Maria Brown-Shepherd, President of the Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District Inc., Regd. No A6321, delivers the Annual Report for year 2022 on 29 September 2022. The report notes the challenges faced with dealing with the Covid pandemic, the contribution of staff to community recovery and overall performance to ensure our financial viability and standard of service delivery.
Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District president Maria Brown-Shepherd has helped welcome and settle refugees from war-torn countries, but she didn’t expect to be facing a crisis in her father’s homeland of Ukraine.
We commemorate ANZAC day here at the Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District, and ask our fellow Australians – and settlers in this region from all walks of life – to recognise the loss Australia felt and remember those who have served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, from all faiths and cultural backgrounds. It’s an important time to remember the human cost of conflict. May we all be worthy of their sacrifice. On this day, Lest we forget.