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Melbourne Writers Festival: Black Lives, Refugee Lives
Melbourne Writers Festival
Event Date:
1 September 2018
Author / Presenters:
Riyadh Al-Hakimi, Gerry Georgatos and Megan Krakouer
An estimated one in ten Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths is from suicide. An estimated 50 percent of refugees to Australia are further traumatised by immigration processes. Riyadh Al-Hakimi, Gerry Georgatos and Megan Krakouer on learning, empathy, hope and ways forward.
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