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Cheryl White works as a trainer and international consultant and is the co-editor of various books, including Conversations about gender, culture, violence and narrative practice: Stories of hope and complexity from women of many cultures. Cheryl is particularly interested in finding ways to support the work of practitioners in difficult and challenging contexts. Recent teaching assignments have included Kuwait (to Iraqi workers who are establishing a trauma centre in Basra), Canada, USA, Uganda, Palestinian Territories, Israel, and Rwanda.
David Denborough works as a community practitioner, teacher/trainer, international consultant, and developer of collective narrative practice methodologies. He is the editor/author of a range of books, including Collective narrative practice: Responding to individuals, groups, and communities who have experienced trauma; Trauma: Narrative responses to traumatic experience; and Beyond the prison: Gathering dreams of freedom. His recent community assignments have included work in a range of Aboriginal communities, immigrant communities in Australia and Canada, and work in Rwanda.
Barbara Wingard has been involved with Dulwich Centre since 1994 when she played a key role in the ‘Reclaiming our stories, reclaiming our lives’ gathering for Aboriginal families who had lost a family member due to deaths in custody. Barbara was one of the first group of Aboriginal Health Workers trained in South Australia. Barbara was South Australian Elder of the Year (Female) in 2008. She is also a part-time Commissioner of the Environment, Resource and Development Court for Native Title. Barbara is co-author, with Jane Lester, of the influential book Telling our stories in ways that make us stronger and leads the work of Dulwich Centre Foundation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Virginia Leake is the administrator for both Dulwich Centre Foundation and Dulwich Centre Foundation International. In 2007, she conducted a number of influential interviews in Israel and the Palestinian Territories: 'Breaking the silences: Acknowledging our own stories, talking with our families and the nation: An interview with Yehuda Shaul’, and ‘Lighting a candle … finding a way forward: The work of “The Way”: The Palestinian Organisation for Development and Democracy: An interview with Younes Musa and Khaled Abu Awwad’.
Mark Trudinger worked as a communications and community relations consultant for not-for-profit organisations before moving into community development. He has been the founder or director of many community organisations, including Community Access Media and the Young Men’s Anti-Violence Project. His work has been presented at conferences and published in journals internationally.
Dulwich Centre Foundation and Dulwich Centre Foundation International also engage a range of international consultants to offer training and support to workers in different contexts. These consultants have included: Ruth Pluznick (Canada), Chris Behan (USA), Mark Gordon (Australia), Jill Freedman (USA), Sue Mitchell (Australia), John Stillman (USA), Shona Russell (Australia), Michael White (Australia), Angel Yuen (Canada), Sekneh Beckett (Australia), Eileen Hurley (USA), David Newman (Australia), Ncazelo Ncube (South Africa), Carolyn Markey (Australia), Daria Kutuzova (Russia), Lisa Johnson (Australia), Chris Dolman (Australia), Geir Lundby (Norway), and others. Jane Hales contributes significant logistical support.
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