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Profile
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Grahame
'Bonny' Gibson was a social worker and counselor working with the homeless
and disadvantaged in the inner city of Adelaide, SA. Currently he is a Project
Officer with the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for the Murray Mallee
Region of South Australia. In addition to working with disadvantaged men
and women in Adelaide he has also been extensively involved with community
based men's support groups in the Mount Barker, Adelaide and country districts
of South Australia, and is well respected for his tireless efforts in working
with men and boys health and well being issues. In 1999 he facilitated the 8th Australian New Zealand Men's Leadership Gathering, ANZMLG, held at Normanville South Australia where this program was endorsed. |
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Initial development of this facilitatior's resource kit has evolved for eleven years of 'grass roots' based activities of working with men and boys. Informally he has also trained other men to become facilitator/group leaders of men's support groups, and has lectured widely in the community sector on these issues. It
is generally recognised amongst professional and non-professional community
workers that there are very few community development focused programs
that present a practical 'grass roots' based opportunity for men and boys
to explore the issues evolving around masculinity. |
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