Marlene Lauw

ML Consultancy Services

Presenting: Racism is violence: Anti-colonial and anti-racist approaches in violence response and prevention work

Marlene Lauw, is a Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal woman who has had extensive experience working with Aboriginal communities providing support, counselling, advocacy and group work. Marlene holds specialised skills and knowledge in competency-based training, supervision and workforce development in the area of trauma, healing, family violence, sexual assault and child protection.

Marlene explores and integrates Aboriginal worldviews and theorise, trauma informed care and healing frameworks in course design and delivery for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal practitioners working in clinical, community and policy settings to increase professional capability in responding to the unique needs of Aboriginal people.

Making change and improving policies and strategies for working with Aboriginal people across the whole of sector is Marlene’s core business and passion and this has been succeeded through some of the following experience and current work.

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