Updates from the Shama Team
- Together we are stronger! Join the network of ethnic therapists across Aotearoa.
What's On at Shama
- Power to Change is back! Join this 8 weeks workshop and be an agent of positive change in your community
- Ethnic Employment Tasters, an opportunity for young people to experience the work they dream
- SuperSHEro - Empower Yourself With Maori Spirituality
- Cross-cultural Parenting Programme - Becoming the best parent I can be
- Shama is coming to a Waikato rural town near you!
- Adult Learning Opportunities: Classes Schedule for Term 2 2021
In the Community
- Drop-in Session for the New Ministry for Ethnic Communities
- Kiwis Welcoming Refugees
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Updates from the Shama Team
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Together we are stronger! Join the network of ethnic therapist across Aotearoa.
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Shama has a long-term strategic plan to support Ethnically Diverse therapists regionally and nationally with ongoing connection. We also want to see more ethnic therapists talking about best practice and how to address family and sexual harm.
Our team has organised an Ethnically Diverse Therapists Connection Hui Facebook Group. The group's mission is to keep connecting, keep reaching out, and keep encouraging one another. There are currently 23 members and we invite you to join us!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/652413252119518
We are also setting up Regional Networks of Ethnic Therapist to meet as often as they decide. We have held meetings in Auckland and Hamilton so far, and now we are going South.
We are meeting in Christchurch on the 14th of May at 12 pm at the Unknown Chapter Coffee Roasters (254 Saint Asaph St, Christchurch) - Joanna will join the Christchurch ethnically diverse therapists.
In Wellington, we are meeting on the 19th of May at 6 pm at the Southern Cross Bar and Restaurant (39 Abel Smith St, Te Aro, Wellington) - Joanna and Carolina will join with the Wellington therapists.
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What's On - Shama Programmes
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Power to Change is back! Be an agent of positive change in your community
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Shama is bringing back the Power to Change programme. Running for 8 Saturdays, these workshops give ethnic women the opportunity to become a positive agent of change in our communities. Participants will have the knowledge to recognise early signs of violence and strategies to prevent it from happening, enabling families to address difficult moments. Participants will be able to take these learning to their communities.
Government and community agencies will also share about their work and relevant support available for ethnic women. Representatives of Police and Work and Income are some of the guests coming to these sessions. They will be available to respond to questions and concerns, to break barriers and create trust.
More importantly, Power to Change is a moment for women to get together and share about their experiences, the good and the bad, so they can reflect on how we can do things differently. It also creates an environment to develop friendships in a safe space.
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Power to Change
When: Saturdays from 8th of May 11am to 1pm
Where: at Shama, 27 Beatty Street, Melville
Cost: Free
Transport, interpreters, and refreshments provided.
For more information email info@shama.org.nz or call 07 8433810
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Ethnic Employment Tasters, an opportunity for young people to experience the work they dream
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Ethnic Employment Tasters is a new initiative under the Waikato Plan. The idea is to give young people an employment experience in the career field or pathway they aspire to work in the future.
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The programme starts with a one to one strength-based conversation with the young person where their interests, skills and aspirations will be explored. Based on this discussion, the youth will then be matched with a potential employer where they will gain a taste of employment in that particular field.
The young person will be able to attend the workplace for two or three days over two weeks with range of supports around them, in particular, focused on pastoral care and a sense of being valued as an individual.
The aims of the project are:
- To give rangatahi a positive and inspiring experience that disrupts their likely path and re-connects them to education, training to employment because the experience has shown them possibilities to seize.
- To shift perspectives of both employers and rangatahi about:
- Youth will be able to make different choices (with support) about what happens next in their life.
- Employers gain insights about supporting vulnerable young people into work and how life-changing this can be.
What are the criteria for rangatahi/youth?
- Aged 15-18 (negotiable).
- Has experienced negative impact from lockdown, i.e. has not gone back to school, or is struggling to, or is feeling the effect of lockdown on family life, increased social insecurities etc.
- Has a relationship/connection to someone at school or within your organisation where trust is well established.
- Is open to talking about what they dream of doing, however ‘big’ the dream sounds.
- Able to commit to engaging with the experience of employment.
Contact Madiha at youthworker@shama.org.nz to join ethnic employment taster.
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SuperSHEro - Empower Yourself With Maori Spirituality
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We live in a country full of spirituality and mana. Our access to Maori culture and spirituality can be limited, so in our upcoming workshop we will hear all about Ngahia's story and her journey to find her spirituality. We will learn about the holistic approach that Maori have to health and the four pillars that make up their wellbeing.
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SuperShero
When: 8th May, 10.30am to 2.30pm
Where: Wintec Gallagher Events Room 1
Cost: Free
Lunch is provided (dietary options available)
For question or to register email Jen on supportworker@shama.org.nz.
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Cross-Cultural Parenting Programme - Becoming the best parent I can be
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In these workshops, you and your partner will learn to:
- Discipline your children in accordance to NZ laws
- Increase good behaviour & positive attitude
- Strengthen family & cultural connections
- Use strategies for managing stress
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Choose from different options:
Day-time courses: 4-5 May 9.30 -2.30 pm at the Settlement Centre
Evening courses: 12-13 & 20-21 May, 5.30 - 7.30pm at Trust Waikato
All are free but registration is required. Childminding and food provided
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Shama is coming to a Waikato rural town near you!
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We are visiting a number of regional markets in the winter month, come and see us:
Morrinsville: Saturday 1st May 8.30am to 12.30pm at Canada Street next to the Library.
Matamata: Saturday 8th May 7.30am to 1pm at the Primary School 115a Broadway.
Cambridge: Sunday 9th May 8am to 1pm at the Main Cambridge Town Square.
Otorohanga: Saturday 23rd May 10am to 2pm at Maniapoto Street.
Tokoroa: Saturday 29th May 8am to 12pm at Leith Street
Pirongia: Sunday 30th May 9am to 2pm at Community Centre at Crozier Street.
Te Kuiti: Saturday 5th June 8am to 12pm at St Lukes Anglican Car Park.
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New Ministry for Ethnic Communities : Have Your Say at Drop-in Sessions
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Aotearoa New Zealand will have a new Ministry for Ethnic Communities on the 1st of July 2021. This is a significant step and ethnic communities can have a say in where the new Ministry puts its effort. Some key questions that will be discussed are:
Aspiration and Vision
What will life for New Zealanders from our ethnic communities be like in 20 years’ time?
Priorities
Which issues should the new Ministry focus on over the next few years, so that it can make the biggest difference for the future?
Top priorities include: education, health, employment, leadership, safety and security, celebrating cultural diversity, accessing government services, concerns over racism and discrimination, and other important issues.
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Waikato Drop-in session
When: Saturday 8th May 2021 from 2pm to 8pm
Where: at The Long Room, Wintec House, Wintec, Tristram Street.
For other locations, please refer to the announcement.
You can send any questions you have to ethnic.communities@dia.govt.nz
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If you are unable to attend in person, you can offer online feedback via link below.
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NZ Refugee Sponsorship Hub aims to encourage kiwis throughout NZ to welcome refugees and help them settle into local neighbourhoods, through a new government programme called Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship (CORS)
A community group is a group of ordinary kiwis who work together to help refugees to settle in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Refugees are given residency visas on arrival which gives them free access to education, healthcare and welfare. The role of community groups is to make it easier for refugees to settle into life in New Zealand.
We plan to hold information sessions in several cities in NZ over the next few months to promote the CORS programme.
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Welcome Refugees Information Evening for the Waikato Community
Purpose: To inform, inspire and invite commitments to seek sponsorship approval
When: Monday, 17 May, 7.30pm – 8.30pm
Where: Hamilton Central Baptist Church, 33 Charlemont Street Whitiora Hamilton
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