Harrison James on being a survivor, becoming an advocate and the #YourReferenceAin’tRelevant campaign

In this week’s episode, Josh chats with Harrison James who was the Winner of the 2023 Spirit Super Connecting Communities Award at the 7News Young Achiever Awards for NSW & ACT. *Content Warning* This episode includes a discussion about child sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. Harrison James is a survivor of child sexual abuse and is now an advocate for other survivors. He was the co-founder of the Your Reference Ain’t Relevant campaign that is petitioning to the NSW government to remove the provision of character references for perpetrators of child sexual abuse in the sentencing procedure. Harrison was also a key collaborator for Safe Sounds, Australia’s first sexual assault awareness music festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.