Facilitation & advisory: groups, committees and networks

Australasian Intercultural Cities Network: Alisha coordinated regional exchange, facilitated seminars, chaired discussions and organised policy forums. Merri-bek Play Streets working group: she coordinated more than 30 staff across Council functions and worked with a core engineering and social-cohesion group to enable the programme. Merri-bek homelessness partnerships: she facilitated workshops and coordinated work involving the Northern Homelessness Network, VincentCare, MOSS and Juno, including assertive outreach and Functional Zero. Hobsons Bay interfaith network: she facilitated discussion and brought community members together for a shared lunch.

Intercultural Maribyrnong internal working group and stakeholder workshops: Alisha connected research, staff and community perspectives with strategy development, working with an engagement practitioner and Council colleagues. Maribyrnong Gender Impact Analysis pilot: she facilitated a 90-minute workshop with internal and external participants. Maribyrnong gender equity groups: she delivered presentations on gender, sex and sexuality. Language Services Review staff groups: she ran workshops, training and presentations to inform service improvements. Maribyrnong Lunch and Learn: she established the programme with colleagues. Merri-bek health and wellbeing planning: she worked across internal teams and community and service stakeholders to connect evidence with Council priorities and actions.

RMIT Interior Design Industry Advisory Committee: Alisha contributed practice-based advice through a 2024 appointment, alongside separate guest teaching and assessment. Deakin University primary-prevention research steering committee: she participated and contributed to translating research into local-government policy and programmes. Municipal Association of Victoria and IAP2: her professional records identify engagement advisory and innovation work. These are distinct advisory or participating roles, rather than claims that she chaired each group.

Merri-bek Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group, VACCA and the Aboriginal Advancement League: Alisha partnered in co-designing municipal leisure access for First Nations families. Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre: she supported funding, project development and community partnerships for Rainbow Pride in Altona / Midsumma. Darebin Intercultural Centre staff, volunteers and community facilitators: she coordinated programming, access arrangements and community-led participation pathways.

Housing and homelessness: Northern Affordable Housing Group; NLASN and Northern and Western Homelessness networks; Northern Homelessness Local Government Network; M9 and Merri-bek housing networks. Health and inclusion: Northern and Western Health and Wellbeing Planning networks; Northern Councils mental-health networks; Victorian Multicultural Commission forums; western and northern metropolitan LGBTIQA+ networks; emergency-management and inter-agency coordination networks. Volunteering: Volunteering Australia, Volunteering Victoria, and northern and western metropolitan volunteering networks. Her records identify involvement in these networks; facilitation or chairing is only attributed where specified above.

This experience informs workshop facilitation, partnership coordination, advisory groups, stakeholder briefings and governance support. The groups listed here bring together documented past roles and contributions across organisations. Responsibilities varied by group and engagement.