Henry Leafa
Outreach Engagement Advisor
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)
Henry Titi Leafa, Samoan heritage born in New Zealand and moved to Australia and now lives in Cairns, married with 5 children and 3 grandsons. Henry has extensive experience working with young people as a mentor and motivational speaker and has been active in his community for the last 35 plus years.
Co-founder with his wife Helen, Henry lead and facilitated the Strengths Fathers Academy that ran for over ten years with over 3000 men that participated. The program was also delivered in Atherton, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Kenya Africa, Papua Nu Guinea, New Zealand, Los Angeles, Philadelphia , Hawaii, and Arizona, with a major focus on men’s behaviour change and support for men to live out being the best version of themselves. Henry shares the 4 key pillars every son, man, husband, partner, father, stepfather, grandfather, foster father for men to fully equipped and engaged in their relationships and roles and how to be safe men.
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From intervention to prevention: Strengthening culturally safe models for accountability and healing
The need for clinical, cultural, community and justice responses
Exploring how prevention, healing, and accountability can coexist in culturally strong frameworks
Moving from punitive to restorative and healing-centred responses
Dr Brian Sullivan, DV Intervention Consultant, Sicura
Henry Leafa, Outreach Engagement Advisor, Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)