UN/SPOKEN
Jade RobertsonTEDx Speaker · Writer · Gubbi Gubbi Woman · Founder of UN/SPOKEN
I speak about why truth becomes dangerous, and what adults, families and systems must do differently once someone speaks.
Most people talk about voice.
I talk about response.
Silence is not neutral. It is structured. It is built in families, classrooms, organisations, communities and systems. My work asks what taught someone it was dangerous to speak, and what kind of response could make truth safer next time.
Watch Jade's latest talk
We spend far too much time asking why someone didn't speak, and not enough time asking what they needed to feel safe to speak. In this talk, Jade explores three truths that change how we receive disclosure: the nervous system speaks first, response determines risk, and shame never belongs to the harmed.
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Nine minutes on what silence actually costs, and what it takes to build something different.
Where this work has been heard
Jade's contribution to Ahpra's national workforce series informed findings later published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management.
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A platform and movement for safer conditions around truth, disclosure and response. Where the personal meets the political and stories are held safely.
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My story is that I became dangerous to silence.