Aunty Lynette Coomer - Committee Member
Aunty Lynette Coomer describes herself as a Collie Noongar.
Born in Collie and raised in the camps of Shenton Park and taken to Roelands as a girl Aunty Lynette is deeply committed to community and the next generations coming through.
Aunty Lynette came to CJU's work through sharing her story in Shenton Park and then disaster resilience yarns in Kwinana.
Aunty Lynette is keen to help service providers, government departments and others build better relationships with community which honour the dignity and value of the community.
Jaime - Convenor
Jaime is a bundle of energy, words and ideas and refuses to accept we can’t have a just world. Jaime was born near Sherwood Forest in the UK and often jokes that Robin Hood was her great uncle. She was born to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor.
Having arrived in Noongar Boodja in 2001 Jaime has worked in many places and with many different communities however her heart is in caring for Country and caring for community. Jaime is stoked to be a part of a CJU community that believes another world is possible and are willing to create it.
Jaime is a mum, nan and lives with her small family in Kwinana on Binjareb/Whadjuk Country and was one of the founding members of CJU.
Kristy - Committee Member
Kristy is a Wadjela ally dedicated to walking alongside mob and amplifying voices in the spaces where it is most uncomfortable and most needed.
She facilitates hard conversations, perspective-taking and unlearning as core parts of her practice, shaped deeply through her work with CJU. With a commitment to equity and social justice, she strives to support the Collie community for a climate resilient future. Kristy is a Mum to 4 wonderful kids, and lives in Donnybrook.
Kristy came to CJU through her work at the Child and Parent Centre in Collie and is studying an Undergraduate degree in Psychology.
Kylie - Committee Member
Kylie lives in Bindjareb Noongar Boodja among Jarrahs and Black Cockatoos but originally comes from Southern Africa.
She's been part of the CJU community since before its conception, and did her PhD in partnership with CJU which explored the importance of care work in Climate Justice organising.
By being on the committee, Kylie hopes to enable more people to experience transformative learning and support opportunities like CJU offered her.
Laura - Committee Member
Laura (she/they) is an active voice in systemic disability advocacy using their lived experience to guide many different policy papers and co-designing different community based projects.
They are currently involved with advocacy efforts for more support for those at risk of serious illness or distress during heatwaves.
They are also active in mental health activism and using their lived experience to encourage more chronically ill voices to be heard in systemic mental health efforts and being involved in change to make services accessible to all.
Their current work Including drawing attention to the lack of support and services for those who have me/cfs and or long covid.
When not involved in this work, they can be seen hanging out with their two dogs Lilly and Joey who may appear on camera from time to time.
Matt - Treasurer
Matt is a recovering bank manager who connected with CJU's work during a Seasonal Yarn in Collie whilst finishing his social work studies at ECU.
Matt lives in Bunbury, is a musician, history buff and wants to use his previous career in finance to support CJU in doing what it does well.
Matt has 2 grown kids and loves to eat hot Indian food.
SAGE - Committee Member
Sage is an artist and illustrator who uses visual communication to gather and share collective imaginings of a gentler world. They are parent to a fabulous young person, Wadjella, and living and learning on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar.
Sage often finds themselves outside of the social stories that hold injustice together. Marginalised in many ways and privileged in others, Sage navigates disability in ways that often intersect with challenges everyone faces, or will at some point. Like their many disabled colleagues though, Sage doesn’t have the option of making those challenges a problem for tomorrow.
Sage has been part of CJU for at least 4 years. They work across many projects, and are passionate about advocating for chronic illness, disability, neurodivergence and gender safety within medical spaces (for ‘patients’ and health workers). They bring to all they do, an understanding that resilience is not found in mythical independence. That interdependence is not weakness. That collective care, mutual aid, creativity and community are where we find our strengths and solutions. They are passionate about celebrating diversity and creating spaces that are safe and accessible.
They are especially happy when up to their elbows in dirt, and spend as much time as possible tending, watching, and learning from the many beings that work together to create the ecosystems of which we are just one small part.
Sallie - Secretary
Sallie is a Public Health Physician and former public servant having recently finished her work as a medical advisor in the Department of Health.
Sallie has spent time as a doctor working in hospital, general practice and rural and remote settings. One of the original Millennium Kids' Sallie has cared deeply about climate justice for most of her life and has been working with and across many different organisations for almost two decades to bring climate, health and equity together.
Sallie lives in Fremantle with her young family and was one of the founding members of CJU.
Sallie is stoked to be able to spend more time directly supporting CJU's work and is determined the fossil fuel industry will lose it's social license.
Uncle Roger Turvey - Committee Member
Uncle Roger Turvey is a whadjuk, ballardong Elder with a long history of advocating for his people and the broader community.
As a descendent of parents from the Stolen Generation and a mission kid himself Uncle Roger has worked to 'right the wrongs' in many settings.
From working at Derbal Yerrigan Health Sevice to being on cultural advisory groups, working in the justice department and organisational boards Uncle Roger understands how much there is still to achieve.
Uncle Roger has been involved in CJU's work for approximately 4 years and joined as a member when CJU attended the Ballardong Elders group in Quairading.
