Panel: Global Changemakers and Activists
Panelists
Madi Fitzpatrick
Madi Fitzpatrick is from Manly, land of the Guringai people. Madi’s passions are fighting for animal welfare, Indigenous rights and working with young people. She has lived and worked with animal activist groups in Paris, worked fighting against the dog meat trade in China, done extensive work with Indigenous communities both in remote Northern Territory and currently with the organisation Yalari, and is a volunteer language teacher at a women’s shelter teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers. She recently wrote an article and spoke on Triple J’s HACK about the need for consent to be taught earlier in schools. Madi is currently studying Primary Teaching and has previously completed a Bachelor of Languages and Human Rights.
Monique Duggan
Monique Duggan’s first memory of her enduring passion for equality is walking over the Harbour Bridge for reconciliation in the year 2000. She has since made it her life mission to make the most impactful contribution to enshrining universal human rights, a passion which has led her to all corners of the globe. Monique previously worked as an international freelance journalist and photographer, reporting from Palestine, Afghanistan and the UN Human Rights headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. When in Australia, this dedication manifests in her work as a digital communications specialist for a range of Indigenous organisations, including @IndigenousX, Ngakkan Nyaagu and Jawun. She is passionate about digital media and the incredible potential this medium can afford us all to actively raise awareness of the various issues that face our world today.
Dayna Santana
Dayna Santana is a passionate human rights advocate dedicated to the promotion and protection of the rights of women and refugees worldwide. Dayna most recently spent time working in Bangladesh as a humanitarian aid worker in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar. At the moment, Dayna is a researcher for the Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney, and is completing her Master's thesis aiming to understand gender-based violence in refugee camps. Her next project is Maiya School, an NGO she is starting which will fund and run schools for adolescent girls in refugee camps. Dayna is insatiably curious about the societies and cultures of the world and has called New York, Madrid, Bangladesh, Byron Bay, and Sydney her home at different times in her life.
Donna Carey
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