A Gala of school fun with AFL Victoria

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WITH the aid of a football and netball, AFL Victoria and the Shepparton Ethnic Council reached out a hand of friendship and inclusion to school students across the region, with their inaugural Shepparton Multicultural Gala Day. Participants came from St Georges Road, Mooroopna Park and Gowrie Street primary schools, to engage in AFL and Netball drills/games with the aim of having plenty of fun.

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Survey: Participation of CALD Women and Girls in Sports

Participation of CALD Women and Girls in SportsThe Australian Sports Commission and The LOTE Agency are conducting a survey for CALD peoples about participation of women and girls in sports in Australia. The Australian Sports Commission and The LOTE Agency committed to creating a more inclusive sports community that gets more people from multicultural communities involved.

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Tree Planting Afternoon

Tree Planting AfternoonThere will be a Tree Planing Afternoon at Archer Street Reserve, opposite Asim Street Shepparton on Sunday, 20 August from 2:00pm – to 4:00pm. All materials supplied, and FREE! Information for this tree planting event is available in Arabic, Dari, Swahili and Hazaragi.

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Survey: Barriers to reporting racism

Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria LogoVictoria University is conducting an anti-racism project called Understanding reporting barriers and support needs of people experiencing racism, in collaboration with Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) and the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV). The project is funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth). This survey has prizes valued up to $300 for participation.

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Refugee Women’s Health Sector Survey

Refugee Women’s Health Sector Survey
The Victorian Refugee Health Network is conducting a survey with settlement, health and community services to better understand how women from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds access and navigate health services in Victoria. The survey takes 5 minutes to complete and is open until 18 August 2023.

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Culturally Responsive Practice Training

Culturally Responsive Practice: Working with young people from migrant and refugee backgroundsA two-part training explores the essential skills and knowledge required for effective work with young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, their families and communities. This practical, interactive training is designed to be applicable across a broad range of sectors and for work with young people from any community. This will be delivered online (Zoom) Thursday August 24, and Thursday August 30.

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Amar is driving from Sydney to Darwin to engage culturally diverse communities with the Yes campaign

Amar Singh and his Van
Australian of the Year Local Hero award winner Amar Singh says there’s been a “gap” in communicating the importance of the referendum to multicultural communities.

Amar Singh says it’s his responsibility as “a human being” to engage multicultural communities with the Yes campaign.

That’s why he’s begun a two-month 25,000 kilometre round-trip journey from Sydney to Darwin.

Mr Singh won the 2023 Australian of the Year Local Hero award for his work with his charity Turbans 4 Australia, a Sikh-led assistance organisation that delivers food and aid to vulnerable people across western Sydney.

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National Anti-Racism Scoping Report

Australian Human Rights CommissionThe Australian Human Rights Commission released its National Anti-Racism Framework Scoping Report in December 2022. Since its release, dedicated funding has been allocated to amplify and progress the scoping report’s findings. A community guide to the scoping report is now available for download. The community guide is available in several languages: Arabic, Burmese, Farsi, Samoan, Simplified Chinese, Swahili and Vietnamese.

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Multicultural Australia for The Voice

Multicultural Australia for The Voice

The Uluru Statement from the Heart has extended a generous and powerful invitation to all Australians and we are embracing this invitation and asking you to join us on this journey of saying Yes to constitutional recognition.

Settlement Services International and Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria along with the Multicultural Australia for the Voice alliance invite you to a special interactive community town hall to engage in Multicultural Australia for the Voice.

Special guests are Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and Inclusion Consultant Tasneem Chopra (OAM) to learn more about the upcoming Voice referendum. We will also be joined by local MP Julian Hill, Member for Bruce, the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles and the Minister for Home Affairs & Cyber Security Clare O’Neil.

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