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Day 2 tickets for FUSE 2021 are now open! Register now!
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MYAN is offering limited tickets for the sector and young people of all backgrounds to participate in Day 2 of FUSE 2021
Hosted by MYAN, FUSE is Australia’s only national multicultural youth leadership summit. With the themes Connect, Ignite and Trailblaze, FUSE is a unique and transformative opportunity for young Australians from refugee, migrant and asylum-seeking backgrounds to build and apply leadership and advocacy skills, expand their networks, and connect with peers from across Australia.
In order to best respond to the challenges of COVID-19, MYAN has developed a hybrid model event involving a mix of online and in person activities. This has enabled us to open the online aspect of the event (Day 2) to more young people and to the sector as well.
The benefits of joining FUSE 2021 as a professional in the sector are:
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Tuning into the panel events with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds as they pitch ideas to decision makers and advocates based on the themes of:
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Learning more about the work of MYAN and how you can get involved
We have now opened registrations for the Day 2 event.
Day 1 is reserved for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds only through invites.
To be a part of FUSE 2021 DAY 2 see https://bit.ly/3D46TaL
For more information, visit: myan.org.au/fuse/
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#What'sYourWhy campaign
The #WhatsYourWhy campaign was launched by MYAN so young people could share their own reasons for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Everyone has their own important stories to tell, but not every story is heard, so we wanted to amplify their stories through our platforms and networks.
Sharing one’s reason for getting the COVID-19 vaccine will play a valuable role in shaping public opinion and perspectives on the COVID-19 vaccinations and in keeping our friends, family and community safe.
Following this initiative, many young people from different states and territories submitted their videos to inspire their community.
You can checkout all our videos on these links below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfpR9smhBBzyrxAKutG6WLg
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU_lxV_B6j3/
For more details, log onto: https://myan.org.au/covid-19-support/
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Red Cross X MYAN partnership Co-design Crew has kicked off!
Redcross and MYAN Australia had their first Co-design session earlier in the week with 10 young people from refugee/migrant backgrounds who were selected to partake in the project. A series of workshops will take place over the coming weeks to look at ways we can improve the youth settlement experience in Australia.
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CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES COVID-19 VACCINE ROUNDTABLE WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
On 1st October 2021 the National COVID Vaccine Taskforce, in partnership with Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) and MYAN held a roundtable with international students and representatives from international education providers across Australia. The purpose of the roundtable was to ensure international students currently in Australia, as well as the organisations and services supporting them, have access to the information they need to promote and encourage COVID-19 vaccination uptake.
This event was facilitated by Ms Rana Ebrahimi, Ms Jess Winnall, and many others from The Department of Health and Education. In brief the participants discussed: (i) Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccines, (ii) Access to vaccines for international students, (iii) Incorrect charging for vaccination, (iv) Recording vaccination, (v) Proof of vaccination for international students vaccinated in Australia, (vi) Vaccine recognition, (vii) COVID-19 vaccination after COVID-19 infection, (viii) COVID-19 vaccination after COVID-19 infection, (ix) Effective communications, (x) COVID-19 Mental Health Support .
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Panel event ‘Inclusion and building of leadership of youth from diverse backgrounds’.
MYAN’s Youth Advisory Network (YAN) are busy planning FUSE 2021. Mary, QLD YAN representative, and Martika, Youth Leadership & Advocacy Officer at MYAN attended a panel event ‘Inclusion and building of leadership of youth from diverse backgrounds’. (WHO WAS THE EVENT HOSTED BY? WHICH ORG? )A presentation was made to 25 young Indonesian changemakers to discuss how youth are included in society, democracy and politics, what works well, what does not and what are the challenges and compromises that people face. They discussed how MYAN works with young people, government and the community to build youth leadership, to promote the rights and interests of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, and to promote inclusive policy and practice.
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News from Young Leaders at MYAN
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Sizol Fuyana (NT YAN) – NT young Person (Australian?) of the Year
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A big congratulations to our NT YAN representative Sizol Fuyana for being awarded Northern Territories Young Australian of the Year.
Sizol is a Youth Advocate, and the founder and Managing Director of Fuyana Support, a youth-orientated consultancy firm that provides social and emotional wellbeing to young people, equipping them with skills to help them be more effective members of communities. She also works with youth at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre.
Sizol’s podcast, @therealitychange, is about personal growth and facing adversity. As the Chair of the 2021 Round Table, Sizol aims to make the government aware of key issues that are important to young people.
A law and psychology student who has volunteered for many working groups, Sizol recently received a Northern Territory Government Small Business Achievement Award.
To watch the ceremony, see https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=_Mmdxa0iicA&feature=emb_logo (44 min mark)
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Zahra Al Hilaly- 25 Rising Star Category for the ’40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australian Awards’
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Western Australian YAN representative, Zahra Al Hilaly, has been awarded winner of the Under 25 Rising Star category for the 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australia Awards.
Zahra is an intersectional feminist, pushing for equitable representation within decision making for marginalised constituencies, including women of colour and migrant and refugee women.
Zahra works within policy and advocacy at a local, national and international level. She currently represents Australia on UN Women’s Generation Equality Task Force, is a part of the World YWCA Women’s Leadership Cohort and sits on multiple advisory boards and round tables including the YWCA Australia Young Women’s Council and the WA Ministerial Council.
Zahra believes that storytelling is a profound value that will change the world, and it is the stories of underrepresented constituencies that will shift the narrative in creating an intergenerational ripple effect towards achieving gender equality.
Click here for the media release https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5d08329e370a894bd2ebdfc3/6136d0bddf4d6577392edd91_Media%20Release_40%20Under%2040%20Most%20Influential%20Asian-Australians%20Awards_210906.pdf
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The Brenda Gabe Leadership Award recognises and rewards the contribution women with disabilities have made, that is of direct benefit to women with disabilities, or to making a more inclusive community, in Victoria.
This year, Cindy Liu, co-chair of MYAN’s Youth CaLD Disability Collective (‘YCDC’)was a well deserved nominee for the award.
Cindy is a passionate youth advocate who has made a positive impact on the lives of others with disabilities in Victoria and nationally.
Cindy’s passion about increasing mental health literacy, disability rights, diverse representation and the voices and concerns of young people in the space of intersectionality has led her to the following achievements:
• Initiating, leading and co-chairing the Youth Disability CALD Collective
• A national youth-led panel
• Panellist for a national meeting with representatives from the Disability Royal Commission
• Working with the Disability Royal Commission for the purposes of a submissio
Cindy currently co-chairs the Youth Disability CALD Collective which oversees a group of youth representatives across the country. Through this group, they have held an online webinar, met with the Disability Royal Commission and are currently working together to make a submission.
Cindy has also done work with Headspace in increasing mental health literacy in the community, the Youth Disability Advocacy Service in advocating for disability rights and MYAN with diverse representation in the space of intersectionality.
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The National Office for Child Safety (National Office) has a new set of translated resources available for the culturally and linguistically diverse young people, children and organisations working with them. The resources are:
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Speak up and make a complaint resources
The National Office engaged the Commissioner for Children and Young People Western Australia to develop resources to help children and young people understand their right to speak up when they feel unsafe, unhappy or unfairly treated. The Speak up resources come in a poster and leaflet form and have been translated into the following languages:
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Arabic
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Chinese (simplified)
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Chinese (traditional)
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Filipino/Tagalog
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Hindi
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Greek
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Italian (Italiano)
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Punjabi
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Spanish
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Vietnamese
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In brief, The Speak up poster and leaflet inform children on how to speak up, by breaking down the complaint process into three steps.
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Translated National Principal’s Guide for parents and Carers
The National Principles, guide for parents and carers and introductory self-assessment tool for organisations are also translated into 10 additional languages and support organisations, parents and carers to understand and create child safe cultures and practices.
The translated resources can be found on our website at childsafety.pmc.gov.au/what-we-do/national-principles-child-safe-organisations.
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Stakeholder Pack
COVID-19 Vaccines Multicultural Outreach - October 2021
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Home use tests for COVID-19 test a nasal swab sample or saliva for the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19. A home use test can be used by people in the home, workplace or elsewhere without the involvement of a doctor or health practitioner. Most home use tests produce a result within 10-20 minutes. The tests are most reliable when used by a person who has symptoms of COVID-19. They are not as reliable when used to test someone who does not have symptoms.
IMPORTANT: Home use tests are not as accurate as the tests done in the laboratory (called PCR tests). It is important that:
• if the home use test is POSITIVE you must go to a testing site to have a PCR test as soon as possible. This will confirm whether you have COVID-19.
• if the home use test is NEGATIVE but you are unwell, you also need to go to a testing site to have a PCR test. This will confirm whether your symptoms are or are not COVID-19.
For more info visit:
https://www.tga.gov.au/sites/default/files/consumer-fact-sheet-rapid-antigen-self-tests.pdf
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Federal Department of Health Update for disabled
Vaccination services for people with disability, carers and workers: The Department of Health has updated its list of Commonwealth COVID-19 vaccination services for people with disability, family members and carers, and disability workers. We maintain a list of Commonwealth COVID-19 vaccination services for people with disability, family members and carers, and disability workers. Click here.
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What’s on in your state/territory?
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Exciting news from MYAN NSW
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MYAN NSW, STARTTS & Community Migrants Resource Centre ran two online events for Afghan youth. A night of poetry and music happened on Friday October 29th featuring artists:
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Bibi, Jawad & Mahdi from Dorr-e Dari
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Naikbakht Wahidi, young poet and arthur
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Zakir Hussein from the band Nayestaan
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Training and Opportunities
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The National Youth Settlement Framework (NYSF) 2021 trainings
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The National Youth Settlement Framework (NYSF) 2021 edition remains Australia’s first and only evidence-based national guide to benchmark good practice with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
NYSF is conducting various training sessions to supporting good settlement outcomes for multicultural young people. The trainings are conducted to:
- Build skills and knowledge to enhance skills of young people from multicultural backgrounds
- Hear directly from young people about best practice
- Learn how to support young people to reach their potential as active citizens
- Receive lots of resources to support ongoing learning
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See below to register for the NYSF training in your state
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NYSF NSW
Multicultural Youth Affairs Network NSW, will be hosting the Supporting Good Settlement Outcomes for Multicultural Young People, on October 14th and 21st 2021. This will consist of interactive sessions employing the National Youth Settlement Framework.
For more details and to register click below.
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NYSF QLD
Multicultural Youth Queensland is organising a 1-day training session on 9th November 2021. Delivered face to face, this training is targeted to staff and volunteers from government and non-government organisations in Queensland, who seek to strengthen their knowledge and practice supporting young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
For more details and to register click below.
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Codebreakers' Submissions are open!
Codebreakers is keen to showcase the voices and work of young people from across West & South West Sydney.
Poetry, Art, Essay, Speech and even Tiktok - we welcome all forms of expression and exploration around the theme of belonging and identity.
Chosen pieces will be paid $60 - $100
This submission round closes 31st October!
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New training: Involving young people in community groups and committees
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YACWA has developed a new training, ideal for local government authorities who want to support their community groups and resident organisations to recruit and support younger members. This 2 1/2 hour workshop covers the benefits and challenges of involving young people, what motivates them to get involved, how to develop a youth-friendly culture, how to reach out to young people and what practical things you need to consider to support meaningful youth participation.
This workshop is co-facilitated with young people and includes a youth panel and case studies. One local government said: "We’ve been raving about what a fabulous session it was. It was great to have some really original content, beautifully crafted and presented. I have actually attended a few community meetings and heard people speak of some of the learnings from that night".
For more information or to get a quote contact Lianda on 9227 5440 or lianda@yacwa.org.au.
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FECCA along with the Federal Government and other organisations is calling out applications for CALD COVID-19 Health Small Grants Fund. This Fund will help multicultural community groups to lead grassroots communication activities around COVID-19 and the vaccination rollout, targeting CALD communities.
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Supporting children’s wellbeing when working with separating parents
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Supporting children’s wellbeing when working with separating parents is a webinar, co-produced by CFCA and Emerging Minds on 13th October 2021. This will explore practitioners’ child-centered work with separating parents to support the child’s wellbeing and parent–child relationship. In particular it will explore:
- The importance of understanding the impacts of separation on children when working with parents
- How to work with separating parents in child-centred ways to promote the parent–child relationship and children’s wellbeing
- How to work with distressed parents and navigate disagreements.
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4th National Settlement Conference - Building the Future Together, 3rd Feb 2022
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The Settlement Council of Australia, the peak body for settlement services, is set to host their fourth National Settlement Conferencebringing together key innovators to highlight achievements and develop strategies for building a positive multicultural future.
To know more and participate- Click here
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The Youth Futures Summit is Back!
Save the date - 5-7th April, 2022
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Tackle the biggest challenge facing people of today and co-design the future of tomorrow in this event hosted by National Youth Commission Australia.
Last year, the world was devastated by COVID-19, and young people were some of the most impacted with rising levels of youth unemployment and underemployment, increasing debt for young people, disruption to school and education, serious mental health challenges, and more. We needed to come together to confront our generation defining struggles and create a vision for life beyond the pandemic.
YFS will focus on creating long-lasting changes that will empower and encourage young people for generations to come.
Learn more
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One Young World 2022 Summit, May 2022
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The One Young World 2022 Tokyo Summit will take place in May 2022, with over 2,000 young leaders from 190+ countries using the summit as a platform to demonstrate the increasing importance of young leaders and the value they create in the world today. This year's summit will be visited by delegates from influential political, business and humanitarian backgrounds such as Justin Trudeau, Paul Polman and Meghan Markle, amongst many other global figures.
To participate, click here.
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Humanitarian visas to refugees from Afghanistan
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RCOA is calling on the government to provide an additional 20,000 humanitarian visas to refugees from Afghanistan in a new brief.
Along with the Afghan Australian Advocacy Network and other organisations, RCOA sees the urgent need to go beyond the current 2021-22 Humanitarian Program ceiling of 13,750 places to accommodate people at increased risk after the Taliban seized control of the country last month.
In considering the case for additional humanitarian intake, RCOA asks that the government look at the rapidly increasing displacement within Afghanistan, Australia's generous responses to past crises, the recent cuts to our refugee program, and the depth of our aid and military engagement with the country. Over 20 years, Australia deployed 39,000 defence personnel to Afghanistan at a cost of $10 billion and spent $1.9 billion on projects to support women’s empowerment, human rights, education, health and good governance.
The brief also draws attention to the compelling need for Australia to remain engaged in resettlement of refugees from other regions, drawing on findings from UNHCR’s assessment of global resettlement needs.
Read more
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SCHOOL FEEDING AMIDST A PANDEMIC: PREPARING FOR THE NEW NORMAL IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
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Prior to COVID-19, close to 129 million children in the Asia and the Pacific region received school meals, primarily through government-led, national school feeding programmes. Due to COVID-19 school closures, many of these children stopped receiving on-site school meals. Although some countries introduced alternative solutions, school-age children are expected to have been negatively affected by this disruption. Against this backdrop, the World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBB) commissioned Oxford Policy Management to undertake a review of adaptations to on-site SF to inform policy making and programming in the context of the new reality. This research sought to answer the key research question by gathering data primarily from six countries in the region where WFP supports SF programmes in different capacities: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
Read more
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A priority service within the National Coronavirus Helpline has been established to ensure culturally and linguistically diverse people have access to relevant information and assistance with finding vaccine appointments. Helpline call agents can provide COVID-19 information and help callers book their vaccination appointment. Can send translated resources to callers after the call by SMS in their language. Culturally and linguistically diverse people seeking to access this service should contact Translating and Interpreting Services (TIS) National on 131 450 and ask to be connected to the National Coronavirus Helpline. You can reach the National Coronavirus Helpline on 1800 020 080.
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Australian Red Cross teams connecting families
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The Australian Red Cross program Find My Family: Restoring Family Links (RFL) assists with tracing family members and finding missing loved ones. If you have lost contact with family as a result of the crisis in Afghanistan, please call the Red Cross hotline on 1800 875 199 between 5 AM to 1 PM or email tracing@redcross.org.au If your family member has been detained in Afghanistan, Red Cross can collect an enquiry but given the current situation, it cannot be followed immediately. Unfortunately, the Restoring Family Links team cannot provide support on the ground for people at risk in Afghanistan and cannot register family or friends with whom you are currently in contact.
Get in touch
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IncludeAbility resource hub
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched the IncludeAbility resource hub. This hub is designed to support employers who want to create meaningful employment opportunities for people with disability and people with disability seeking employment, developing a career or considering self-employment. The resource hub may be useful to you or your networks.
The resource hub:
- hosts over 20 free resources (factsheets, guides and an eLearning module)
- profiles of all of our IncludeAbility Employer Network members
- profiles of all of our IncludeAbility Ambassadors.
Know more
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To commemorate their 70th Anniversary, UNHCR launched Forced to Flee, a new podcast that aims to tell the extraordinary stories of people who lived through some of the most tumultuous events of the past 70 years. The first episode – “Escape” – has just been released and presents powerful narratives of the migrants.
Visit the Forced to Flee microsite to listen to the episodes and/or subscribe to the series wherever you get your podcasts.
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Born into the Climate Crisis
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Children’s lives and futures are under threat from the #ClimateCrisis. Children born in 2020 will face up to 7 times more scorching heat waves than their grandparents. To understand how the intergenerational impacts of climate change are infringing on children’s rights to life, education, and protection, Save the Children has partnered with an international team of leading climate researchers led by the Vrije Universiteit, Brussel to quantify the extent to which children will experience extreme weather events as a manifestation of climate change, the disparities between generations, and the widening inequality between high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Read the report here
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Surviving online learning
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Online learning has been challenging for everyone. Young people are feeling exhausted and unmotivated, while parents are stressed and overwhelmed. To help both young people and their parents feel better about their situations, Reachout.com have put together these guides to help them manage their wellbeing.
Check out their guide for parents.
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