MYAN WA's September network meeting

MYAN WA's September Forum, saw some great disucssion, lead by one of our Shout Out speakers, Yunnita Dewiyana who spoke about passion and what success means to everyone. We also trialed a highly successful service speedshare, which we'll repeat in upcoming forums.

Attendees also contributed to YACWA's Pre-Budget Submission, specifically looking at the needs of refugee and migrant young people and the services that support them.

Congratulations to WA's 2016 FUSE delegates!

MYAN Australia recently announced the 32 young delegates from across Australia that have been selected to attend FUSE 2016. FUSE is a national multicultural youth summit being held in Melbourne later this year.

We would like to congratulate the four WA young people who were successful - Fatema, Golda, Liaqat, and Nafiso! Delegates were selected from a large pool of applicants, with the quality and diversity of applicants making it a tough selection process. All delegates will now participate in a pre-departure briefing in their home state or territory before making their way to Melbourne for three days of activities focused on building leadership and advocacy skills. 

We look forward to hearing about their experience when they return. To read more about FUSE 2016 click here.

Refugee Community Leadership Grant

Applications are now open for the 2017 John Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant

This annual Leadership Grant supports advocates from refugee backgrounds to take part in high-level international advocacy on refugee issues. The recipient of the grant will have the opportunity to raise issues and concerns with senior UNHCR personnel, liaise with NGO representatives from around the world and learn about current and emerging issues in international refugee protection.

Applications close 5pm Monday 14 November 2016, click here for full details.

Interpreter Central – A new app to help refugees

As an outcome of the #hackforrefugees event earlier this year, the Australian Red Cross are currently supporting a trial of the winning idea, Interpreter Central. This is an online platform that connecting users, including refugees, with interpreters. The platform is described as 'a matchmaking marketplace for refugees and interpreters' designed to address communication issues. Interpreter Central will give case workers, clients and other users the ability to preview interpreters before they are booked, and to list their preferred interpreter.

To try the platform, click here

Understanding diverse sexualities and genders

YACWA's Youth Educating Peers (YEP) project is excited to present a FREE workshop for the youth sector, titled Understanding diverse sexualities and genders: digital media, young people, and diversification (from LGBT to the new language of online identities).

Starting in online spaces and social networking, young people have begun moving away from traditional gender and sexual identity descriptors like male/female and heterosexual or LGBT. In the past few years, dozens of new identities have emerged for both gender identity (cis-gendered, demiboy, genderfluid, non-binary) and sexuality (pansexual, sapiosexual, homoflexible). These identities are often very deeply-felt and very meaningful to many young people.

When:  Thursday 10th November, from 1pm to 5pm

Where: Foyer Oxford, 196 Oxford Street, Leederville WA 6007

Bookings are essential. To reserve your place or find out more click here

6 success secrets for Australian migrants

City of Canning presents 6 Success Secrets for Australian Migrants. This FREE event will provide participants with the opportunity to learn more about the Australian job market, tried and tested skills to be successful in their field and the chance to ask questions about their own employment journey to a panel of experts. 

Tommy Adebayo, founder of the African Professionals Association, Skilled Migrant Profesionals Magazine and Director of Employ Migrants brings his practical, tested skills and personal experience to migrants attempting to build a career and success in Australia. 

When:  Saturday 29 October, 9:30am to 12:30pm Saturday

Where: City of Canning Administration Building 

To register please contact Rebecca on 9231 0852 or rebecca.hall@canning.wa.gov.au

Multicultural women only swim and survive program

The Multicultural Women Only Swim and Survive programs allow women from different backgrounds to take part in swimming and water safety classes. These programs are held during school term time. Information about class dates and locations can be accessed on the Royal Life Saving website.

Please contact Jen Mickle or Jessica Cruikshank on 9383 8200 for more information.

Introduction of new temporary parent visa

The Australian public is invited to provide their views on the development of a new visa for parents of Australians. You can access the Discussion paper: Introducing a temporary visa for parents​ for more information.

The closing date for written submissions is midnight, Monday 31 October 2016.

Walk Together

Welcome to Australia is holding its annual Walk Together event on Saturday 22nd of October. Walk Together is a celebration of diversity and declaring that Australia is a nation known for our compassion, generosity and welcome. This year Welcome to Australia is emphasising how many newly arrived migrants, asylum seekers and refugees experience poverty and homelessness because of the vulnerabilities and obstacles they face.

The Perth city walk will start at 11am from St George's Cathedral (St Georges Terrace) and attendees will walk to join the Expresstival Festival at 12pm at the Forrest Place.

At the festival there will be stall holders, food, entertainment and other community organisations. 

Working effectively with interpreters 

ASeTTS is holding a workshop on working effectively with interpreters. The workshop will explore:

• Best practice when working with interpreters and the importance of using interpreters
• The diversity of languages in Western Australia
• Skills and strategies for working with interpreters, both on-site and via telephone
• An interpreter’s perspective
• Policies governing the use of professional interpreters

When:   Wednesday 9th November, 9:30am to 12:30pm

Where: 286 Beaufort Street Perth, Western Australia

To book your place click here

Perth Basant Festival

So Change Inc. is holding the Perth Basant Festival 2016 which showcases the diversity of Multicultural West Australian music, food, arts and culture bringing people together in celebration of life itself.

When:  Saturday 5th November, 3pm to 10pm

Where: Belmont Racecourse Park, Goodwood Parade, Burswood

There will be over 100 stalls, live music, family friendly activities, mechanical rides and bouncy castles.