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| Make a Move: Youth Week Launch |
| Date | | Sat 28 Mar 2009 | | Time | | 11:00am | | Venue | | SLQ Gallery - Enter Level 2 through the security and cloak room.
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Level 2 Map | | Stream | | Action and Advocacy |
11am – 12.30pm
FREE
Make a Move and kick-start Youth Week 2009. A lively mix of debates, games and music will highlight how young volunteers are shaping the future.
Information www.youth.qld.gov.au
Presented by Department of Communities
Guests include:
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 | Ash Brosnan | |
Alan Huynh – 2008 Queensland Multicultural Award winner, Individual Category - Outstanding Young Achiever | |
Sarah Moran – Young Volunteer Award winner 2008 | |
Alissa Phillips – Founding Director of SPACE | |
Wesley Stubbings – Young Volunteer Award winner 2008 | |
Danielle Vujovich |
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 | Ash Brosnan - Ash is currently the Communications Officer for the Oaktree Foundation in Queensland. The Oaktree Foundation is a youth run aid and development organisation, run entirely by young people under the age of 26. The mission of Oaktree is to empower developing communities through education in a way that is sustainable. | | | Alan Huynh - 2008 Queensland Multicultural Award winner, Individual Category - Outstanding Young Achiever.
Alan is a committed multiculturalism campaigner and youth leader. Currently studying medicine at the University of Queensland, Alan is coordinating a new project to develop and implement a leadership skills camp for young refugee students to learn more about Australian culture. | | | Sarah Moran - Moving from Lismore to study Journalism at QUT, Sarah was inspired to set up Brisnet, a support network of students from rural and regional areas who help each other settle into life in Brisbane.
Since then she’s been named Queensland Young Volunteer of the Year and was a recipient of the 2008 QUT Student Leadership Excellence Award for her exceptional work in the university and the wider community.
Sarah supports QUT’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and Initiate programs, Student Support Networking Group and is an advisor to the Engineers Without Borders Executive Committee.
More recently, Sarah was the only Australian delegate to attend the Global Engagement Summit in the USA - with only 17 international delegates selected worldwide. She also shares her volunteering experience and encourages others through the Business Advantage’s Community Engagement module and the Workshop: Volunteering Gen Y Style which she developed in conjunction with Volunteering Queensland. Sarah is dedicated to her role as a Youth Ambassador of Reach Out – the web-based mental health service for young people.
As an aspiring journalist, Sarah co-hosted the 2007 Federal Election coverage on Switch 1197am and travelled to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as part of QUT’s journalism contingent. | | | Alissa Phillips - Social entrepreneur and Founding Director of SPACE (Specialised Programs and Community Endeavours) Alissa Phillips holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Creative Industries and a Masters in Music Therapy. She applies her qualifications specifically to disability services through her innovative programs BEAT and BIG Night Out.
Alissa has won numerous awards for her work in improving the quality of life for people affected by a disability, including 2007 Lord Mayor’s Youth Citizen of the Year and University of Queensland’s Young Alumni 2008.
She believes that disability and difference in our communities can be embraced through the education and positive experiences of youth and community.
Alissa believes that we can improve attitudes and relationships between those members of the community who have a disability and those members of the community who do not by engaging people in dynamic discussions and meaningful experiences surrounding disability and social responsibility.
http://thespace.org.au | | | Wesley Stubbings - Wesley has given his time and energy to be part of International Indigenous Flame's "Hand to the Community" strategy, which helps to establish programs and activities with Indigenous young people in the Townsville region. He is a member of the Queensland Youth Council. | | | Danielle Vujovich - Danielle is an active young volunteer involved with a number of organisations including the Oaktree Foundation.
She was Livingstone Shire Youth Mayor and Young Citizen of the Year 2008, a previous member of the YMCA Youth Parliament and mentor for the 2009 Youth Parliament, and the youngest participant at the 2020 Summit. | |
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