Samford Valley - Town Hall Meeting. The Voice to Parliament.

Later this year, we will all have to make a decision about the Voice to Parliament. Many people have said that they want to be fully informed and that they want to understand what it is about. Everyone knows there is misinformation circulating. This is an excellent opportunity for all of Samford Valley to come and hear from some great speakers.

Please come and hear what our speakers have to say.

This information session is hosted and presented by Dickson for YES, part of the YES23 campaign.

We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, potentially with a few more names being added shortly.

Dr Shireen Morris
Dr Shireen Morris is a constitutional lawyer, senior lecturer and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab at Macquarie University Law School. Books include Radical Heart: Three Stories Make Us One (MUP, 2018), A First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution (Hart Publishing, 2020), The Forgotten People (MUP, 2016), A Rightful Place: A Roadmap to Recognition (Black Inc, 2017).

Sheryl Sandy
Sheryl Sandy is a member of the Mununjali people from Beaudesert and surrounding areas. The family extends into Bundjalung country from Woodenbong, NSW. She has extensive experience working in senior and executive positions within Commonwealth, State and Local governments and non-government organisations. Sheryl was the CEO of the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) and CEO of the Link Up Queensland Aboriginal Corporation.
Throughout her career, Sheryl has worked to improve the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in employment, health, Justice and the arts to decrease the differentiation in outcomes experienced by her people. Sheryl has also served on a number of boards of community organisations, including board director and Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts (ACPA 1998 – 2013 Ministerial Appointment State Government) and Director and Deputy Chairperson of Board of Directors, Brisbane
Indigenous Media Association (BIMA 2003 - 2020).

The event will be MC'd by Donna Thomas. A local and a Kamilaroi woman.