[ANU Pacific.Institute] ACPIR Pacific Seminar Series: Pacific Climate Warriors Brisbane – Storytelling to create social change

[Inez Mahony]

The Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research (ACPIR) invites you to join our monthly Pacific Seminar Series, where people discuss aspects of their research, work or cultural experiences related to the Pacific Islands to stimulate conversations and connections.

This month’s topic: Pacific Climate Warriors Brisbane – Storytelling to create social change
Mary Harm


When: 12 - 1pm Wed 25 May, 2022

Register HERE<https://usc-au.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcuCpqjMiG9IpkeVXNH7d8kVbsqZOJcwo>



350 Pacific is a youth-led grassroots network working with communities to fight climate change and elevate the stories of frontline communities affected by the climate crisis. With teams active across 15 Island nations and in the diaspora communities of Australia, New Zealand and the U.S., they rally behind the mantra, "We are not drowning, we are fighting", to shift the narrative of Pacific people from mere victims of climate change to warriors of the Pacific, surviving and thriving despite climate change. In this presentation, 350 Pacific Queensland Coordinator, Mary Harm, will share on the work of the Pacific Climate Warriors, what climate justice work looks like for Pacific communities based in Australia and how we can continue to push our vaka/waka/canoe forward together for a fair and just transition away from fossil fuels.



Mary Maselina Harm is a proud Samoan/Chinese-Fijian born in Canada and raised on Turrbal country, north of the Brisbane River. She is the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter, of the eldest daughter and was named after the matriarchs on both sides of her family. Passionate about the power of storytelling in creating social change, Mary enjoys working in multidisciplinary spaces, in particular with young people, to co-design initiatives and projects that are of value to them and their communities. Mary currently serves as the QLD Coordinator for the Pacific Climate Warriors. It has been this work, at the grassroots, that has informed how Mary meaningfully engages and mobilises community in all spaces.


Dr Inez Mahony
Centre Manager, Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research
Project Manager, Pacific Agribusiness Research in Development Initiative 2 (PARDI 2)
University of the Sunshine Coast
Phone: +61 7 5459 4798 / 0420920833
imahony1 at usc.edu.au<mailto:imahony1 at usc.edu.au>
www.usc.edu.au/acpir</%7blocalLink:umb:/document/3d16aee1553846d1af9a6220d35bd33a%7d>

My work days are Monday to Thursday

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