Cultural Safety, Equity and Access Strategic Direction 2026-28 Launch Event
We are proud to launch Alfred Mental and Addiction Health’s (AMAH) Cultural Safety, Equity and Access Strategic Direction 2026–2028 - a shared commitment to person‑centred care, human dignity, and accountability across everything we do. Grounded in cultural humility and shaped through partnership with consumers, carers, communities and our workforce, this Strategy calls all of us to embed cultural safety, equity and inclusion into our systems, services and workplaces, not as a checklist, but as a lived, everyday practice.
Explore the Strategy and your role in creating safe, equitable and inclusive care.
Event date
13 May 2026, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Event location
Victorian Pride Centre, 79-81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda VIC 3182 and LIVE STREAM on MS Teams
On 13th May 2026 at the Victorian Pride Centre, AMAH will host the launch event for AMAH's Cultural Safety, Equity and Access Strategic Direction 2026-28. At this event, the Strategic Direction comes to life through music, storytelling, and conversation as we set the direction for the future.
- MCs: Tavale Ilalio from Mahana Culture and Tharindu Jayadeva from AMAH
- Keynote Speaker: Prof Kathomi Gatwiri from Flinders University and author of the Racial Dignity Framework
- Panelists: Prof Kathomi Gatwiri, Nathan Adamson - Deputy Director of Nursing AMAH and Abbey Clark - Youth Peer Support Worker headspace Bentleigh Early Psychosis Program
- Musical performance by: Vaishnavi Muddam
- Catering: Provided by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
“Ensuring culturally safe, equitable, and accessible mental and addiction health services is our collective responsibility” - AMAH Cultural Safety, Equity and Access Portfolio