Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture 2009
Aboriginal women have a long and proud history as custodians of care and connection within and between families. Throughout modern history this role has evolved to include advocacy and activism as Aboriginal women (and men) have fought for the rights of their children, their Elders, their people and their Country. Alongside this, Aboriginal women have also carried their own burdens of trauma with dignity, resilience and strength.
In this lecture Dr Mackean will explore the contemporary nature of Aboriginal family and kinship; the role Aboriginal women have played and continue to play in reducing disparities in life experienced by Aboriginal people; and the healing journeys many Aboriginal women take not only for themselves but for their communities.
Dr Mackean will illustrate the above with her family’s story and her own journey as an Aboriginal doctor and leader through adversity and success, as well as draw on examples of other Aboriginal women and their accomplishments. A personal family poem will conclude the address.
This is a free public lecture, All Welcome.
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