Description:
There is an urgent need for education and advocacy to combat these damaging beliefs. There is an urgent need for change. Whether intentional or unintentional, victim blaming can cause serious harm to survivors, leaving them feeling responsible for their abuser’s actions, exacerbating feelings of shame and guilt.
Our Creating Compassionate Communities Conference will include latest sector research and solution focussed conversations about challenging and confronting issues. We hope to begin to turn the tide on victim blaming, so that victims feel supported, not shamed and blamed. It’s time we come together as a community and End the Blame Game Shame.
A Sundowner to celebrate Phoenix’s 40th Anniversary will follow the Conference and provides an opportunity to network with conference delegates and speakers while also hearing from special guests and lived experience representatives. Hope you can join in the celebrations.Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Presenter / Provider:
Dr Jessica Taylor is the CEO of VictimFocus, United Kingdom and bestselling author, public speaker, trainer, and researcher.
Professor Leah Bromfield is the Director of the Australian Centre for Child Protection and Chair of Child Protection at the University of South Australia.
Professor Patrick O’Leary is the Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Professor Andrea DeSilva is the Director of Knowledge Generation, Research and Evaluation at the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse.
Louise Lamont is the CEO of Phoenix, and a member of the Advisory Group for the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse.
Dr Alec O’Connell is the event MC and Headmaster of Scotch College.
