After the sell-out success of Women Say Something during the 2011 Mardi Gras festival, the speaking series is back with a new format and in a new venue.

After the sell-out success of Women Say Something during the 2011 Mardi Gras festival, the speaking series is back with a new format and in a new venue.

Starting with a sit down dinner with the panellists, the audience will get the chance to dine and speak directly with these amazing women before the panel kicks off. Choose to attend both dinner and the panel or just the panel. Steph Sands, spokesperson for Women Say Something, says, ”The theme for the next instalment of Women Say Something is ‘I Do, I Don’t’ – it’s not just about the marriage equality debate, but about all the black and white we live by as women and how this influences our opinions within our lives."

Who else will be in the panel? Check it out:

•    Sally McManus – Secretary of the Australian Services Union in NSW & ACT
•    Cate Faehrmann – Greens MP, with the portfolio responsibility for women
•    Jackie Stricker-Phelps, teacher and Marriage Equality Activist
•    Cleo Kerameas – Masterchef Top 20 and food lover extraordinaire
•    Asha Zappa – Femme Guild president, Roller derby hero, and fat activist
•    Katrina Fox – freelance journalist of topics such as sex and gender, diversity and animal advocacy
•    Elena Jeffreys – from the Scarlett Alliance
•    Tracie O’Keefe – Author of several books on sex and/or gender diversity, clinical hypnotherapist, psychotherapist, counsellor, naturopath and sexologist.
•    and Community Angel, Siri May

Hosted by resident DJ Kate Monroe, this is a night sure to challenge our ideas around diversity and present many of the themes and opinions surrounding the current equality debate. It’s a night not to be missed. Click here for more information.