Sue Smith

Sue works at SARU and enjoys sharing advice and ideas gained from her thirty years’ experience in self advocacy and community development. She is currently the chairperson of start Community Art and has helped manage community arts projects in partnership with community organisations including Compassionate Friends, Self Help Addiction Resource Centre, Warrior Women and Reinforce. She also has a background in the production of videos and training packages for community organisations.

Session

Strength in numbers: Let’s set up a self advocacy network

Time: 3:30am - 4:30am

Location: Yellow

Round table workshop for self advocates to talk about setting up a Victorian Self Advocacy Network.

Disability advocacy and self advocacy working better together for change

Time: 12:30am - 1:30am

Location: Blue Room

Discussions about the long term mutual benefits and outcomes that can be achieved as a result of disability advocacy organisations working in partnership with self advocacy groups.

Change with no change

Time: 6:00am - 7:00am

Location: Park B

Sue Smith, Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU) Coordinator has many years experience of raising awareness on issues concerning people with a disability. She has done this on a shoe string without the back up of a glossy marketing department. In this session, Sue shares her ideas for making change happen when you have little or no money and encourages discussion from the floor.

Sue Smith

Session

Strength in numbers: Let’s set up a self advocacy network

Disability advocacy and self advocacy working better together for change

Change with no change

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