27th August 2024, 4pm AEST
This Speaker Series event features a panel of speakers bringing together their practice through Australian Youth Climate Coalition and Striking Voices.
Dr Eve Mayes (she/her) will facilitate this panel discussion. Eve is a Senior Research Fellow at Deakin University in the School of Education (Research for Educational Impact), living and working on unceded Wadawurrung Country.
Natasha Abhayawickrama (she/her) is an undergraduate university student at the University of New South Wales with over five years of experience as a community organiser, living and working on unceded Gadigal Country. She is currently employed as an organiser with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and as a Research Associate at Deakin University.
Netta Maiava (she/her) is a Pacific Climate Warrior, a volunteer community organiser under 350.org, living and working on unceded Wadawurrung Country. Netta currently works as a Research Associate at Deakin University.
Grace Vegesana (she/they) is the National Director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, and a 24 year old woman-of-colour who has been building youth power to end fossil fuel expansion since she was 17. Her legacy includes co-founding the People of Colour Climate Network, pioneering climate justice organising on Dharug Country in Western Sydney with AYCC, and mobilising 3000 Australian businesses to join the Climate Strikes.
Join us in this panel conversation where Eve facilitates and climate justice organisers discuss their experiences and the possibilities for transformative climate justice and climate change education.