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I can change the world! How these changemakers found their superpower

I can change the world! How these changemakers found their superpower

Sara Shams had both legs amputated at age six — it became her superpower. 15-year-old Taylor Ladd-Hudson turned a shark experience into something bigger. Amy Parry got subversive after she was told women's stories on screen were too niche. Jody Rallah wanted to make sense of the world and art led the way. And Anisa Nandaula turns it all into performance poetry. Meet these changemakers joining Big Ideas host Natasha Mitchell at the Women of the World (WOW) Festival in Brisbane in October 2024. Speakers Taylor Ladd-Hudson 15 year old environmentalist, shark conservationist, social media influencer Amy Parry Film-maker, producer, screenwriter Jody Rallah Artist and yuggera-yugggerabul and biri-bindal woman Sara Shams Pharmacist, disability advocate, speaker, model Anisa Nandaula Slam poet, stand-up comedian, writer Author, Melanin Garden

Big Ideas · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

February 12, 202553m 0s

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Show Notes

Sara Shams had both legs amputated at age six — it became her superpower. 15-year-old Taylor Ladd-Hudson turned a shark experience into something bigger. Amy Parry got subversive after she was told women's stories on screen were too niche. Jody Rallah wanted to make sense of the world and art led the way. And Anisa Nandaula turns it all into performance poetry. Meet these changemakers joining Big Ideas host Natasha Mitchell at the Women of the World (WOW) Festival in Brisbane in October 2024.

Speakers

Taylor Ladd-Hudson15 year old environmentalist, shark conservationist, social media influencer

Amy ParryFilm-maker, producer, screenwriter

Jody RallahArtist and yuggera-yugggerabul and biri-bindal woman

Sara ShamsPharmacist, disability advocate, speaker, model

Anisa NandaulaSlam poet, stand-up comedian, writerAuthor, Melanin Garden

Topics

women of the world festivalWOW festivalwomengirlsschoolscareersleadershipdisabilityadvocacyfilmwomen in filmpopular cultureconservationartcreativitysharksenvironmentalism