Event description
IN PERSON REGISTRATIONS CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Note: Registration to virtually attend is still available.
Thursday 24 November
Annual General Meeting - 5.30pm
In-person in Canberra
Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia,
30 Parkes Pl, Parkes ACT 2600
Or via Zoom
2022 Grace Groom Memorial Oration and Dinner - 6pm
The 2022 Grace Groom Memorial Oration will be delivered by influential Indigenous lawyer, activist and Director of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, Noel Pearson
Grace Groom Memorial Orator: Noel Pearson
Noel Pearson comes from the Guugu Yimidhirr community of Hopevale on South Eastern Cape York Peninsula. He is an Indigenous Australian, land rights activist and a history and law graduate of the University of Sydney.
Noel is an Advisor for the Cape York Partnership (CYP) and Chairman of Good to Great Schools Australia (GGSA), and a current Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow of the University of Melbourne.
Noel’s goal is to enable Cape York’s Indigenous people to have the capacity to choose the life they have reason to value by reinstating the rights of Aboriginal people to take responsibility for their lives.
Noel Pearson is also on the Uluru Statement From the Heart Advisory Group.
In-person in Canberra dinner ticket:
- Mental Health Australia Member ticket price $120 pp (inc. GST and processing fee) includes canapes, a two-course meal, beverages and face-to-face networking
- Non-Member ticket price $150pp (inc. GST and processing fee) includes canapes, a two-course meal, beverages and face-to-face networking
Or live-stream the 2022 Grace Groom Memorial Oration via Zoom
These are ticketed events with in-person (in Canberra) and virtual attendance options. Registration is essential.
Zoom details will be sent in the week commencing Monday 21 November. Click on 'Get Tickets' to register.
*Please Note: All Mental Health Australia Events will follow a COVID Safe Plan developed in consultation with the venue and based on ACT Health Guidelines at the time of planning and then delivery of the event.