Adele Cox
Adele Cox is a Bunuba & Kija (Gija) woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. She has spent the majority of her working life in the Kimberley region in media and in suicide prevention, and has spent the last 6 years living and working in Perth.
After completing Year 12 at Nulungu College (now St Mary's College) Broome, Adele achieved a Diploma in Broadcasting and Journalism at TAFE whilst working as a Broadcaster/Journalist at Goolarri Media Enterprises. She became actively involved in the Broome Youth Support Group, the Burdekin Youth in Action Committee and the Broome Musicians Aboriginal Corporation. Adele was also a Project Officer for National NAIDOC in 1998. In 1999, she had taken up a position as Team Leader for the Kimberley Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Project with the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Inc.
Most recently her work has taken her into Indigenous Health Research, having worked previously at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. Adele now works part-time as an academic at the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health at the University of Western Australia, and also runs her own consultancy business part-time as Director of ACOX Consultancy. She is and has been an active member of several committees at both the State and National levels, including, the WA State Forensic Mental Health Council, the Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children Steering Committee and Design Sub-Committee for the Department of Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and is the current Chairperson of the National Indigenous Youth Movement of Australia (NIYMA). Adele's commitment to Indigenous affairs comes from a long-standing family history of Indigenous health service provision and advocacy and continues to be a focus in her life, along with advocacy for Indigenous youth issues, and Indigenous Affairs generally. Adele also believes that young people have the right to determine what it is that they want not only for the here and now, but for the future as well. It is her vision that Indigenous children will grow up healthy and strong and free of poverty.
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http://www.niyma.org/?content=who
http://www.onefutureforum.com/pages/about/participants/adele-cox.php
http://www.dest.gov.au/archive/ministers/kemp/feb00/k023_270200_C.htm