Harmony Week Film and Catalyst Report launch We want to thank everyone who came down to celebrate the launch of MYAN WA's Harmony Week film and Catalyst for Change report last month. It was a great turn out, and both the Catalyst for Change film and the feature documentary, Cast from the Storm, was well received. The Catalyst for Change film will be available in the coming week to view online - so watch this space! We would like to thank all of the young people who developed the film, and especially Sadeqa Sarvari and Hadi Rahimi who spoke of experience on the night. You can read Hadi's speech here. Also a huge thank you goes to Sarah Imtiaz who was the young woman who shot all the footage and developed the film, and our supporters, the Office of Multicultural Interests and the Curtin Centre for Human Rights Education.
The Catalyst for Change report includes all of the findings from the 2017 Catalyst Youth Summit and touches on a number of challenges young people face on the topics they discussed: inclusion, the justice system, violence, identity, well being. It also identifies youth-led solutions and suggests actions you can take. |
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Check yo self: Attitudes and Values workshop This FREE Youth Education Peers (YEP) workshop encourages participants to assess how their values and attitudes influence their interactions with others, in particular, with young people. Check Yo Self focuses on youth sexual health - working to build understanding, normalisation and an assessment of existing judgments. The program also shares trending youth issues, language, practices and beliefs of young people to keep participants up-to-date and informed. This workshop is focused on the participants' reaction to topics and issues, and is largely interactive and activity-based.
When: Friday 20th April, 9.30am - 2.30pm Where: City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth |
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Your are invited to join the first session of the newly established Diversity Hub. Diversity Hub aims to provide information, resources and networking opportunities to filmmakers from diverse backgrounds, including multicultural communities. Discover all the opportunities available to you and meet like-minded creatives in a fun and exciting enviroment.
When: Friday 6th April, 6pm to 7:30pm
Where: Fielder St Creative, 30 Fielder Street, East Perth | | |
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| | Cultural Exchange - Supper Catch-ups
Come down to this months cultural exchange community catch ups. These events help people get to know their community over a light supper where you can share stories, language, culture and talents.
When: Tues 10 April, 7pm to 8:30pm
Where: 222 Shepparton Road, East Victoria Park | | |
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National Youth Week outdoor film screening Stirling Youth Advocates are a newly formed group of passionate young people striving for positive change in their community. The group have been working hard to organise a FREE community outdoor film screening for fellow young people for National Youth Week. Bring your picnic rug, kick back, and enjoy a movie under the stars! Some light entertainment will take place prior to the film screening. A sausage sizzle, popcorn and fairy floss will be available to purchase. When: Saturday 14th April, 4.30pm - 9pm (film starting at 6.30pm) Where: Mirrabooka Regional Open Space Stirling Leisure Centres - Herb Graham 38 Ashbury Crescent, Mirrabooka Film: Guardians of the Galaxy (rated PG) |
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Art Therapy workshops Communicare are running Art Therapy sessions for children (4-12 years) who suffer from anxiety. Art therapy for children can provide kids with an easier way to express themselves since children are more naturally artistic and creative. A young child is likely to be more comfortable initially expressing him/herself with some crayons and markers, for example, than he/she is going to be at expressing emotions and feelings through words.There are only five spaces available per session and the sessions times are as follows: Monday 16th April, 9.30am - 11.30am and 12.30pm - 2.30pm Wednesday 18th April, 9.30am - 11.30am and 12.30pm - 2.30pm Monday 23rd April, 9.30am - 11.30am and 12.30pm - 2.30pm Each session will accommodate one adult and one child. The cost for each session is $60. |
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Talking about Advance Care Planning (ACP) with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
The Health Consumers’ Council (HCC) invites you to attend a forum during the National Advance Care Planning Week. The forum is an opportunity to engage with a panel of consumers and service providers experienced in ACP and have a cultural understanding of their communities, to discuss how we best engage people in these difficult discussions.
When: Friday 20th April, 12.45pm—2.30pm
Where: Seminar Rooms 3 & 4, Department of Health, 189 Royal Street, East Perth |
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Information sessions for newly arrived migrants
Centrecare is running two free information sessions in Gosnells for newly arrived migrants and refugees:
Your vehicle, home and personal security
Tuesday 17 April, 10.30am – 12.00pm
Rights and responsibilities in health-care
Tuesday 24 April, 10.30am – 12.00pm
To register, contact Vinoli on 9451 1100 or email vseneviratne@centrecare.com.au |
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African Leaders Retreat—African Leadership Initiative
The African Leaders Retreat is an opportunity to enhance your leadership and networking skills, and obtain media training. At the retreat, you will expand your horizon, become a trailblazer, challenge yourself, and learn from Western Australian leaders.
When: Friday 20 to Sunday 22 April
Where: Anapana Ridge, 38 Gilchrist Road, Lesmurdie
To register, please contact Violet on 9345 5755 or 0438 932 069 or email violet.arrey@mmrcwa.org.au. |
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Exploring Being My Own Boss workshops
Exploring Being My Own Boss workshops have the potential to open opportunities for job seekers that are interested in working for themselves. The ABS Institute of Management is running three free Exploring Being My Own Boss workshops in April, May and June. The workshops run for a two-week period and are designed to give an understanding of entrepreneurship and self-employment to those that have a business idea or dream of being their own boss. |
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Small Business Essentials workshops
The Girrawheen Hub is hosting a series of Small Business Essentials workshops presented by the Small Business Development Corporation from April to June 2018.
- Starting a business Thursday 12 April, 5.30pm – 7.30pm
- Marketing your business Thursday 3 May, 5.30pm – 8.30pm
- Digital marketing essentials Thursday 14 June, 5.30pm – 8.30pm
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Free workshop - Looking After You
Are you a young adult who wants to be the best version of yourself? Do you want to learn how to bounce back from adversity, and be the best possible you? If so this FREE interactive workshop is for you! A Shared Future is pleased to offer you the opportunity to workshop aimed at enhancing your: - ability to respond to and manage stressful situations
- knowledge and application of personal resilience
- willingness to reach out and seek assistance when times are tough
Where: Relationships Australia WA, Level 1, 22 Southport St, West Leederville
When: Wednesday 16 May, 9.30am to 4pm
A Shared Future is also currently offering workshops around the role of media in countering negative influences like violent extremism and community divisions if you would like to find out more, or want to book into the above workshop, contact Esther on 6164 0207.
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School holiday programs
The Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre are running school holiday programs targeted towards young people who have been in Australia for five years and less on various visas. To find out more about eligibility requirements or if you have any young people who may be interested to attend, please email Wendy Ruwiza on youth@mmrcwa.org.au as places are limited. |
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Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference—call for abstracts
The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma invites individuals and communities from refugee backgrounds, clinicians, practitioners, researchers, philosophers and policy makers to submit an abstract for the 2019 Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference. The 2019 conference theme, Healing in Exile – Current and Future Challenges, will explore innovative and successful initiatives that enable people from refugee backgrounds to recover from torture and other traumatic events and resettle in their new context. The conference committee invites abstracts for presentations, workshops or posters that reflect the conference themes.
*Submissions close on Friday 3 August 2018. |
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Young Translator of the Year competition
The Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT) welcomes entries to the Young Translator of the Year 2018 competition. Participants will be asked to translate a short piece of writing (200–400 words) in prose or verse, from a foreign language into English. There are two categories: - Junior- years 6 to 9
- Senior - years 10 to 12.
For more information please email AUSIT at wa@ausit.org. Expressions of interest close at the end of May 2018. |
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Health advice for international students
The Department of Health is rebooting its ‘Be Safe. Stay Well’ sexual health campaign for international students in 2018. The Department has developed four short videos, in consultation with international students, to provide a good understanding of sexual health topics and the health care system in WA. |
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Search Diversity WA
The Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI) has launched Search Diversity WA, an online search facility that details the demographic, cultural, social and economic backgrounds of Western Australians, including profiles of all WA electoral divisions and local government areas. The website has been built using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and includes: - demographic data
- education and work
- status, occupation, weekly personal income, and volunteering by gender
- cultural diversity, proficiency in English, religion, and citizenship rates
- households data
- disability and carers
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MYAN WA has been putting together a bunch of wonderful blogs for you to get to know our Shout Out speakers a little better. We will share these monthly through our e-News and Facebook page. Our first blogger to her story is Rasa Smriti. "My most challenging encounters have been while settling into the Australian way of life as a young Muslim women - dispelling myths and assumptions about Islam and Muslims, defending, and at times challenging, those notions." | | |
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MYAN WA e-News
If you would like any of your events, programs, services, or projects that are relevant to refugee or migrant young people and the sector that supports them shared in the MYAN WA newsletters or Facebook page, please send it through to myanwa@yacwa.org.au |
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