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Seminar empowers

Symone Bell, Akeisha Wanganeen, Tayla Thorn, Sharna Ledwidge, Molly Corp, Cheyenne Chong, Jess Hancock, KarllinaDavies and Jaylene Bonson at the Nestle Deadly Chicks Mentoring Seminar. Picture: EMILY ZESERS

AUGUST saw three fun, inspiring,

empowering and educational

days for staff and students at the

Palmerston Girls Academy as

they hosted the 2013 Nestle

Deadly Chicks Mentoring

Seminar at Northline Oval in

Durack.

The three day-seminar drew in

90 indigenous girls in Years 7-12

from Role Models and Leaders

Girls Academies in Palmerston,

Alice Springs, Jabiru and

Gunbalanya.

The seminar was organised by

staff at the Palmerston Girls

Academy to help the girls learn

life skills that will see positive

changes and developments in

their futures. This was done

through workshops and

motivational speakers.

The girls were visited by a

number of influential speakers,

including Palmerston mayor Ian

Abbot, CEO of the Heart

Foundation Darwin Dot Morrison,

entertainer Ally Mills and

sportswoman Bo de la Cruz.

They benefited from inspiring

speeches that aimed to motivate

the girls to overcome stereotypes

and challenges.

Everyone had a ball as they

rotated through eight educational

workshops concerning resume

writing and interview skills, VET

and university entry, nutrition,

sexual health, financial literacy,

communication, hair and beauty

and goal setting.

The workshops and speeches

showed the girls what they have

to be proud of in their cultures

and in themselves, which is such

an important facet of their

developing identities.

Other activities including

football matches, a talent quest,

team building activities and a

fashion parade, were also held to

foster self-confidence.

The event was a great success

thanks to the hard work of the

Palmerston Girls Academy staff,

the financial support of sponsors

such as Inpex, Amart Sports,

Officeworks, the Department of

Health, the Office of Youth Affairs

and the City of Palmerston, and

of course the participation of the

West Arnhem Girls Academies

and the Centralian Girls

Academies.

The event was well received by

the community and had immense

support.

ForumtacklesdrinkingTHE Ychange? project and the

Australian Youth Forum held a

forum and on alcohol and binge

drinking on September 13-14, at

the Palmerston Recreation

Centre and Adina Vibe hotel.

The youth-led Ychange?

steering committee had been

planning for the two-day event for

the last nine months, and finally

pulled it off.

Day 1 of the forum was on

Friday and consisted of a variety

of workshops and interactive

presentations on subjects

including Drumbeat, graffiti,

drama and young people in the

media.

More than 170 students from

around the NT participated,

including students from

Katherine School of the Air,

Darwin and Palmerston middle

and high schools, and

scholarship recipients from

Nhulunbuy and Alice Springs.

Day two was a brunch, which

was a shorter discussion-based

session involving inspiring

speakers and entertainment.

Jacara Egan, the 2013 NT

Representative on the Australian

Youth Forum, was an engaging

speaker and musician Colin Lillie

captivated the audience with his

storytelling and musical flair.

The overall responses from

young people participating on

the day were very positive, and

many students commented that

they learnt a lot about making

responsible decisions when

drinking.

— Ally Filipovich, Ychange?

Steering Committee Member