Midwest Aboriginal Men’s Empowerment (MAME) - with Levi Thorne (1.40 mins)

The Midwest Aboriginal Men’s Empowerment (MAME) project’s core objective was to increase the number of active Aboriginal family and domestic violence (FDV) primary prevention conversation ‘influencers’ in the City of Greater Geraldton with a clear understanding on FDV primary prevention including the role of rigid gender stereotypes.
The Department of Communities provided 12 months funding for the MAME Project through their Family and Domestic Violence Grants program 2023/2024.
The MAME project resulted in the development of three video FDV Primary Prevention messages.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male members of the MAME Project Team Dr Mick Adams, Trevor Pickett and Levi Thorne recorded three short messages around topics:
• Challenging Family Domestic Violence
• Being a Healthy and Respectful Aboriginal male
• Celebrating Aboriginal males.
In these video clips the MAME project team members speak to lived experiences and conversations had with male participants in the MAME project, MoRE workshops and Yurla Wanggamanha yarning circles in Geraldton and Mullewa.
“Men standing together to challenge family and domestic violence, heal community and country.”
For more information contact WA Centre for Rural Health on [phone] or [e-mail].