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Julie McCrossin
NAPCAN Ambassador
Julie McCrossin talks for a living. Julie first joined the ABC in 1983 and over the years she has worked on ABC Radio, ABC Rural Radio and on television, including as a reporter for both ANZAC Day and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. She presented the social issues show Life Matters on ABC Radio National for five years, initially with Geraldine Doogue and then solo. She is perhaps best known as a team leader on the media quiz show Good News Week on ABC TV and Network Ten. Prior to her media career, Julie worked as a children's entertainer in the theatre-in-education group Pipi Storm, presenting shows in schools, child welfare institutions and prisons in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. Julie has also worked as a community educator for the Community Services Commission (now part of the NSW Ombudsman) in the areas of child protection and the rights of people with a disability. For over 2O years, Julie has facilitated hundreds of panel discussions at seminars and conferences, primarily in the health, welfare and education sectors, with a regular focus on child protection issues. Julie has qualifications in the arts, education and law. In addition to her support for NAPCAN, Julie is an Ambassador for the Fred Hollows Foundation and a Patron of Pitane, a mental health consumers' group.
Visit Julie's website HERE
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Dr Chris Sarra
NAPCAN Ambassador
Dr Sarra is the Director of the Institute for Indigenous Leadership in Education and Development, based at Cherbourg in Queensland , which is designed to pursue improved student outcomes for indigenous children beyond Cherbourg .
In 2003 he won the Australian of the Year, Regional Local Hero Award for Queensland, and was named in the Bulletin's Smartest 100 people in Australia, which saw him recognised as one of the top 10 educators in the country. In 2004 he was named the Suncorp Metway 'Queenslander of the Year', and was also presented with a 'Deadly' Award for his contribution to Indigenous Education. Also in 2004 he received the QUT Faculty of Education Alumnus Award, and the Vice Chancellor's Outstanding Alumnus Award.
In his time as Principal of Cherbourg State School he facilitated many changes that saw increasing enthusiasm for student learning through dramatically improved school attendance and increased community involvement in education. Under Chris' leadership the school became nationally acclaimed for its pursuit of the 'Strong and Smart' philosophy.
Read more about Chris's work in an article written for Life etc by Julie McCrossinHERE
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Bilel Jideh
Young Ambassador
Bilel is the third of seven children born into a Islamic Lebanese family who migrated to Australia to escape the civil war. In Year 5 at school, Bilel started working for Geoffrey Lee, who mentored him, and encouraged him to study. Bilel finally started to heed Geoffrey's advice in Year 9, and the prospects of his future changed dramatically. He eventually was Dux of his final year at school, and then completed a B.Medical Science (Hon) at Sydney University. Bilel is now sudying for a degree in Medicine. Having experienced first hand the power of positive mentoring Bilel has taken up the role of NAPCAN Young Ambassador so he can "be a role model for the youth and to inspire them to dream and achieve." |
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