WELCOME TO RAFEIF!

Rafeif Ismail has joined the YACWA team as the new MYAN WA Project Officer. Rafeif will be supporting the MYAN WA while usual Project Officer, Tamkin Essa, spearheads a new project with MYAN WA. Rafeif is a refugee and third culture youth of the Sudanese diaspora. She is a student and an emerging multilingual writer.Rafeif was also the winner of the 2017 Deborah Cass Prize for Writing, The 2018 Convocation of UWA Graduates Bryant Stokes Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence (Literature) and a finalist for the 2018 WA Youth Awards, Cultural Endeavours category. Her work has been published widely published in WA and nationally. Rafeif loves reading, sci-fi, history and astronomy.

Please join us in saying welcome to Rafeif as she settles into the role! You can get in touch with Rafeif myanwa@yacwa.org.au

FREE Youth Leadership workshops
MYAN WA is currently offering FREE Youth Leadership training sessions to emerging young leaders from refugee and migrant backgrounds, the workshops will be co-delivered with young leaders. Organisations and schools looking to book workshops, will be able to choose from a diverse range of topics to cater to their young people. 

Workshops including: 

• Leadership
• Youth facilitation
• Storytelling 
• Culture and bias
• Public speaking  
• Project management  
• Working with others to build a team 
• Working with others thriving through challenge 

Please get in touch with the Project Coordinator by emailing tamkin@yacwa.org.au to book in a time or to find out more. 

MYAN wants to hear from you!

MYAN is hosting a national consultation via tele-conference to hear directly from those working with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds about mental health issues and how mental health services can best support the mental health and well-being of young people. These consultations are part of a research project being conducted by the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) in Victoria, assessing mental health services for young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

When: Monday 3rd June 2019, 12.00pm to 1.00pm AEST  

Teleconference dial-in details: 0393403747 / conference ID: 97127T

Catalyst catch up

Were you a participant in one of our previous Catalyst Youth Summits? Are you eager to be involved again? Then we would love to hear from you on the summit and how we can improve it! Join us for an afternoon of discussion and networking. RSVP is essential for catering purposes.

When: Friday, 2nd August, 3:00pm to 6:00pm 

Where: Foyer Oxford, 196 Oxford Street, Leederville

Workshops

Multicultural Enterprise Development Project

The Multicultural Enterprise Development Project (MED) is a joint initiative of the Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre and Multicultural Futures funded by the Try, Test, Learn Fund Australian Government initiative. The project's aim is to improve employment outcomes for people of migrant and refugee backgrounds by engaging in business activities through two streams of training.

The Collective Enterprise Incubator stream provides culturally-competent business training and individualised support to help build skills, knowledge and confidence while gaining work experience in running an enterprise. The Individual Enterprise Accelerator stream provides access and support to participate in the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS).

Come along to this free information session on how to participate in this new program to explore your business idea and help you achieve your goals.

When: Tuesday 11th June, 5.45pm to 7.30pm

Where: Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre9/24 Chesterfield Road, Mirrabooka

YDAN audits, speakers and specialists

The Youth Disability Advocacy Network (YDAN) can help your group, program or organisation to become more aware of the issues of access and inclusion for young people with disabilities. As part of their social enterprise strategy, their services are on a fee for service basis and are all directly delivered by young people with disabilities.

Resources

Jobactive: failing those it is intended to serve

A recent parliamentary report on Jobactive: failing those it is intended to serve has been released. The inquiry focussed on the appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of Jobactive. This report includes evidence provided by MYAN, with MYAN Youth Ambassador, Narayan Khanal and Andrew Cummings, MYAN's Acting National Coordinator, appearing before the Senate Inquiry into Jobactive to speak about the need for targeted and specialised support to get young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds into meaningful employment.

Australia's 2019-20 Migration Program discussion paper

MYAN recently made a submission to the Department of Home Affairs on Australia's 2019-2020 Migration Program discussion paper. This submission provides a national perspective, drawing on the MYAN’s breadth of experience working with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, their communities and the youth and settlement sectors across Australia. It has a focus on the rights and interests of young people (12 to 24 year olds) from refugee and migrant backgrounds in the Australian Migration and Humanitarian Programs.

Opportunities

Queer Displacements: Sexuality, Migration and Exile

Questions of sexuality and refugee or migration status remain on the margins of queer and refugee movements, policy and support services. The first of its kind in Australia, this conference aims to bring together academics, practitioners and LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum and refugees to discuss pertinent issues of queer forced displacement and foster dialogue between official and unofficial groups invested in research and practice for coordinated solutions and better support of affected populations. The deadline for proposals is 1 September 2019.

Volunteering is belonging

MMRC’s new program Volunteering is Belonging is about to kick off! The program is for young people between the ages of 16 -25 from migrant and refugee backgrounds. Apart from gaining experience and increasing networks through volunteering, participants will enhance their leadership and employability skills. They will also have  the option of completing the accredited Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award (with support from MMRC). Places are limited and preference will be given to City of Stirling residents due to the conditions of the grant.

To join the program or find out more information contact Violent at MMRC on violet.arrey@mmrcwa.org.au 

YACtivate - Save the date

This year the 2019 YACtivate Planning Committee have opted for a 2-day event hosted in the South West of Western Australia, Siesta Park (15 minutes drive from Busselton). This event will provides an opportunity for the South West Youth Advisory Council's to profile the beautiful south-west, share and network with each other and consolidate relationships. Tickets including accommodation will be $60 per person and the registration process will be announced shortly. The overall capacity for this year's event is smaller than previous years with limited accommodation and we encourage metropolitan and regional Youth Advisory Council's to pool their resources to travel to this event.

When: Saturday 31 August to Sunday 1 September 2019

Where: Geographe Campsite (Scripture Union), 162 Caves Rd, Siesta Park

Share a meal, share a story

Refugee Week 2019 is less than four weeks away! There is no better time to get on board in celebration of the incredible resilience and amazing contributions refugees make to Australian society. Get involved with the‘share a meal, share a story’ theme for Refugee Week 2019. Hold a breakfast, morning tea or dinner and hear stories from this year’s Refugee Ambassadors while you share their favourite meals. You can make it an awareness-raising event or support the vital work of the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) by making it a fundraiser.  If your organisation is planning an event, don't forget to promote it via our website. Once you have the details confirmed, register at the events section on the website.

Surveys

WA Museum survey

The WA Museum wants to hear from people who have recently moved to Australia. Participants completing the survey by 27 June 2019 have a chance to win a $200 Coles/Myer voucher.

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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