Content warning: Mentions of suicide and self harm, and sexual violence. Timestamps below.
Gemma Bell is the Team Leader at Fusion Mornington Peninsula. Gemma has lived onsite at Fusion’s housing service for young people experiencing homelessness with her family for 15 years. Living alongside people who are from crisis, trauma, rejection, substance abuse, and mental illness has shaped Gemma’s theology and understanding of the needs within a community. Over those years she has worked as an educator in Youth and Community Work, practitioner, Minister with Churches of Christ, and Community Leader. Gemma has set down deep relational roots within the community and in the lives of the folks she lives and works alongside.
Gemma is passionate about living a faith that builds healthy lives for vulnerable people through relational community development. She also swears by loose-leaf tea and a good book.
Connect with Fusion Mornington Peninsula at https://morningtonpeninsula.fusion.org.au/
And find them on Instagram @fusionmorningtonpeninsula
And on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/fusionmornington/
Content warnings:
Mention of coercion of sex by landlords in rooming houses at 33:30 to 35:30
Mention of a young person's past suicide attempts and self-harm at 44:20 to 46:40
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