Suicide Prevention Australia

SPA team member Nikki speaks with Community Ambassador Joe Williams at a Sydney Ideas event on 26 October 2017. Running time: 55 seconds. The forum brought together expert First Nations Community and University speakers to discuss the importance of increasing awareness about mental illness within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Joe Williams, a First Nations mental health campaigner and former elite athlete, shares his story and discusses his current work in the keynote address. He is joined in a panel discussion by University of Sydney and community members Dr Vanessa Lee (also SPA Board Director) , Percival Knight and Will Muwadda. Facilitated by actor Luke Carroll. More information http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2017/aboriginal_torres_strait_islander_mental_health_forum.shtml #mentalhealthmonth #livedexp #SydneyIdeas #mentalhealth