By Kate Yeung, Community Development Officer, MYAN Over the past year, I had the opportunity to coordinate the youth engagement components of the Youth Identity Project (YIP),
Two MYAN Youth Council members from NSW, Adam and Konan, recently contributed to consultations for the NSW Strategic Plan for Children and Young People 2027-2030, sharing their experiences and
What matters to young people? With the release of the 2026-27 Federal Budget in May, MYAN sought feedback from its Youth Council on the budget
On 22 June 2026, MYAN and the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC) met with the Parliamentary Friends of Young People at Parliament House to discuss social cohesion. Co-chaired
Konan is a youth advocate with a focus on civic participation, public policy and digital governance. After a year of development, Konan has launched ‘TappedIn’, a newsletter-based social enterprise that
Apajok Biar’s advocacy journey began long before she had language for it. As a high school student, she gravitated towards team sports and leadership, instinctively
“My name is Hayat Akbari. I was born in Afghanistan and come from the Hazara community.” Hayat’s journey has been shaped by displacement, uncertainty, and
Meet Grace. Photo Credit: Paul Furse, Frontrow Foto Grace is a playwright, director, poet, and creative producer whose work centres identity, disability, and acts of reclamation. Born
Yuwal, a FUSE 2025 participant and member of MYAN Australia’s Youth Advisory Group (YAG), is a Commerce student at the University of Melbourne. As a young refugee, he’s passionate about strengthening support and independence for refugee and multicultural communities, a focus reflected in his FUSE project, ‘Refugee Empowerment Workshops for Language, Employment, and Independence’.
I’m Adam, one of MYAN’s (Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network) 2025 FUSE delegates. My pitch, ‘Bridging the Digital Divide – A National Policy for Youth Employment Equity’, addresses the persistent issue of youth unemployment in Australia, specifically focusing on the challenges faced by young migrants and refugees.
