Self Advocacy in Mental Health - PRIDEFEST 2026 - CoMHWA & Pride WA

Name: Self Advocacy in Mental Health - PRIDEFEST 2026 - CoMHWA & Pride WA
Start: 2026-11-14T10:00:00+0800
End: 2026-11-14T12:30:00+0800
Location: Pride Piazza

Sat, 14 Nov, 10am - 12:30pm AWST

Pride Piazza

Northbridge WA, Australia

Pride WA

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Description

10.00am DOORS OPEN for 10.30am START

Join facilitator Jeannie Williams from Consumers of

Mental Health WA (CoMHWA) for a workshop on Self

Advocacy for those experiencing or living with mental

health covering:

• What self-advocacy is, and how it is connected to

mental health

• What your mental healthcare rights are and how to

use them

• How knowing about self-advocacy and mental

healthcare rights can make you feel more empowered

• How to use a self-advocacy guide

• Why it is important to maintain your wellbeing while

self-advocating

Jeannie’s lived experience as a transgender woman

and someone who has faced mental health challenges

has fuelled her commitment to dismantling stigma and

fostering a more inclusive society.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

Host information

Pride WA

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OUR MISSION

To encourage and promote the community and culture of Western Australia’s gender and sexually diverse people by supporting, advancing and educating the specific needs of all people of diverse sexuality and gender living in Western Australia.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to be the leading community body, empowering and inspiring inclusivity for Western Australia’s gender and sexually-diverse community.

As a community, arts and cultural organisation, it is Pride WA’s mission to promote and encourage the community, culture and artistic expression of all people of diverse sexuality and gender living in Western Australia. We aim to provide a platform for celebrating that community, culture and talent as they continue to champion their rights and freedoms.

Our public charitable objectives are:

Providing outreach and support for people of diverse sexuality and gender living in Western Australia;
To celebrate the diversity and cultural expression of the Pride Community;
To consequentially improve the self-esteem, health status and representations of the Pride Community;
To make visible the positive contribution the Pride Community makes to the wider Western Australian Community;
To conduct fundraising activities to ensure the furtherance of the aims and objectives of the Association;
Providing education and referral resources around diverse sexuality and gender; Raising awareness and driving meaningful change around the needs of people of diverse sexuality and gender living in Western Australia.