Jamie Marloo Thomas
Co-owner and Director
Wayapa Wuurrk
Jamie Marloo Thomas is the Co-Founder & Director of Wayapa Wuurrk® and is a Senior Cultural Knowledge Holder for his Peek Whuurrung People of the Maara Nation and GunaiKurnai Communities.
He understands the pain of disconnection from culture as he grew up with his non Aboriginal family cut off from Aboriginal community, which is why he devoted 26 years to culturally mentoring young men.
Combining 27 years of vast professional experience in Men’s Health, Well-being, Drug and Alcohol Support, Family Violence Prevention, Youth Mentoring, Cultural Heritage and Ancestral Remains Repatriation, with his personal connection practice rooted in Aboriginal Dance and Ceremony, Jamie co-created Wayapa Wuurrk, the first known certified Indigenous wellness practice, in consultation with his Elders and Community.
Jamie is a regular speaker at conferences and events and is a published author contributing chapters to “Silver Linings” and “Being Fine, the other F Word”.
SESSIONS
Day 2
3:10
Panel: Funding and scaling alternatives to prison
If community-led alternatives are proven to work, what must change in funding models, commissioning and performance frameworks to scale them?
Explore how justice reinvestment, outcomes-focused funding, and community-led models can shift resources from incarceration to prevention, healing, and rehabilitation
Devon Cuimara, Director, Western Aboriginal Family Legal Services
Jamie Marloo Thomas, Co-owner and Director, Wayapa Wuurrk
Deb Moyle, Justice Reinvestment Program Manager and Tiraapendi Wodli Executive Officer, Tiraapendi Wodli Justice Reinvestment