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Zonta Club of Wellington Dinner Meeting June
Zonta Club of Wellington Dinner Meeting June

Tue, 25 Jun

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KPMG Offices, Level 6 (New Site)

Zonta Club of Wellington Dinner Meeting June

Join us at the Zonta Club of Wellington, for our June dinner meeting with guest speaker Alice Mander, disability advocate.

Please contact Rose Dhlakama to RSVP
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Time & Location

25 Jun 2024, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

KPMG Offices, Level 6 (New Site), 44 Bowen Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

About the Event

You are warmly invited to join us at the Zonta Club of Wellington for our dinner meeting - On Tuesday 25 June 2024.

Our guest speaker is Alice Mander, disability advocate.

Alice Mander has been heavily involved in both the student and disabled communities in Aotearoa. She started her journey in disability activism as a Law and Arts student at Victoria University of Wellington, becoming a regular contributor to Salient and other national publications and has been a participant in a number of national and international panels on disability and student voice. 

Alice was President of the VUW Disabled Students’ Association , inspiring her to establish the National Disabled Students’ Association in 2020. During her time as President, she and other disabled student advocates worked alongside national student organisations, government departments, politicians, and educational institutions to work towards a more equitable tertiary system for all. As a result of this work she has received a number of national awards including an Attitude Impact award , Impact Award finalist and New Zealand Local Hero Award. 

Her work with the community and legal studies gave her the unique opportunity to be appointed as a panel member on the Independent Electoral Law Review Panel in 2021, tasked alongside fellow panel members to undertake a thorough review into New Zealand’s democratic system. 

In 2023 she worked with disability media platform the D*List on a documentary web series about how disabled people use the internet. Entitled Clickbait&Crutches, it’s out now! 

In 2024, Alice graduated with her LLB(Hons) and Bachelor of Arts and is currently working as a law graduate at Simpson Grierson.

** We use your RSVP to order catering.  Please respond by 12pm Thursday 20 June 2024 **

***Buffet Dinner $48***

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