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| - Are you an individual wanting to share your skills and experience to assist young people?
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| - Are you an individual or organisation wanting to find out more or contribute to debate and policy around multicultural youth issues?
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 How you can get involved
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Ways for young people to get involved
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Ways for individuals and organisations to get involved
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Ways for young people to get involved
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> Multifaith Multicultural Youth Forum: Young People Unite to Promote Cross Cultural Harmony
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by Ricki Knoetze
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Over 150 passionate young people from a variety of cultural and faith backgrounds attended the Multifaith Multicultural Youth Forum at the Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday 30th July. Coordinated by the Department for Victorian Communities, in partnership with the Victorian Multicultural Commission, the Australian Multicultural Foundation, the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues and the Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria, the event was the first of its kind in Victoria.
The purpose of the Forum was to promote ongoing dialogue between young people from a range of backgrounds and beliefs and strengthen youth participation and leadership in the community.
The day began with an address from Jacinta Allan MP, Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs, followed by an inspirational keynote address from Khaled Abdulwahab, who arrived in Australia as a refugee from Eritrea five years ago. Khaled spoke of the challenges he has faced in his short life, his determination to succeed, and the need for young people to speak up and get involved. The audience was delighted to hear from Khaled again later in the day, when his award-winning hip hop group, Diafrix, performed during lunchtime.
The final session of the morning was a panel discussion, involving Hung Nguyen, a volunteer from the ‘Just Like You’ campaign, Manyang Berberi, the President of the Longhorns Basketball Club, Iktimal Hage-Ali, a youth representative from the national Muslim Community Reference Group, and Matthew Albert, the founder of the Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning program. The panellists offered their unique perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of living in a multicultural society, and gave the audience much to think about in the afternoon workshop sessions.
During the afternoon sessions, attendees participated in break-out groups facilitated by youth representatives, on 10 different issues that had previously been identified as concerns for young people, including discrimination, media representation, and youth participation. More than 30 government, faith and community representatives joined the audience in the final session of the day to hear the outcomes of the break-out groups, answer questions posed by the audience, and indicate how their organisations might take on board some of the suggested ideas and initiatives.
The success of the Forum was noted by all, with many calls to have another of its kind in the future. The Forum outcomes report will be distributed in August, and will provide further information on follow-up recommendations and actions from the day.
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> Join the CMYI Youth Participation Register
| CMYI is regularly contacted by government departments (e.g. Office for Youth) and organisations wishing to involve CLD young people in activities or events they are organising. The purpose of the CMYI Youth Participation Register is to compile a list of young people aged 16-25 who would like to be contacted when such opportunities arise.
Previously CMYI has tended to contact young people directly involved in our mentoring, leadership and outreach programs. However through this register, CMYI is now seeking to extend this to other CLD young people looking for opportunities to get involved.
If you would like to have your contact details added to the register, please fill out the ‘Information and Consent’ form and send to:
Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues
Level 1, 308 Drummond Street
Carlton VIC 3053
Fax: (03) 9349 3766
or email: lmcgaw@cmyi.net.au
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 Want to find out more? Download an information sheet about CMYIs Youth Participation Register (110Kb)
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Download CMYI Youth Participation Register 'Information & Consent Form' as PDF (103Kb)
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 Download CMYI Youth Participation Register 'Information & Consent Form' as Word document (146Kb)
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> Get involved in the Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project
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Get involved in an exciting new mentoring project aimed at empowering young people to fulfil their dreams and take action about issues concerning them.
We are looking for refugee and migrant young people aged 16-21 (mentees) to be involved in one-to-one mentoring as well as a monthly peer support and self-advocacy group.
To find out more, go to the Mentoring webpage
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> Find out about Young Leaders of Today
| The 'Young Leaders of Today' Program provides training to young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds that are in Year 10. It is run for a week during the school term and offers training in a range of self-development areas such as communication, public speaking, issues affecting young people and project management.
If you are a young person interested in participating in this leadership program, please ask your school to contact us about getting involved.
For more information about the program, go to the Leadership webpage
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> Support for CLD Youth Groups
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CMYI has been funded by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) to establish a database of CLD youth groups in Victoria. We are keen to include a diverse range of CLD youth groups who meet for a range of purposes such as cultural, sports, recreational, music, friendship and support. To let CMYI know about your youth group or to get an updated contact list of other youth groups, email info@cmyi.net.au
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Ways for individuals and organisations to get involved
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> Get involved in the Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project
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Get involved in an exciting new mentoring project aimed at empowering young people to fulfil their dreams and take action about issues concerning them.
CMYI is currently seeking applications from individuals (21+ years old) with a range of experiences and skills who are interested in becoming mentors.
To find out more about the project and how to get involved, and to download flyers and application forms, go to the Mentoring webpage
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> Participate in the Statewide Multicultural Youth Issues Network
| CMYIs Statewide Network provides a regular forum in which workers who are engaged with CLD young people have the opportunity to meet and share information. Workers with specialised skills and knowledge impart current information about their experiences to their colleagues. Individual participants are also given the chance to network with other workers in the field. CMYI facilitates the Statewide Network Meetings on a quarterly basis.
If you would like to be notified of upcoming Statewide Network meetings, email your contact details to info@cmyi.net.au or call (03) 9349 3466.
For more information about upcoming or past Statewide Network Meetings, go to the Statewide webpage
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> Stay informed and involved by subscribing to CMYI e-News
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CMYI publishes a bi-monthly e-newsletter that features up-to-date news and information about events, resources, professional development opportunities and forums relative to the multicultural youth sector. To subscribe to 'CMYI e-News', email your contact details to info@cmyi.net.au
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To read the current edition of our newsletter, go to the CMYI e-News webpage
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