International Womens Day at Shellharbour Civic Centre

Event Details

Join us for morning tea to celebrate INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY

We have an amazing panel of women to hear from emceed by local radio presenter Bella Leone along with our inspiring keynote speaker, Sarah Williams founder of What Were you Wearing!

A donation of $2 to attend this event will go to Sarah Williams foundation What Were You Wearing Australia.

About our keynote speaker 🔈
Sarah Williams is a proud Awabakal woman and founder and CEO of What Were You Wearing Australia (WWYW), a not-for-profit organisation fighting to end sexual violence. In 2023, Sarah led a nightlife safety campaign where she collected more than 20,000 signatures on a petition to the NSW Government. This resulted in mandated drink spiking education for all venue and bar staff in NSW, amending Responsible Service of Alcohol laws. In 2022 she developed Australia’s first sexual assault service for music festivals. In recognition of her work, she was named Newcastle Woman of the Year 2023, won the Community Service Award at the NSW/ACT Young Achiever Awards 2023, was a finalist in the Australian Human Rights Awards – Young People’s Award 2023 and is a current finalist of the NSW Young Woman of the Year Awards!

⚠️ We wanted to provide a pre trigger warning for this event. There may be discussions of sexual violence and drink spiking. Please only attend if you are safe and comfortable to do so. We will have resources on the day for anyone wanting to reach out to any services. However we always recommend 1800 RESPECT if overwhelmed or triggered.

MC 
Bella Leone – Radio presenter from i98Fm

Panellist line up 
Maddison Lacey – Acroamazing
Racheal Knowles – Digital Journalist
Caitlin Marshall – Makeshift
Jamie Stacic – Crown Traffic Services
Carly Bishop – Carly’s Coffee Couriers

Creative First Aid 
Get ready to have some fun and engage your inner artists with some creative activities prescribed to support mental wellbeing!

Did we mention there is food too! 
Served by Cullunarius

Get involved – Only 50 tickets available!
Heck yes, I’d love to attend… purchase a ticket now for a gold coin donation – tickets are limited to 4 per person! (closes Friday 1 March)