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Yarning Circle with Dr Noritta Morseu-Diop hosted by Uncle Bill Lemson

Sunday, June 21 @ 11:14 am - 1:00 pm AEST

Dr Noritta Morseu-Diop grew up in poverty on Thursday Island, in the Torres Strait. She went on to become the first Torres Strait Islander to earn a PhD from the University of Queensland. As she says herself: “Education pulled me out of poverty. It gave me the wings to fly.”

But what she did with those wings is why I wanted you to meet her.

During her working life, she visited an Aboriginal mother in prison whose six children were also locked up — seven members of one family locked inside at once. She has never forgotten it. She turned her whole life toward the people our justice system forgets: the ones inside, and the families left behind…..

FLYER: https://unclebill.online/downloads/FLYER-Dr-Noritta-Yarning-Circle-21-June-2026.pdf

More details and RSVP:

https://unclebill.online/sealed/dr-noritta-morseu-diop-2026-06-21.html#rsvp

WHEN
Sunday 21 June 2026 · 11.15 AM
WHERE
Darnell Room, St John’s Anglican Cathedral, 373 Ann Street, Brisbane CBD
WITH
Dr Noritta Morseu-Diop, First Nations Counselling Practitioner, Chair, Gallang Place
COST
Free · All welcome.
RSVP please.

Details

  • Date: Sunday, June 21
  • Time:
    11:14 am - 1:00 pm AEST

Venue

  • St Johns Cathedral
  • Darnell Room
    Brisbane, Qld 4000 Australia     + Google Map