Wednesday, October 29, 2025
By Michael Warren
Gurriny Yealamucka’s Public Health Team Leader, Renee Grosso, was recently invited by the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) to present and facilitate several interactive workshops at the 2025 NT ACCHS Sexual Health Workshop, proudly supported by NACCHO.
The two-day event, held on October 23–24, brought together health professionals from across the Northern Territory to share ideas, innovation and best practice in sexual health education.
Renee presented her original program, “Teaching comprehensive sexuality education through the creation of art and creative expression” — a unique model she has designed, implemented and sustained with great success at Yarrabah Primary and High Schools over the past three years.
Her workshops included:
Shape Your Journey – clay sculpting to explore self-esteem
Consent Salon – creative expression of the elements of consent
Yes and No Voice Wall – exploring how our “Yes” and “No” voices feel and sound
Periods on Canvas – artistic exploration of the menstrual experience
Anatomy Tour & Modelling Stations – breaking shame and celebrating body knowledge
This collaboration marks another proud milestone for Gurriny Yealamucka — sharing innovation, education and cultural strength beyond Yarrabah, and inspiring others to do the same.
