Thank you for attending our forum meeting

Thank you to everyone who attended our MYAN WA forum meeting last week.

We heard from Elizabeth Lang about her exciting experience representing WA in Geneva and from two of our impressive Shout Out speakers as well as our YACWA’s CEO Ross Wortham. We thank everyone for their engagement and feedback.

Congratulations to all our Shout Out participants!

Congratulations and well done to all participants on successfully completing our pilot Shout Out program for 2016!

Many thanks to our Chief Inspirer, Taku Scrutton and our amazing trainers Rosemary Sayer, Pippa Worthington, Rebecca Boteler, Eliza Laschon, Ken Holzman and Sue Hart.

MYAN WA endeavours to support and connect these inspirational young people to speaking opportunities in different communities and provide a platform that enables them to promote active citizenship and positive perceptions of multicultural youth across different issues that face their communities .

The Shout Out participants are now prepared to go out further into the community and inspire other young people. We will soon be distributing the SHOUT OUT SPEAKERS website to learn more about each speaker and to book them in for events.

This program is an initiative of the Center for Multicultural Youth and is supported by the Office of Multicultural Interests.

Elizabeth Lang - WA's youth delegate visits Geneva 

Congratulations to WA's Elizabeth Lang for participating at the 2016 UNHCR NGO Consultations. Elizabeth was one of the four Australian delegates who visited Geneva to participate at the Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement and UNHCR Consultations.

We thank all the delegates on their significant contribution during the process of the consultations and their representation in Geneva.  

YACWA's Fairground 2016!

The Youth Affairs Council of WA are preparing for the biggest conference of the youth sector. The focus will be on dialogue and discussion, and will include engaging and interesting presentations, workshops and activities, in addition to valuable information and tools for those who work for – and with – young people.

The Conference program will include an international keynote speaker, a national keynote, three panel discussions and a range of carefully selected workshop sessions that reflect the key issues facing young people and the youth sector.

The full program can be found here. 

Where: Crown Perth

When: 14 and 15 July

Please click here to register and follow the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #Fairground2016

African Leadership Initiative

The African Leadership Initiative (ALI) is a leadership program managed by the Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre and delivered in partnership with the Challenger Institute of Technology. Through a certified training program, participants will be empowered with the skills to represent community needs, collaborate and advocate successfully across communities, increase the number of male and female leaders and work in partnership with the State Government, NGOs, and the private sector.

Cost: Free

Dates: 2015 – 2018

Workshops: Twice a week for 4 months.

Workshop Locations: Victoria Park Leisurelife Centre, Victoria Park                                     Herb Graham Recreation Centre, Mirrabooka Registrations: Registrations are always open and places are subject to program capacity

How to Apply: Contact Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre on 9345 5755,

For an Application Form contact: Violet Arrey– Program Co-ordinator on violet.arrey@mmrcwa.org.au or Telephone 9345 5755/0438 932 069

Your invitation to a Royal Commission multicultural forum

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will host a multicultural forum for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) backgrounds in Perth on 20 July 2016. The forum aims to inform CaLD communities about the work of the Royal Commission, what has been learnt so far, and listen to ideas on how we can ensure a safer future for children.

RSVP before 11 July 2016 to stakeholders@childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au.

Find out more about the forum here

MYAN release Federal Election 2016 Policy Platform

Leadership needed to build on strength of young people’s diversity

The MYAN has released a Federal Election 2016 Policy Platform identifying key issues and priority areas for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.

Speaking on the release, the MYAN National Coordinator, Nadine Liddy, said “all candidates in this election have a responsibility to lead with innovative and concrete policies that ensure young people can unlock opportunities that lead to full participation.”

Read the full statement here.

You can review the MYAN's recently released public statement on the Federal Budget 2016/17 here.

Research with People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds

A survey of recent arrivals to Australia (less than two years) aims to explore health knowledge, as well as barriers to accessing health services among people from sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. We would like to hear from people aged 18 years and over. For more information on the survey, click here. To participate, visit here. 

For more information about the project, please email Corie Gray at corie.gray@curtin.edu.au