Ahead of the Curve Community Commissions – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

The Ahead of the Curve Community Commissions is for communities of colour to develop and produce community projects and new digital works, which respond to social challenges, including COVID-19.TheAhead of the Curve Community Commissions is for communities of colour to develop and produce community projects and new digital works, which respond to social challenges, including COVID-19.

The Ahead of the Curve Community Commissions is for communities of colour to develop and produce community projects and new digital works, which respond to social challenges, including COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrived on social inequity. In Victoria, this has been exacerbated by the circumstances of the most marginalised communities of colour.

Five groups from across metropolitan Melbourne received project funding as well as mentoring, production and administrative support, and connection with creatives who could support development and delivery of their project.

These community-led projects challenge social inequity, draw upon lived experiences of intersectional marginalisation and build capacity for community members.

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MAV will offer a range of Ahead of the Curve commission tiers to suit community aspirations and individual capacity. As well as financial support, MAV can offer the following support to participating artists and communities:

professional and creative development workshops
networking and mentoring
production and administrative assistance.

The new digital works created in Ahead of the Curve will be presented online as part of MAV’s Diasporas platform. The Ahead of the Curve commissions will highlight the way the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded inequity and disadvantage for communities of colour in Victoria.

Supported by The Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, the Ahead of the Curve commissions will challenge prevailing narratives of CALD communities as vulnerable and helpless and explore how diversity and community can also be protective factors; enabling communities to address the social determinants of health inequity and disadvantage.

Ahead of the Curve Community Commissions

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	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.