Held last Tuesday, MYAN hosted a highly successful online youth panel discussion - hearing directly from young people about their challenges and solutions to COVID-19, exploring the ‘new normal’, and with a dynamic audience Q&A. Over 260 people joined us through Zoom and over 1200 people have watched the FB live stream recording.
Moderated by Mehak Sheikh from MYAN, our panellists from WA, QLD, VIC and NSW, shared their insightful and articulate perspectives on education, employment and mental health and what needs to be done to ensure young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds can access the support and opportunities they need to thrive.
They spoke about the impacts of disruptions in education from a secondary and tertiary level, suggested changes to employment pathways, the effective reach of mental health services, prevalence of racism and discrimination, ways to better include youth voices and approaches to affecting policy change.
We have shared some of the highlights below, with direct links to the discussion, but you can also watch the panel here:
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