Kevin Yow Yeh is a Wakka Wakka and South Sea Islander man, trained Social Worker and Lecturer at QUTs Carumba Institute.
He is also a director at the Institute for Collaborative Race Research and as a social worker, Kevin provides cultural supervision to several organisations across education and law. In his spare time, Kevin is a regular on Triple A Murri Country’s Let’s Talk program, and enjoys a laugh as a TV commentator on Network Ten’s Gogglebox series.
Eddie Betts shares his personal story of growing up Aboriginal in Australia and the obstacles he faced in becoming a 350 AFL game player for the Carlton and Adelaide Football Club.
Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, Eddie will take the audience on a journey with him as he talks openly and candidly about the impact of racism and discrimination on his life, career and family.
Eddie’s story will inspire people – to reflect and challenge the way they think, see and feel about Racism, whilst sharing his wonderful insights into leadership and team success.
Eddie Betts is a 350-game AFL player. He currently works in the AFL media with Fox Footy, coaches part-time at Geelong Football Club, and is the Author of two children’s books (and a soon-to-be kids’ TV series) and an autobiography.
Simon is a long-term NT doctor who has turned to work with his community and facilitate two-way processes to enable Warumungu people to create the homes that suit their culture and climate. WIlya Janta is a very innovative housing organisation that is putting First Nations people in charge of how a home might be, engaging deep cultural knowledge of how to live in hot climates with contemporary construction methods and technologies to resolve the wicked problem of housing that belies all the health and social inequities that confront remote communities.
Jimmy is a Warumungu man and Traditional Owner of Jurnkurrakur (Tennant Creek), and is the chair of Wilya Janta. WIlya Janta is a very innovative housing organisation that is putting First Nations people in charge of how a home might be, engaging deep cultural knowledge of how to live in hot climates with contemporary construction methods and technologies to resolve the wicked problem of housing that belies all the health and social inequities that confront remote communities.
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