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“The simple joy of not just looking, but seeing”

Brian Parkes – CEO of Adelaide’s JamFactory – left home more than 30 years ago and drove his bright blue Datsun 180B to Hobart to embark on a journey that in many ways, he says, he is still on today.

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'You don't advocate for change without copping flak'

Maggie Dawkins has been described as many things. The daughter of a GP and tea entrepreneur. The wife of a former treasurer. A proud mother. But any one of these titles would be doing her a disservice. She is a tenacious, hard-working and staunch advocate for child protection.

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'If I was ruler of the world I would put an artist and musician in every school'

Susannah Sweeney, creative producer of the DreamBIG Children’s Festival, is a passionate arts advocate who believes every child has the right to an arts-rich education.

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'People will always remember how you make them feel'

Debbie Ryan was living a blessed life, married to her high school sweetheart, with two beautiful children. Tragically, following years of bullying, her daughter Maddy took her own life. Debbie is now on a mission to show just how deeply our actions can affect others.

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"I have just said yes every time someone asked me to help"

Kathryn House grew up in country SA, and ended up with an unlikely career speaking and teaching Chinese. Today, she is also a devoted advocate for our state’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged through her volunteering and philanthropic work.