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Heard Instinct

November 3, 2019November 1, 2019 by Ethnic Council

Heard Instinct is a pilot initiative co-designed by Multicultural Arts Victoria and a group of 10 emerging young artists of colour living in the Goulburn Valley region on Yorta Yorta country. The project is being developed to address a need for more self-determined opportunities for young artists of colour, to come together and be able to freely express themselves through the arts. The project has been made possible with support from Ethnic Council Shepparton, Gandel Philanthropy, Australia Council for the Arts and Creative Victoria.

Know Your Roots – Update

November 1, 2019 by Ethnic Council

The Know Your Roots model and program has been identified as a tool that elicits belonging and participation, a stronger sense of worth, resilience in the acceptance-rejection parameters of legitimacy, an abiding sense of social justice and equity in the Social Cohesion through Education Program. It is an element of the Social Cohesion through Education Pilot Project.

Modelling Educational Behavioural Change

October 29, 2019 by Ethnic Council

Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District in collaboration with Catholic Care, Sandhurst presented the final session in a four-part program on improving family relationships/family health for settlement communities of Greater Shepparton on Thursday 25 October.

Ethnic Council visits FECCA 2019 Conference

October 27, 2019 by Ethnic Council

Officers and Board members of the Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District travelled to Hobart over 10-13 October to participate in the FECCA 2019 conference. Several staff members made presentations to the Conference, and Board Members spent time gaining valuable insights.

FECCA 2019: Youth of Colour and Culture: The journey of social change

October 27, 2019 by Ethnic Council

Mariam Mgoter and Ali Albattaat – Project Officers with the Ethnic Council Shepparton & District gave a joint presentation at the 2019 FECCA Conference in Hobart on the topic of Youth of Colour and Culture: The journey of social change for equality and social justice through the voices of the youth

FECCA 2019: Know Your Roots Program for Pacific Islanders in the Goulburn Valley

October 27, 2019 by Ethnic Council

Mellisa Silaga – Project Officer of the Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District presented one session at the 2019 FECCA Conference by name Pacific Islander – NZ Citizens: The Unbroken Intergenerational Chain of Limited Education and Poverty after migrating to Australia

FECCA 2019: Regional Youth Settlement

October 29, 2019October 27, 2019 by Ethnic Council

Dr Apollo S Nsubuga-Kyobe – long standing board member of the Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District – gave one presentation at the FECCA 2019 Conference on the topic of Regional Youth Settlement: Dichotomies, Challenges, and Opportunities, North East Victoria –Shepparton Case Study.

Community Cup Cricket

October 23, 2019 by Ethnic Council

The 2019 Shepparton Community cup will be played between a team of Aboriginal community members, members of Victoria Police and a Multicultural Team at Victory Park on Sunday 27 October, from 9AM. (The Community Cup will take place during the St Georges Road Food Festival.)

Driving change in Shepparton’s multicultural communities

October 22, 2019 by Ethnic Council

Newly elected Ethnic Council president Charles Oguntade is looking forward to bringing new, inclusive and innovative events to the Greater Shepparton region. Mr Oguntade grew up in Nigeria and relocated to Shepparton 15 years ago after instantly falling in love with Shepparton’s friendly community.

	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.