Whai Wāhitanga in youth organisations Friday 14 August Ōtautahi Christchurch
Explore how you can create more opportunities to support young people to participate, shape youth work and contribute to their communities through this interactive and practical workshop. This is for people who want to enhance their day to day practice and organisational systems.
- Learn how to apply, support and extend whai wāhitanga in your context
- Create inviting youth voice opportunities
- Unpack the power and ethics of youth participation
- Consider bicultural practice and the role of stories and whakapapa
10 am – 3 pm, Christchurch Youth Hub. Cost $30 for Catering.
Facilitated by Hannah Dunlop and Sarah Finlay-Robinson
Hannah Dunlop – ReVision youth audits, Rerenga Awa. Hannah brings an understanding of youth voice and participation from across community, local government, health promotion, research and disaster recovery. She is a master of creating and supporting processes that help diverse young people shape and contribute to spaces and communities. She is passionate about seeing youth workers equipped with practical skills to support Taiohi voice. She manages ReVision Youth Audits, an initiative that helps create more engaging spaces for young people through youth insights gathered by young people. She is an active supporter of Canterbury Youth Voice. and
Sarah Finlay-Robinson – Pou Manaaki Taiohi o Aotearoa. Sarah is an adult educator, youth development worker and Kaiwhakahare of Pou Manaakitanga Taiohi o Aotearoa. She brings a diversity of experience in supporting whai wāhitanga with young people from working with Taiohi in care, and in transition, to health promotion, community development, youth leadership and designing and supporting youth advisory groups to helping young people shape law, policy, process and systems. She is passionate about youth organisations being able embed whai wāhitanga practice purposefully and sustainably so that programmes are stronger and more Taiohi thrive.
