Congratulations MYAN WA!

What a great night of celebrating great achievements! 

MYAN WA was one of the finalists for the Outstanding Commitment to Citizen Empowerment Award in this year’s Community Services Excellence Awards. The nominations come after the amazing work put in by the young Catalyst Youth Summit organisers and MYAN WA. Congratulations to all the winners!

Shout Out is happening!!

It has been an energising start to Shout Out - a public speaking program for refugee and migrant young people. Shout Out is aimed at equipping young people with the skills to share their stories and issues they are passionate about to their communities effectively.

The young people are currently preparing for a closing event that will bring representatives from across organisations within the sector together for their talks and presentations. 

Watch this space for the new Shout Out website where you will be able to book some of these fabulous young people to speak at your next event.

Shout Out is a MYAN WA initiative, funded by the Office of Multicultural Interests.

Australia's first National Youth Settlement Framework

The Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network of Australia (MYAN Australia) has developed Australia’s first National Youth Settlement Framework (NYSF). The framework aims to guide refugee and migrant youth settlement services that can lead young people to an active citizenship status.

Components include:

• Understanding the refugee and migrant experience for adolescents
• Understanding the Australian settlement context
• Facilitating good youth settlement through active citizenship
• Facilitating good youth settlement

2016 FYA Young Social Pioneers Program

Registrations for the Foundation for Young Australian's (FYA) 2016 Young Social Pioneers (YSP) program are now open! Young people from culturally and linguistically diverse background are encouraged to apply!

Young Social Pioneers (YSP) is Australia’s only incubator for the nation’s emerging social innovators, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and changemakers aged 18-29 years. It's a call for all thinkers, doers, creators and innovators to help prepare Australian young people for the future. Not to mention, the program partners have generously offered up to $50,000 in total seed funding to be won!

Journey to Here

A playful encounter with culture shock.

In this series of workshops based on Theatre of the Oppressed, participants will explore their experiences of culture shock and cultural difference through games and theatre exercises finishing with an interactive performance for the community. Participants will learn acting skills, share stories and meet new people in a supportive environment.

Robin Davidson from Rebus Theatre will run the workshops. Robin is an experienced theatre director who has supported a wide range of communities to tell their stories using theatre, in Australia, Sri Lanka and Timor Leste.

Workshops are for young people from diverse migrant backgrounds (ages 18 – 25). While some flexibility is possible, participants will need to make a firm commitment to attending the workshops. No previous acting experience is necessary.

For workshop times and more information please contact: Manuela Macri - 9227 2748 manuela.macri@asetts.org.au Joy Scott - 0415 753 132 joy.scott@iinet.net.au

Engaging with diversity: a case study

This case study looks at the intercultural experiences of Muslim and non-Muslim students in an Australian school. It explores how Muslim and non-Muslim students, school leadership, counsellors, teachers and parents reflect on, interpret and manage the experience of engagement and exchange in the context of a Catholic girls' high school (Years 8 to 12) in South Australia.