Making change happen: Advocacy & campaigning workshop

Date: Saturday, 14 May 2022
Time: 10.05am - 11am
Venue: Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre 
Capacity: 30
Description: Hear from physician advocates and develop your advocacy skills in this interactive workshop. During the workshop, learn about our new Physician Advocacy self-paced online course, which has been developed drawing on the experience of members advocating for their patients and communities by engaging with parliamentarians, the media and social media. You’ll walk away from the workshop with advocacy actions you can take to make progress on issues you’re passionate about.

Speakers: 

Dr Daniel Nour
Identifying a gap in the healthcare of vulnerable people in New South Wales, Dr Daniel Nour founded Street Side Medics in August 2020. It’s a not-for-profit, GP-led mobile medical service for people experiencing homelessness. With 145 volunteers, and four clinics across New South Wales, Street Side Medics has changed the lives of more than 300 patients. It has treated many communicable and non-communicable illnesses, dealt with neglected medical needs, and detected conditions that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. This includes diabetes, thyroid disorders, hepatitis C, HIV, heart disease and cancer. Despite working full time at Royal North Shore Hospital, Daniel has rarely missed a clinic across the four sites since Street Side Medics launched. He volunteers his afternoons to ensure the clinics are run smoothly and patients are receiving the care they deserve. With his leadership and social consciousness, Daniel is committed to making a real difference to the lives of many Australians. He’s also making significant improvements to society.

Dr Jacqueline Small
Jacki is President Elect RACP. She qualified as a paediatrician in 1997. For over 20 years she has worked in a multidisciplinary disability health team that provides care across the lifespan for people with developmental disabilities. Her role has involved provision of clinical care for young children suspected to have a disability, older children with severe and complex conditions associated with their disability and transition to adult health services. Since 2015, she has been President, Australian Association Developmental Disability Medicine. Jacki has been Chair of the Paediatric Policy and Advocacy (PPAC) Committee and is the current chair of the College Policy and Advocacy Committee (CPAC), leading the strategic development and implementation of paediatric policy and advocacy. She was also Chair of the Chapter of Community Child Health and Chair of the Paediatric Scientific Programme Committee. She has contributed to the governance of the Paediatric and Child Health Division for over 6 years as member of Executive Committee, PCHD Council. During this period, she has supported the establishment of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Health, increased engagement with paediatric special societies and paediatric response to substantial RACP governance changes. Since May 2018, Jacki has been member director, RACP Board and Chair, Fellowship Committee. In May 2020 Jacki was elected to the position of RACP President-Elect.

Ms Holly Hammond, workshop facilitator
Holly Hammond is one of Australia’s foremost activist educators. She has 30 years of social change experience, with 15 of those years spent supporting movements to be more effective through training, facilitation and coaching. She directs the Commons Library, an online collection of educational resources on a wide range of social change topics including campaign strategy, community organising, digital campaigning, communications and media, working effectively in groups, fundraising, diversity and inclusion and much more.