FROM CRISIS TO OPPORTUNITY

Come together with community members, leaders and local groups to talk about issues happening on the ground and explore how we can come together as a community to support each other, build hope and empower each other to act.

Hear from panels of community voices with experience and knowledge from working on the ground. Join in an open floor discussion to reflect on what we’ve heard from the panels, envision what kind of community we want and what a community that genuinely looks after one another looks like.

• Co-MCs: Venerable Thich Phuoc Tan and Lucy Nguyen
• Panel Facilitators: Elena Pereyra and Brittney Henderson
• PANEL SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Program overview:

• 6pm: Arrival, grab food and mingle
• 6.20pm: Acknowledgement of Country + Housekeeping
• 6.30pm: Community Voices Panel session 1: Mental health, gambling harm & family violence
• 7.10pm: Movement break
• 7.20pm: Community Voices Panel session 2: Youth crime/community safety, homelessness & cost-of-living
• 8pm: Movement break
• 8.05pm: Open floor discussion
• 8.35pm: Final Reflections
• 8.50pm: Call to Action