Reconciliation Australia – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

21st of March – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 18, 2023 by Ethnic Council

The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Council of Australia (FECCA) is encouraging people and organisations in Australia to observe and refer to the 21st of March as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

In 1998, the Howard Government declared the 21st of March as ‘Harmony Day’, making Australia the only country in the world that refers to this day differently from other nations.

FECCA Reconciliation Action Plan

October 21, 2019 by Ethnic Council

At the Lord Mayor’s welcome to FECCA 2019 at Hobart Town Hall, FECCA Chairperson Mary Patetsos told the assembled delegates that those who work in the field of multicultural affairs, settlement and advocacy – including FECCA as an organisation – cannot go foward into the future without reconciliation with the First Nations peoples of Australia.

Shepparton Reconciliation Action Plan

July 15, 2019 by Ethnic Council

The Greater Shepparton City Council Reconciliation Action Plan (Reflect) July 2019 – June 2020 is an internal organisational plan that outlines Council’s commitment to reconciliation and to ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and cultures are respected, acknowledged and celebrated.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.