Challenge The Label

🎤 From Hardship to Leadership 🎤 Driven by her own experience of youth homelessness, Brea Dorsett discovered the power of advocacy. During her final year of high school, she experienced homelessness and was housed in a supportive housing program. Living alongside 39 other young people from diverse backgrounds experiencing hardship, Brea witnessed the power of community and the importance of tackling inequality. This ignited her passion for becoming a voice for those who are marginalised. Brea Dorsett is a key note speaker, youth parliamentarian and lived experience and human rights advocate. Read more about the amazing Brea here...https://lnkd.in/gvam98Nu Looking for an inspirational speaker at your next event, book Brea below. https://lnkd.in/gyCyKB8p #innovation #livedexperience #disruption #empowerment #womeninleadership

Marie Claire Women of the Year Awards🌟 Last night I was up in Sydney celebrating the epic achievements of amazing women. I was grateful to be a finalist in the change maker of the year category. Thanks to Odette Barry for the nomination! My fellow change makers were Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts Mechelle Turvey and @anna coutts-trotter. I’m so inspired by their achievements across the areas of First Nations rights, domestic and family violence, criminal justice and women’s rights. I want to acknowledge the incredible Vanessa for winning on the night! Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts is a proud Bundjalung Widubul-Wiabul Woman, a dedicated Human Rights advocate, author, and writer. She is also the survivor of out-of-home-care. Vanessa is a powerful role model to the young women who have found a home at Bridge It’s Cocoon! Having the legend who is Grace Tame announce the winner and share a powerful speech before hand was an absolute highlight. Huge thanks to Marie Claire and @georgie McCourt for elevating women through these awards. To my Bridge It crew for holding the fort and providing the most incredible support to our young cocoon residents. And to Corey Raynes for being an epic dad to our babies which enables me to spend time in Sydney. #homelessness #leadership #womensempowerment #genderequality.

🎤The Inspirational and Unstoppable Tahlia Isaac shares her story.🎤 Want to hear a story of true grit and determination listen to Tahlia Isaac’s interview with the legend who is Tiffanee Cook. Tahlia is a Challenge The Label speaker, criminologist and charity founder. Tahlia uses her lived experience of incarceration to lead change for women transitioning from prison. Areas of Expertise 🌟Social innovation 🌟Personal development 🌟Entrepreneurship ----------------------------- #LivedExperience #CriminalJustice #Empowerment #Leadership #genderEquality.

🌟 Interview by Drew Barrymore at the Wanderlust (Australia and New Zealand) event in Sydney 🌟 Being part of launching and running Bridge It has been one of the best experiences of my life. I still have lots of pinch me moments when I see what we have created and the impact that it has on the lives of the young people we support. Providing beautiful safe homes that otherwise would not exist fills me with pride and hope. Seeing our young people believe in themselves and start to dream big is the BEST. For Bridge It to be recognised as leading the way in providing an intervention that works, makes me feel like our aspiration to play a role in ending youth homelessness is possible. I want to say a HUGE thankyou to Radek Sali and his team at Wanderlust and to the amazing Jane Tewson and Igniting Change for making this connection. To everyone who donated to Bridge It on the night and for Wanderlust for allowing us to be their charity partner. In total a massive $80,000 was raised for Bridge It's wellness and therapies program at the Cocoon. This means that our residents will get access to massage, acupuncture, art therapy, yoga and so much more. Supporting the holistic wellness of our young people supports them to thrive. Check out the clip where I talk to Drew about the power of the Cocoon. #innovation #endhomelessness #collaboration #partnership #youthhomelessness Nikki Cunningham @joanne warr Alicia Miltins

Challenge The Label's Founder, Carla Raynes talks to Drew Barrymore at the Wanderlust (Australia and New Zealand) True North event in Sydney. They talk about how negative labels stick. Let's challenge the labels that hold us back and instead see them as our superpowers. Our stories and experiences don't define us, what we choose to do in the now does. Join the conversation and share your own experiences of challenging labels. #labels #storytelling #narratives #elevatewomen

MECCA Brands supported me to dream about, create and launch Challenge The Label! 🌠     MECCA MPOWER has supported Bridge It for three years in so many different, game changing ways. When I let them know that I had a dream to create a social enterprise which would elevate the voices of women and would donate 50% of profits to Bridge It, they jumped straight on board to help with the creation of the branding and strategy.    I want to say a HUGE thankyou to.... 🌟 Sarah Bailey for believing in me and supporting the very early thinking about CTL. 🌟 Wendy Bonnici for assisting me to imagine how the business could work and grow. 🌟 Lisa Keenan gave me encouragement to back myself and be courageous. 🌟 Clare Armstrong and Dimitra Mathioudakis who created the CTL branding which I am totally in love with.    MECCA Brands is a leading example of how business can create ripple effects of significant positive social change. Being able to access some of the best people with the most amazing brains to take CTL from idea to reality has been AMAZING!   To check out what we do at Challenge The Label speaker agency, jump onto the website below. https://lnkd.in/gJ2WF9fm #speakeragency #socialenterprise #genderequality Pictured below, me, Wendy, Clare and Sarah at MECCA Brands HQ.

📣 10 years ago the Global Summit for Women in Paris had an all-male panel📣 Despite progress in this area over the last decade we still see that globally 69% of speakers are male. "I was recently at a conference in the UK, I looked in front of me and it was ALL men, male keynote speaker and all male panel. When I looked behind me it was nearly all women. We need to say goodbye to manels." Carla Raynes Founder - Challenge The Label. Challenge The Label exists to elevate the voices of amazing women who are leading social and environmental change. Book a speaker for your next event today here...https://lnkd.in/gdXMF9iR #speakeragency #speakbureau #women #womensempowerment #socialenterprise

Inspire and empower your team by amplifying the voices of incredible women in business through Challenge The Label. We’re thrilled to announce that Ninna Katrine Larsen has been selected as a Challenge The Label (CTL) speaker - where she will share her valuable insights with teams on business, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Why we’re passionate about Challenge The Label: 🩷 They highlight diverse women's voices by sharing raw and inspiring stories of leadership and growth. 🩷 They challenge societal norms and labels. 🩷 They are a social enterprise. Achieving gender equality means making space for women’s perspectives to be heard just as often as men’s. Book Ninna for your next event through Challenge The Label! 🙌

Understanding my limits and putting me first has been a game changer. A year ago, I had a 18 month old and 3 year old. Years of disrupted sleep and a new charity was taking up all my energy. One night I was up in the middle of the night feeding my baby. Next minute I was lying on the floor staring up at my husband, totally confused about what was going on. An ambulance took me to hospital and I was told I had experienced a seizure. After going for an MRI, a brain surgeon came to speak to me. She explained that I had a blood clot on my brain. I totally lost it, I was scared for my life and for my babies. Following a further MRI I was casually told that I didn’t have a blood clot and it was just an imaging mistake. The relief was intense, I was taught a valuable lesson in gratitude for my health and life. For 6 months I couldn’t drive my car and had every test under the sun. I was ultimately told that I had experienced a seizure from exhaustion and that if I didn’t change my lifestyle I would likely have more. I have since addressed my diet, sleep and exercise which has been brilliant. But most importantly I now have Thursday afternoons off with no children and no work. To start with I told no one I was doing this. I simply said I have appointments on Thursday afternoons that I can’t shift. I think there must have been guilt from all angles, mum guilt and charity guilt. I’m glad to say that now I celebrate my Thursday afternoons and fiercy protect them. On an almost weekly basis I have to push back hard on all the demands of work and family. But ultimately I know that I am a much better mum and leader for taking this time. I wish I didn’t have to have a seizure to learn that I have to take time for me. What do you do to look after yourself? Pictured below pre kid-free beach swim ☀️ #selfcare #womeninleadership #health #motherhood

📣Exciting Opportunity 📣 Strong Empowered Living Free is looking for an experienced Company Secretary to join our team! We are an organisation that exists to help women rebuild their lives after being impacted by the justice system. We aim to end the continued incarceration of women through a holistic approach to service provision and sharing knowledge and tools to help women build the lives they want. The organisation was founded from a lived experience of incarceration, understanding the intersectionality of disadvantage and marginalisation upon release and we recognise this disproportionately impacts women, especially First Nations Women. We are about to shake up the sector - creating real and meaningful change to women’s lives after prison. We are doing things differently, and we mean it when we say that lived experience is at the centre of all we do. What you’ll get: - the opportunity to be involved from the very start on a project that is going to change the course of women’s lives - Working with a team that passionate, fun and authentic - Support from the board and CEO - A chance to grow your existing skills and learn new skills - The opportunity to contribute to real and meaningful work What you’ll give: - skills and experience as a company secretary - Lived experience of incarceration, involvement with the criminal justice system is preferred but not essential - You’ll be: compassionate, authentic and willing to work with women who challenge the status quo If you, or someone you know, would be interested in this exciting new opportunity please reach out- admin@selfprojects.com.au This role is virtual and voluntary so anyone in Australia can apply! Please share and tag!! Felitciana Z.