Kon Karapanagiotidis

Kon is the CEO and founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and a fierce advocate for the rights of people seeking asylum, refugees, and Indigenous Australians. Kon is also a human rights lawyer, social worker, Board Member for Children’s Ground, philanthropist and cooking enthusiast. He is the author of The Power of Hope and a recently released cookbook (created with his mum Sia) A Seat at My Table: Philoxenia Vegetarian and Vegan Greek Kitchen Recipes. Sia, will join Kon in Bendigo for a lunch event on Sunday at The Old Church on the Hill.