Community Engagement Manager and Domestic and Family Violence Justice Coordinator, Common Grace
Ellaina has been with Common Grace for 4.5 years in a variety of roles. Currently, Ellaina is the Community Engagement Manager and Domestic and Family Violence Justice Coordinator. Ellaina has worked in the Christian not-for-profit sector for the past 10 years working to inspire and equip Christians and churches to pursue justice and generosity. Ellaina loves to use her skills in strategy, operations, communications, project management and stakeholder engagement to work in spaces that help pursue a better world where women and girls are treated equally, where structures of power are reimagined, and where justice prevails.
Ellaina has a Masters of International Development, a Bachelor of Health (Int) and is currently living in Awabakal Country with her husband and two young and energetic children. When she’s not working Ellaina loves being at the beach, running with friends, conversing about the deep things in life, and tending to her small garden.
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Ellaina Welsman as the new Domestic and Family Violence Justice Coordinator. Ellaina is deeply passionate about seeing churches commit to and make steps towards ending violence against women.
Ellaina Welsman, Common Grace's Community Engagement and Operations Manager, reflects on new coercive control laws in NSW that aim to more accurately reflect lived experiences of abuse.
May is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It is a time for all of us to speak up about the dark reality of domestic and family abuse that is far too common in Australia.
Ellaina Welsman leads us in prayer as we celebrate the birth of Christ today.