore how identity, diversity and feminism can be
addressed within the institution. It is also an opportunity for Her
PLACE (and the Immigration Museum) to consult with youth audiences
about who inspires them and how Her Place’s programs, activities and
exhibitions can best represent and include young, diverse and
intersectional feminist perspectives.
_Youth Space for Her Place _is a collaboration between Her PLACE
WOMEN’s Museum AUSTRALIA and Museum Victoria’s IMMIGRATION MUSEUM.
Title page photo by Danielle Hakim, International Women's Day March,
Melbourne, 2017.
SPEAKERS:
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ARETHA STEWART-BROWN is an Indigenous
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians] Australian
YOUTH ACTIVIST AND THE FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF THE NATIONAL
INDIGENOUS YOUTH PARLIAMENT. In 2014 Brown was selected to attend the
100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign] in Turkey
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey], in 2017 addressed an estimated
50,000 protesters in MELBOURNE on Australia Day
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day] at an Invasion Day and
in 2018 spoke at the 2018 Invasion Day March.
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STELLA BRIDIE is a former Fitzroy High School student and passionate
activist who co-founded the FHS Feminist Collective. She has written
articles for Rosie Respect, Young Vagabond, and Sheilas.
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AMELIA PETERSON is a young cis woman from Naarm. She is passionate
about raising the intersectional issues facing women, people of
colour, neuro-diverse people, LGBTQIA folks and dif-abled people to
forefront through her passion for Social Work and Activism. Coming
from a family situation of inter-generational trauma, she lives with
anxiety disorder and experiences physical chronic illnesses which
cause her to identify as ‘dif-abled’. Working for Museums Victoria
in Communications and Partnerships, Amelia has a special interest in
cultural institutions and how they can become more adaptable and
socially aware. She currently runs a self-care blog and Instagram,
where she chronicles her experiences and observations as a body
positive modern woman in a sometimes slow moving world.
MEHAK SHEIKH is a third generation Kenyan with Pakistani Punjabi
ethnic heritage and an Islamic upbringing. She has also spent 6 years
in the UAE before migrating to Australia in 2012. Mehak is a
psychology honours graduate with a research interest in the role of
education in acculturation and intercultural engagement. She currently
runs her own facilitation business, U-Learn and works as a
project/leadership officer, YLab Consultant and a customer service
officer at libraries.When not working, Mehak is a volunteer with
Healthwest Partnership, headspace, the Centre for Multicultural Youth,
the Welcome Dinner Project, Divercities network, Red Cross, Plan
International and various local councils, among other organisations.
Her passions include intercultural engagement, education,
entrepreneurship and health/wellbeing.
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