Tuesday, 22 March 2022

International Women’s Day

Ms KILKENNY: Last Friday I held my fourth annual International Women’s Day schools forum at Carrum Downs Secondary College. Can I thank each and every school who attended and participated: Carrum Downs Secondary, Patterson River Secondary, Frankston High, Chelsea Primary, Skye Primary, Rowellyn primary, Banyan Fields Primary, St Joachim’s primary, Kananook Primary and McClelland secondary. Nearly 300 students from 10 local schools came along to listen to our fabulous guest speaker, Felicity Topp, chief executive of Peninsula Health. We could have listened to Felicity for hours. Her authenticity and candour spoke directly to us all. Not only do we have a completely relatable and genuine person heading up our public health care in my local community, we have an extraordinary group of young people, who through their questions displayed such empathy and understanding well beyond their young years. It was a powerful event that left every single one of us feeling motivated and connected. I want to thank each and every one of them for their contributions and for the fantastic questions they asked on the panel. Well done to all.