Amplifying the voices of
social impact advocates
who speak up for others
who speak up for others
The Amplify Alliance
The Amplify Alliance
Social Impact Advocacy x 3
We up-skill meaningful, ethical voices, then
give them a platform to collaborate with
an audience ready to amplify their cause
VOICE
10 Social Impact Advocates
3 Day Immersive Program
3 Day Immersive Program
We work with 10 social impact advocates over a 3 day skills immersion hosted by 2 senior voice and performance masters to develop the advocates' voice, speaking courage, potency and influence to articulate their cause.
PLATFORM
A Dedicated Amplify
Alliance Platform
We host an Amplify Alliance dedicated platform for each advocate to deliver a 5 minute pitch at our Amplify Collaboration Day - a 2 hour performance experience to an audience of Change Champions.
AUDIENCE
A Curated Audience of Pro-active Senior Leaders
Our curated group of Change Champions are networked, senior industry leaders and elders who have a remit to actively amplify the Advocates’ voices with in-kind support at our Amplify Collaboration Day.
Words of Appreciation
I am honoured to be a part of this and so excited for my staff and the other advocates who will have this incredible opportunity.
Thanks for all the support you provide to give others a voice. Your voice training has certainly enhanced my ability to speak up for others!
Leanne Ho, CEO Economic Justice Australia, Human Rights Lawyers
Working with remote communities can be challenging but I loved the safe way Lucy approached the challenge of tailoring a three day leadership and voice camp to the needs of our First Nations young women, through our Girls on Country Programme.
Immersing herself seamlessly with the girls in a non-judgemental way whilst actively listening to the self identified needs of the elders, creates a programme that is fit for purpose and truly enrich the lives of these leaders of tomorrow.
Katie Thompson, BeMe Movement Education and Co-Founder of Girls on Country in Alice Springs Mparntwe
Working with Lucy Cornell during my address to the Australian National Press Club in May 2022 helped me find and centre my voice and vision. Since then, I feel I have more authority and speak my experience differently.
Lucy has continued to graciously and generously work with me now in all keynote presentations pro-bono. With my organisation, Aminata Maternal Foundation, Lucy gives her time as a mentor in the corporate world and as MC at our annual Bluff and Swagger Gala Ball.
As someone who is dyslexic, I need someone who values my dyslexia as a gift and who wants to enriched it. Lucy has wholeheartedly gifted me this. It’s rare to meet someone like her and most importantly someone who cares in their professional career.
Aminata Conteh-Biger, CEO of Aminata Maternal Foundation for Women and Girls in Sierra Leonne
Thanks for all the support you provide to give others a voice. Your voice training has certainly enhanced my ability to speak up for others!
Leanne Ho, CEO Economic Justice Australia, Human Rights Lawyers
Working with remote communities can be challenging but I loved the safe way Lucy approached the challenge of tailoring a three day leadership and voice camp to the needs of our First Nations young women, through our Girls on Country Programme.
Immersing herself seamlessly with the girls in a non-judgemental way whilst actively listening to the self identified needs of the elders, creates a programme that is fit for purpose and truly enrich the lives of these leaders of tomorrow.
Katie Thompson, BeMe Movement Education and Co-Founder of Girls on Country in Alice Springs Mparntwe
Working with Lucy Cornell during my address to the Australian National Press Club in May 2022 helped me find and centre my voice and vision. Since then, I feel I have more authority and speak my experience differently.
Lucy has continued to graciously and generously work with me now in all keynote presentations pro-bono. With my organisation, Aminata Maternal Foundation, Lucy gives her time as a mentor in the corporate world and as MC at our annual Bluff and Swagger Gala Ball.
As someone who is dyslexic, I need someone who values my dyslexia as a gift and who wants to enriched it. Lucy has wholeheartedly gifted me this. It’s rare to meet someone like her and most importantly someone who cares in their professional career.
Aminata Conteh-Biger, CEO of Aminata Maternal Foundation for Women and Girls in Sierra Leonne
The Amplify Alliance Community
The Amplify Team
Sascha Millin
Management Consultant and Amplify Business Manager
Our Change Champions for 2023
Our Change Champions are a curated group of senior, networked, engaged leaders, who have an intention to actively amplify our Advocates’ causes through in-kind support: advice, connection to network, mentoring, pro-bono support or strategic engagement. The Amplify community is not a financial support network. Our Change Champions will share and collaborate with our advocates in order to amplify their voice and their cause.
Our Core Change Champions for 2023 are:
Our Social Impact Advocates for 2023
Each Amplify 3 Day Skills Immersion brings together 10 Australian social impact advocates from a cross-section of social issues, including; domestic violence, indigenous issues, disability, humanitarian aid and refugees, homelessness, mental health, economic justice, climate awareness, etc.
Our Social Impact Advocates for 2023 are:
Teneale Houghton
Policy Officer, Disability Royal Commission
Teneale is a Policy Officer working for the Disability Royal Commission. She is deaf and wears a cochlear implant on her left ear.
She joined the Royal Commission back in 2019 as a graduate, and has worked across various policy teams. Key focus areas include: ableism, accessible information and communication, domestic and family violence, and promoting a more inclusive society.
Teneale has an undergraduate degree in Social Science from the University of Western Sydney, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of New South Wales. She volunteers as a mentor for Hear For You (a mentoring organisation for young d/Deaf and hard of hearing teenagers) and has represented Australia at the Deaflympic Games and Deaf World Swimming Championships.
Teneale is particularly passionate about advocating for the right of all d/Deaf and hard of hearing children to access Australian Sign Language (Auslan); and ensuring inclusive and equal opportunities in sport.
Katherine Boyle
CEO, Welfare Rights Centre NSW
Katherine has a 30-year career focused on achieving social justice in various sectors, including the community legal sector, union movement, public sector, and private practice.
Katherine is a practicing social security lawyer and CEO of the Welfare Rights Centre NSW.
Katherine has a deep commitment to advocating for the rights of people to access income support and legal assistance. She also serves as the Deputy Chair of Economic Justice Australia. In 2022, she provided evidence to the Robodebt Royal Commission, shedding light on the detrimental impacts of robodebt on the Welfare Rights Centre's clients. Katherine has been a vocal advocate on this issue.
Katherine's journey began with working for a Labor Senator and the NSW Department for Women. She later joined the NSW Public Service Association, where she served as an Organiser and Acting Women's Industrial Officer. Her time at the union sparked her interest in the legal field, leading her to pursue a first-class honours degree in Law from UNSW. Throughout her studies, she managed the responsibilities of raising three children while volunteering at the Marrickville Legal Centre.
Following the completion of her legal education, Katherine gained practical experience at the Homeless Persons' Legal Service (PIAC), where she also worked as a junior solicitor. She then transitioned to private practice before joining LawAccess NSW. Katherine temporarily served as a law reform solicitor and clinical supervisor at Kingsford Legal Centre before supervising the Parramatta Community Justice Clinic.
Zahra Aria
Afghan Refugee, Lawyer
Zahra Aria is an Afghan-Australian lawyer and a lived-experience speaker from Afghanistan and born and raised in Iran as a refugee.
She came to Australia as a humanitarian refugee in September 2013 leaning Iran with her family speaking no English.
Since then she successfully completed her English language course at the University of Southern Queensland in 2014. She went on to completed a Bachelor of Laws with Honours (Griffith Uni), Bachelor of Arts International Relations (Uni Sthn Queensland) and Diploma of Justice Studies.
Her career spans administrative and operational roles delivering policy priorities for the Queensland Government in the law and justice sector and as a Support Officer at the Parole Board Queensland (PBQ).
She has also worked as a community liaison and in government administration roles with the Woodford Correctional Centre, the Queensland Law Society, Australian Red Cross, Catholic Care and Toowoomba Crime Prevention Unit. She has assisted Judges in the Supreme, District and Federal Circuit Court in Toowoomba.
Zahra is an Afghan community Interpreter for the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees in Iran. She is fluent in 3 languages: Dari, Farsi and English.
Zahra currently works as an Industrial and Legal Officer at Professionals Australia (Union).
Kate Allingham
Acting CEO, Economic Justice Australia
Kate has worked as a manager, advisor, community advocate and strategist across a range of government and non-government organisations. She is passionate about tackling complex issues, in a collaborative environment, to better empower all members of our communities.
Kate recently worked as senior advisor to an independent member of federal parliament, and previously worked in housing and Aboriginal and community legal services. Kate lives and works in Hobart, Tasmania.
Amy Schneider
Law Reform Officer, Economic Justice Australia
Amy is a human rights lawyer who has spent her legal career working in public interest private practice, Community Legal Centres, and Legal Aid NSW. Amy has held several roles within Legal Aid NSW’s civil law division including as a senior lawyer managing localised civil law service delivery to regional and remote Western NSW, and most recently as a lawyer in their human rights team.
Amy has also worked as a lawyer for specialist domestic/family abuse legal services such as Women’s Legal Service NSW and Western Women’s Legal Support.
Amy is passionate about, and has expertise in, the equitable delivery of legal services to clients in regional and remote NSW, particularly women experiencing domestic/family abuse.
Sarah Sacher
Law Reform Officer, Economic Justice Australia
Sarah Sacher has worked across a range of human rights policy issues as a lawyer, advisor and researcher. She is particularly interested in the implications of automation and artificial intelligence for the human rights of vulnerable and marginalised people.
Sarah joins EJA as a Law Reform Officer, having previously worked at the Australian Human Rights Commission as an advisor to the President; the Law Council of Australia as a human rights policy lawyer; and the Victorian Law Reform Commission as a researcher.
She has an LLM from the London School of Economics, specialising in human rights law. At EJA, Sarah will focus on automation in social security, and family violence issues.
Katie Thompson
Managing Director, Be ME Movement Education, Alice Springs
Living in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Katie is a fierce advocate for inspiring communities to find joy, laughter and well-being through movement activities, skill building and mindfulness.
Her strong cultural integrity comes from growing up in New Zealand, the original space to acknowledge the need for it.
Having lived an outdoors lifestyle for most her life, she sees movement as a medium for change - creating a safe space for people to learn and grow together through shared experience.
Four years ago she co-created a “Girls on Country” Programme on Arrernte Country, which acknowledges and aims to counteract the disparity of investment between First Nation young men and women. She and co-facilitator of the programme, Naomi Hayes, are the embodiment of reconciliation.
Katie successfully created her own business in January 2022, BEME Movement Education and thrives on the challenges this presents.
Dr Himanshu Popat
Clinical Lead and Co-Director at The Grace Centre at Westmead Children's Hospital
Dr Himanshu Popat is the Clincial Lead and Co-director of the Grace Centre for Newborn Intensive Care Unit at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.
He is the Future Leader Fellow at the NHMRC Clinical Trial Centre, Camperdown, Sydney.
He co-leads research at the Grace Centre for Newborn Intensive Care and chairs the NSW Newborn Intensive Care Unit Study (NICUS) group, which audits the mortality and morbidity of all babies admitted to NSW and ACT Newborn Intensive care Units.
Dr Popat is also a Senior Staff Specialist Neonatologist at The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Westmead.
The Amplify Alliance
Amplifying the voices of
social impact advocates
in Australia
social impact advocates
in Australia