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MYAN WA August Meeting
It was a full house at the last MYAN WA meeting held at the Central Institute of Technology in Leederville.
The meeting opened with a presentation from Nadine Liddy, National Coordinator of MYAN Australia. Nadine spoke about the work MYAN Australia and of the soon to be launched Youth Settlement Framework. Carmel Guerra, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) then inspired the network with her presentation of how CMY went from a small network of youth workers 25 years ago, to the strong organisation it is today, advocating for young people and influential in policy and research. If you missed the meeting, you can access the the MYAN Australia
and CMY presentations on the MYAN WA website.
During the second half of the meeting, attendees brainstormed and came up with a number of ideas about what they want to see from MYAN WA into the future. This information will form the starting point, for a project kicking off in September looking at developing a sustainable and relevent model for MYAN WA over the coming years. The notes from this discussion can be accessed here.
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Our next MYAN WA micro session will focus on education. The Manager of the EAL/D Program at the Department of Education will join us for a short presentation and discussion. This is a great opportunity for you to ask questions about what support is provided for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds within the school system. It is also a chance for the Department of Education to hear your thoughts about what's working, what isn't and what needs to change.
Places are strictly limited to 20. Book here to secure your spot.
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Jenni Perkins, the Commissioner for Children and Young People wants to hear from children and young people from migrant or refugee backgrounds about their lives and experiences. The Commissioner will use these survey results to develop reports about the current feelings of these young people and what can be done to better their lives.
If you work with or are in contact with children and young people under the age of 18 in this group, please encourage them to complete this survey.
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OMI Youth Mailing List
The Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI) sends out information through its 'OMI alert' mailing list. A number of these updates relate to events, projects and opportunities relevant to organisations that work with young people from culturally and lingustically diverse backgrounds.
If you would like to be included on the OMI Youth Mailing List and receive youth related updates please email harmony@omiwa.gov.au with the subject title: YOUTH MAILING LIST. Please Include your name, position and contact information.
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The State Government has announced that funding of up to $500,000 will be available through the Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI) 2015–16 Community Grants Program (CGP).
The CGP provides a range of funding up to $50,000 for social, economic, cultural and civic activities that promote the benefits of Western Australia's cultural diversity.
Applications close at 4.00pm on Friday 25 September 2015.
For further information please contact the Grants Officer on (08) 6552 1787 or email grants@omi.wa.gov.au.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
The Office of Multicultural Interests is providing 20 adults from culturally and lingustically diverse (CALD) backgrounds the opportunity to undertake free training in Youth Mental Health first aid. The training will be provided by Youth Focus.
OMI is seeking expressions of interest from interested individuals (18 years and over) who will benefit from the training and who work with young people from CALD backgrounds.
Available dates:
Wednesday 19 – Thursday 20 August
Wednesday 28 – Thursday 29 October
Wednesday 25 – Thursday 26 November
Spaces are limited. If you are interested in attending, please send through your expression ofinterest and your name, telephone number and preferred course dates to harmony@omi.wa.gov.au
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The theme for this year's Commonwealth Youth Work Awards is Creating Paths to Peace, which acknowledges the role youth workers play in fostering social cohesion, peace and security in our society.
Peace building refers to any work that builds the capacities of individual young people and youth groups to manage conflict and extremism in their communities and nations. Conflict can be of a religious, cultural or social nature.
It would be fantastic to see some Western Australians being nominated and recognised for the fabulous work they are doing
All nominations must be received by Monday 31 August 2015.
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The Australian Council of TESOL Associations and the Australian Council for Adult Literacy are seeking relevant, current, informative and captivating sessions on teaching, research and policy issues that relate to adult literacy, numeracy and TESOL in VET, ACE, workplaces and higher education or teaching English language, literacy and numeracy to students of other languages or dialects in primary and secondary schools. They strongly encourage researchers, practitioners, researchers, curriculum developers and policy makers to consider submitting an abstract
For further information please contact Ralph Gurr at Events WA on 6142 1042 or ralph@eventswa.com.au.
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The Human Rights Awards are held on International Human Rights Day and are a great way to recognise the day and to celebrate the achievements of those working to advance human rights.
This year, there are 7 categories:
Human Rights Medal
Young People’s Human Rights Medal
Business Award;
Media Award
Tony Fitzgerald Community Award
Law Award
Racism. It Stops With Me Award
Please nominate people who have contributed to human rights in Australia. The aim is to recognise people who are working to achieve better human rights outcomes in their work or community.
Nominations close Friday 11 September. Click here to access a nomination form.
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Upcoming Events
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A quiz night to raise funds for the purchase of educational materials for young people in refugee camps and equipment to support aid programs in Kenya and Rwanda.
Friday 4th September 2015, 6.30pm
Sirling Community Centres, North Beach
Tables of 8 $160.00 ($20 per person)
Book here
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Understanding trauma and positive behaviour support strategies. A two day professional development course for anyone working with children or young people who have experienced complex trauma.
27 and 28 August, 9.30am to 2.30pm
Scorpion Training, 310 Treasure Rd (NORTH),
Welshpool
$275 plus GST
Book here
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