Tomorrow (Wednesday, 17 May) is the fourth Indigenous health Twitter festival – #IHMayDay17 – and Croakey readers are encouraged to participate (see tip sheets at the bottom of this post for suggestions on how to do this).
#IHMayDay – standing for Indigenous Health MayDay – is an annual Twitter event, which provides a full-day of programming, as outlined below, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people tweeting about health issues. Non-Indigenous people are encouraged to participate by retweeting and listening.
The event is led by James Cook University academic Dr Lynore Geia – @LynoreGeia – a Bwgcolman woman from Palm Island who is tweeting this week for @IndigenousX.
#IHMayDay17 is co-hosted on Ngunnawal country by the University of Canberra, in conjunction with Croakey, with the theme: Representation: politics, policy and education.
It follows the recent launch of the University of Canberra’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategic Plan 2017-2012 which focuses on student completion rates, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment and research capacity building, and cultural competency of graduates and staff.
At the University of Canberra, #IHMayDay17 is supported by: Professor Peter Radoll, Dean of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership and Strategy; the University of Canberra Collaborative Indigenous Research Initiative (UC CIRI); the Faculty of Arts and Design; and the Faculty of Health.
#IHMayDay 17 discussions will be moderated by Dr Geia, Professor Radoll and Croakey contributor Ms Summer May Finlay.
The program
6am-7am
The Queanbeyan Deadly Runners – live tweets and Periscope interviews from Queanbeyan Park.
Follow @QDRdeadlyrun
7am-8am
Dr Lynore Geia – Introductions
Follow @LynoreGeia and @IndigenousX
8am-9am
Professor Peter Radoll – Introductions
Follow @peterradoll
9am-10am
Mr Matthew Cooke – Chair of NACCHO
Follow @NACCHOAustralia and @Matt_Cooke86
10am-11am
Ms Banok Rind – student nurse
Follow @banoky
10am-1030am (concurrent session)
Mr Romlie Mokak – CEO, The Lowitja Institute
Follow @RMokak
11am-12noon
Ngunnawal Centre students
11am-12noon (concurrent session)
Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA)
12noon-1pm
The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
Follow @CATSINaM_Nursing
1pm-2pm
Dr Bronwyn Carlson – Macquarie University
Follow @BronwynCarlson
1.30-2pm (concurrent session)
Ms Linda Burney – Shadow Minister for Human Services
Follow @LindaBurneyMP
2pm-3pm
Mr Richard Weston – CEO of the Healing Foundation
Follow @RichJWeston @HealingOurWay
(Watch Richard interview his mother, Mrs Thelma Weston in an #IHMayDay17 preview).
3pm-4pm
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
Follow @QAIHC_Qld
3.30-4pm (concurrent session)
Ms Jessie Lloyd – The Mission Songs Project
Follow @RHjessieloyd and @MissionSongs
4pm-5pm
Dr Megan Williams – UTS and #JustJustice
Follow @MegBastard
5pm
Temeka Merritt will be awarded the IHMayDay Design Prize for her artwork, “My family story”. Temeka is a 16-year-old Wiradjuri student at Narabundah College in Canberra, who would like to become a nurse.
The prize, sponsored by the Faculty of Arts and Design, will be presented by Professor Lyndon Anderson, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design. Presentation in the UC Refectory.
5pm-6pm
Ms Tess Ryan, PhD candidate, University of Canberra
Follow @TessRyan1
(Read her article previewing #IHMayDay17, Profiling the power of self-representation.)
6pm-7pm
Dr Anita Heiss – author (read more about her wide-ranging work here).
Follow @AnitaHeiss
6pm-7pm (concurrent session)
Mr Karl Briscoe – CEO of NATSIHWA (the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association)
Follow @briscoe_karl and @NATSIHWA
7pm-8pm
Ms Marlene Longbottom – PhD candidate, University of Wollongong
Research with Indigneous communities, research and evaluation capacity building with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, violence and Aboriginal women.
Follow @Mlongbottom13
8pm-9pm
Daniel James – Yorta Yorta. Social equity, podcaster, musician, health.
Follow @MrDTJames
9pm-10pm
Joe Williams, The Enemy Within (suicide prevention and wellbeing)
Follow @joewilliams_tew
10pm -10.15pm
Wrapping up the day’s discussions with Dr Lynore Geia, Summer May Finlay, and Professor Peter Radoll.
(Disclaimer: the program is subject to amendments).
Croakey readers are also encouraged this week to follow @wepublichealth where Gerry Moore, a Yuin man from the south coast of New South Wales and CEO of SNAICC, the national non-governmental peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, is tweeting about the Family Matters Campaign. The ‘Week of Action’ from 14-20 May aims to eliminate the over-representation of Indigenous children removed by child protection authorities.
Tip sheets
Download tip sheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants: IHMayDay17_TipSheetsTweeps
Download tip sheets for non-Indigenous participants:
IHMayDay17_TipSheetsNonIndig
Below you can download tip sheets for universities, workplaces and health services, as well as calls to action.
IHMayDay17_TipSheetsUnis
IHMayDay17_TipSheetsWorkplaces
Warm thanks to those supporting #IHMayDay17 at the University of Canberra, including Dr Holly Northam, Associate Professor Kerry McCallum, Professor Diane Gibson, Professor Lyndon Anderson, Ms Tamara Posch, Ms Felicity Corbin, and Dr Glen Fuller.
Track Croakey’s coverage here.
