Community Connectors.
A growing list of professional experts
Our ‘Community Connectors’ are passionate BoH team members, committed to informing the public about the injustices faced by vulnerable members of our community.
BoH ‘Community Connectors’ are experts in their field and tasked with assisting BoH raise awareness of the issues faced by young women in the latter stages of Out-of-Home care and those leaving care, and including issues faced by single mothers.
If you would like to arrange a ‘Community Connector’ to speak to your organisation, at a conference or event please enquire here:
Our Speakers:
Robert Stary
Humanitarian & Criminal Law specialist
Topic of expertise:
- Criminal Justice System
Felicity Gerry
International QC (UK & Australia)
Member Women Barristers Assoc.
Topics of expertise:
- Trafficking of women and girls
- Female genital mutilation
- Drug mules – women blackmailed/trapped into trafficking
John Walsh
Founder and Executive Director
Topics of expertise:
- The vision of BoH and its establishment incentives
- Why concentrate on the young women exiting care?
- The current damning statistics
Rod Wise
Former Deputy Commissioner (VIC)
Topic of expertise:
- Corrections
Michele Ruyters
RMIT Associate Professor —
Director of the BoH Innocence Initiative
Topic of expertise:
- The workings of the BoH Innocence Initiative— Michele presents together with BoH/RMIT interns involved in the innocence process
Kevin Sheedy
Former AFL Coach
Topics of expertise:
- AFL and indigenous politics
- Disadvantaged indigenous young people
Kayt McGeary
Care experienced woman
Founder of the BoH — ACE Women’s Resource Hub
Topics of expertise:
- Young women in OoHC plus mature women having lived through the – so-called – care system
- Lived experience stories of a forgotten group
Jenny Davidson
CEO, Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Topics of expertise:
- Growing issues faced by single mothers
- The diversity of single mothers
Arthur Bolkas
Public Speaker — Heads up the BoH Schools Program
Topic of expertise:
- Vulnerable youth, youth justice and prison issues
Julie Buxton
Former Senior advisor — Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People
Topics of expertise:
- Aboriginal incarceration
- Minimum age of criminal responsibility
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Stacey Aslangul
CEO, St Kilda Gatehouse
Topics of expertise:
- Vulnerable young women affected by child sexual exploitation
- The challenges faced by adult women who rely on street-based sex work to survive
The House
of Truth.
As an adjunct to the BoH Speakers Bureau, in conjunction with The House of Truth we bring together for a select audience the opportunity to hear the truth, the lived experience – straight from the horses’ mouth, about lived dark times and how they were overcome.
The House of Truth places the person in the hot seat under lights allowing their truth to be presented and questioned by a topic knowledgeable MC and the audience.
House of Truth Inaugural forum February 2021
Want to find out more, nominate a speaker or arrange an event?
The House of truth is coordinated by the BoH Events Manager – John Elliot
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