Lagi writes under two identities:
Both identities reflect her lived experience, cultural knowledge, and more than 20 years of statutory child protection practice.
Not on My Watch is a powerful blend of professional expertise and personal truth. In this book, Cecilia shares the story of protecting her daughter when systems failed to respond, drawing on decades of child protection practice to expose gaps, challenge harmful assumptions, and advocate for cultural safety in education and child protection.
This book is both a personal testimony and a professional critique — written for parents, practitioners, educators, and leaders who want to understand how systems can fail, and how families can fight back with courage, clarity, and cultural strength.
Culture is Safety expands Cecilia’s work into national practice reform. Grounded in more than 30 years of frontline experience, this book challenges mainstream child protection frameworks and centres cultural integrity, cumulative harm, and the realities of practising on First Nations land.
It offers a bold, necessary conversation about how child protection systems must evolve — with cultural safety not as an optional practice, but as the foundation of every decision, every intervention, and every outcome.
This book is written for practitioners, leaders, policymakers, and educators committed to transforming child protection practice across Australia.
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