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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY BREAKFAST

Tuesday March 8th, 2022 7am-9am

Imagine a gender equal world.

A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination.

A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

A world where difference is valued and celebrated.

Together we can forge women's equality.

Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias.

Join an inspiring breakfast event with two local women from diverse backgrounds who break the bias on stereotype & discrimination in our communities.

Helen Haines (Federal Member for Indi) & Jiarra Atkinson (Bpangerang Aboriginal woman) will share their experiences & vision in forging women's equality.

Tickets $30. Bookings essential. Light breakfast to follow speaker presentations.

https://www.trybooking.com/BXMZY

Hosted by Mandy Hogan, Connect with Compassion (not-for-profit) fundraising in support of educational scholarships for empowering marginalised women.
Proudly sponsored by Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria

All profits from the event will be donated to the organisation Bali Wise (www.baliwise.org) to provide training and education scholarships for impoverished young women.

Contributions will also be women's self-empowerment programs at NEMA (Vic) North East Multicultural Association made to NEMA (Vic) to assist with programs assisting women's self-empowerment.

PAST EVENTS

Celebrating International Women's Day each March with us!

Connect with Compassion Documentary Film Fundraisers featuring The Connection- Mind your Body. Funds raised from the ticket sales of these and other supporting events will contribute to vocational training scholarships and enhance the economic sustainability of marginalised women in developing countries, currently focused on Nepal and Bali. White scarves sold will provide funding to support scholarships for higher education of young school-leavers in these countries, in association with The NAG School and www.sevenwomen.org, Kathmandu and www.baliwise.org.

The Connection is a film about how frontier research is proving that there is a direct connection between your mind and your health.

change your mind, change your health and change your life

The film features scientists, researchers, writers and doctors, as well as remarkable true stories of people adding mind body medicine to their healing toolkit to recover from severe back pain, heart disease, infertility, cancer and multiple sclerosis. While the science is complex, the solutions for people suffering with illness are astonishingly simple. The film shows that we can counter the harmful effects of stress with an equally powerful relaxation response triggered through specific techniques such as meditation. It shows that emotions can impact the course of an illness for better or for worse and could even be the difference between life and death. The film explains the mechanisms behind belief, which scientists now know contributes 30 to 50 percent of the effect of any known biological cure and explores how scientists at the cutting edge are now learning that the mind can even influence the expression of genes and the rate at which we age.

Previous screenings have raised over $10,000 in funds donated to Seven Women Nepal organisation that supports training and education of marginalised and disabled Nepalese Women (Wangaratta, Victoria in September 2017 & July 2018, & Melbourne, Victoria in November 2017).

The last screening was at The Yoga Barn, Ubud, Bali to celebrate International Women's Day from a global perspective on March 12th, 2018. $3000 was raised with combined International Women's day March film and lunch events to support vocational training of young Indonesian women to gain sustainable employment.

NEXT SCREENING- TBC