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Welcome to the October edition of the MYAN Australia e-Newsletter - a quarterly bulletin presenting multicultural youth issues through a national lens.
FUSE: connect, ignite, trail-blaze
22nd - 24th October, Sydney
Only 1 day to go! This week the MYAN will be hosting Australia's first-ever national multicultural youth summit. FUSE will bring together 40 of the brightest multicultural young leaders from across Australia, equipping them with the skills, confidence and networks to create change and become influential Australians. Visit the FUSE webpage or read the Media Release here.
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NSW – MYAN NSW
NSW Youth Work Awards
MYAN NSW was very proud to receive a NSW Youth Work Award for “outstanding service to young people from CALD backgrounds” at the annual awards ceremony on September 12th, hosted by the NSW youth peak, Youth Action.
The award came at a great time, as MYAN NSW is very close to being launched as an independent organisation. The launch event will be held on December 4th 2014 - save the date! For more information contact Andrew Cummings, MYAN NSW Project Manager on 0435 146 979 or andrew@myannsw.org.au
SA – MYSA
Money Matters Youth Expo
MYSA facilitated the Money Matters Youth Expo in collaboration with Thebarton Senior College. The expo provided young people with information about services in the community with a focus on budgeting, financial management and health. This was a community driven event with the students organising lunch and assisting with planning for the day.
SA - MYSA The City West Hub
The purpose of the City West Youth Diversion Project (YDP) was to investigate, identify and respond to the key issues and needs impacting on the lives of unaccompanied children and adolescents aged 10-18 years who frequent the city west precinct late at night and stay until the early hours of the morning. The City West Hub operates on Friday and Saturday nights as a one-stop-shop in which SAPOL, volunteer groups, street services and community members can refer unaccompanied children and young people for comprehensive assessment while they wait for transport home.
QLD – MYAN QLD
MYAN QLD Youth Representatives Award
MYAN QLD is thrilled to announce that two of the MYQ Youth Council members received awards this year, namely Kamania Butler, who received the 2014 ‘Outstanding Volunteer for Greater Brisbane Award’ & Paul Joseph, who received the ‘QLD Youth Cultural Diversity Ambassador Award’. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate both Kamania and Paul on their well earned wins!
Youth and the Performing Arts
MYAN QLD & Access Community Services Ltd hosted a visit from Jay Laga’aia. Successful and multi-talented actor and singer Jay Laga’aia held two performing arts workshops and ran performance master classes for young people in Logan City. Jay spent the afternoon sharing his experience in the entertainment industry and provided critique and feedback on the performances by the young participants. Many talented young people showcased their skills through rapping, singing and dancing, which was the highlight from the workshop. Jay also gave advice to young people who are looking to carve out a career in the TV and music industry.
WA - MYAN WA
Relaunch of the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network Western Australia (MYAN WA) - Friday 14th November 2014
Newly auspiced by the Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia, MYANWA aims to develop the capacity of WA practitioners, service providers, policy makers, and funding bodies, to ensure positive settlement outcomes for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. We will be working on developing a shared approach to creating positive settlement outcomes for young people. For more information contact YACWA at yacwa@yacwa.org.au.
VIC - Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY)
Learning Beyond the Bell –Tips for Tutors Video
CMY’s Education Team has produced five tutor training short films that will inspire volunteer tutors in homework clubs all across Victoria. It provides tips for volunteer tutors on Maths, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary and Communication Skills. Watch the short films here.
Shout Out – Promoting Young Multicultural Voices for Change
CMY recently initiated a new leadership program for up to 20 young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds who want to become outstanding leaders and ambassadors for change.
Developed from the high demand for multicultural young people to present at forums, school events, youth groups and symposiums, Shout Out aims to develop young people’s confidence, skills and profile as a speaker on issues they are passionate about. Following a series of workshops where young people will learn from experienced presenters, practice presenting and understand how to get their voices heard, participants will be profiled on CMY’s website where booking requests for speakers can be made.
For more information about this project, visit http://cmy.net.au/article/shout-out
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Photo reproduced with kind permission from the Centre for Multicultural Youth (2014)
Asunta Akeri – Mary Danckert Youth Internship Program, CMY
My internship at CMY taught me so much more than I anticipated. As the youth participation intern, I felt my day-to-day tasks were very diverse and ever-changing. Sometimes it is hard to recall everything I have taken over the last 12 months, but I do feel like I am walking away with much more than what I first walked in with. Before coming into this internship, I was uncertain of where my career was going. I spent four years sitting in a university lecture room writing essays and exam papers. I lacked confidence about what I was capable of and how a refugee young person who had no primary school experience or had English as a fourth language, could transfer all this theory into practice.
My internship has definitely given me a better understanding of my skills sets and where my career may take me in the future. I have learnt things such as liaising with various stakeholders, office administration, facilitating students in classroom discussions, project design, management and implementation, and work ethics. Other exciting things I was fortunate to take part in was being on The Youth Grant Panel for the Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation, being a role model for many young people and being a finalist at the National Youth Awards in Canberra.
If I can leave any advice for the next intern in the organisation, I would advice him/her to always remain passionate and truthful to themselves and to what they would like to get out of the internship, and to always ask a lot of questions. Hopefully they go away with as much as I did.
(Asunta Akeri spent 12 months as the first intern at CMY through the Mary Dankert Youth Internship Program)
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The CALD Youth Census Report 2014: The First Australian Census Data Analysis of Young People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
This report provides broad data on key demographics related to these population groups based on Australian Census data from 2011. The report looks at education, employment, and family and living arrangements for CALD and refugee youth and compares these data with that of each state by geographical boundaries to highlight finer spatial variations in population trends.
Download a copy of the report here.
Everyday Reality: Racism and Young People
Despite the diversity of the Victorian community, racism is an everyday reality for young people of migrant and refugee background. Against this backdrop, debate about our cultural diversity has in recent years become increasingly politicised and conflicted nationally. While research on racism and youth wellbeing in Australia remains limited, it is clear that young people experience racism as a significant issue in a range of contexts. Click here for a copy of the report.
Fact Sheet: Young People on Remaining Relative Visas (115) and Orphan Relative Visas (117)
This fact sheet is for frontline staff working with young people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds who have migrated to Australia on Remaining Relative (115) visas and Orphan Relative (117). This information sheet is designed to provide workers with insight into the challenges young people on a 117 or a 115 visa face; their entitlements and referral options available to them. Download a copy of the Fact Sheet here.
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