Asian Australian Alliance in Penrith, New South Wales | Community organisation

Asian Australian Alliance

Locality: Penrith, New South Wales

Address: 19 Lethbridge Street 2750 Penrith, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.asianaustralianalliance.net/

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25.01.2022 Did You Know...and have you ever experienced the following? TALK to us., TAG your friends and SHARE.

25.01.2022 International Border Closures and what are the impacts on Australian businesses? Check out what the #AsianAustralian local business owners said in this interview with the ABC News https://www.abc.net.au//covid-19-continues-to-hur/12948776 LUVE Hair spa - Beauty - Nails Sydney Kopitiam Cafe Ironfish

24.01.2022 AAA is proud to be part of this community support network .. we helped in building this project

24.01.2022 Donate if you can for COVID 19. Watch Shah Rukh Khan, Virat Kohli, Will Smith, Alia Bhatt, Katy Perry, Mick Jagger, A R Rahman and 80 other celebrities in a mega concert for COVID relief in India, exclusively on Facebook. Date : 3rd May, 7pm IST but it will be available to watch later if this time does not suit you.... A concert of this scale, with this lineup, has never happened in India before and it is the biggest cohesive push by Public Figures in the country to fight against Covid-19. How do you work from home when there is no work? Or no home? How do we support those struggling to make ends meet? COVID-19 is everyone’s problem. To help with the unprecedented crisis, Facebook has partnered with the Bollywood and global entertainment fraternity to bring you I for India - a mega concert of its kind, exclusively on Facebook. Thanks to Facebook Fundraisers, 100% of what is being raised will be used by GiveIndia to solve this colossal challenge. Millions are affected by the lockdown. More about the concert here : https://economictimes.indiatimes.com//article/75494464.cms Donate Now! : fb.me/IforIndiaFundraiser Watch the concert here : https://m.facebook.com/facebookappAU/?brand_redir=103274306376166&_rdr

24.01.2022 We have had to add more tickets to our webinar which starts at 3pm (AEST) titled: "Everything you need to know about racism in Australia" If you still want to attend, please RSVP asap!

23.01.2022 The success of our COVID-19 Racism Incident Report has collected almost 500 incidents of racism against Asians/Asian Australians. There have been also a rise in discrimination against South Asians in Australia, and we want to hear from you if you have been a victim or know someone who is of South Asian background who has.

23.01.2022 Being racially attacked is a very lonesome and traumatic experience it doesn’t matter about the severity, it’s the stunned feeling of being violated and treated differently because of who you are. Asian Australian Alliance National Convenor and Founder Erin Chew said it was important to remember that COVID-19 was not the cause of racism in Australia, but was a symptom of the larger issue of racism in Australia. It really demonstrates how insidious the racism is and how COVID-19 has been used as an excuse for people to act on their racist intentions, she said. Here is the link to the survey tracking racism https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AsianAustralian

23.01.2022 An Essential Poll conducted online found that 31% or nearly 1 in 3 respondents believed that Chinese people had brought most cases of the virus into Oz. 21% or 1 in 5 felt that Chinese communities and families were more likely to spread #COVID19

22.01.2022 Government throws Chinese Australians under a bus Federal Government rejects racism claims as China tells citizens not to visit Australia

22.01.2022 Hi, if you missed our COVID-19 Racism preliminary report launch on Friday 24th July, you can check it out here! We thank everyone for their support for our project at this stage - more to come!

22.01.2022 Hi Alliance, Sharing a call for help we saw in another group. If you can help, please dig deep. You might have seen in online forums and the media that many International students are struggling. Many are stuck here, away from family and without access to the social safety net that many of us enjoy.... Contact Renata and Andrés directly to help.

22.01.2022 This Webinar is happening, please attend and RSVP via the Eventbrite link in this Event invite!!

21.01.2022 Today we launched our Preliminary COVID-19 Racism Incident Report with Osmond Chiu - Research Fellow with Per Capita Think tank on key results and findings to a Zoom crowd of 130 today. If you are interested in finding out what we found and analysed from the first 2 months of the survey being open (2 April-June 2), please download the report from our site here.

21.01.2022 Thank you Anne Aly for making a strong speech in Parliament today and ensuring that Alan Tudge couldn't ignore the calls to address Senator Eric Abetz' behaviou...r when he "loyalty tested" 3 Chinese Australians during a recent Senate Hearing. Your words are extremely important. As Aly said, 2 former Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull have publicly said that Abetz must apologise. Thank you for signing our "Open Letter" and mentioning it in your speech!

21.01.2022 We would like to invite everybody to join this upcoming webinar on Friday May 1, from 3:00 pm (AEST) to 4:30 pm. It is titled "Everything you need to know about racism in Australia" Speakers include: ... 1. Erin Chew (AAA National Convener and Co-Organiser for the COVID-19 Racism Incident Report) 2. Tim Lo Surdo (Founder and National Director for Democracy in Coulour) 3. A representative from Diversity Arts Australia 4. A representative from the NSW Anti Discrimination Board Topics are on the flier attached - please RSVP on this eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/everything-you-need-to-know-ab

21.01.2022 "Perhaps sit down and actually listen to the pain that you’re hearing here, to truly take it in, and to realise that, sometimes, we might live in the same country, but experience completely different realities." Nyadol Nyuon on the Black Lives Matter movement in Australia and the USA.

20.01.2022 Thanks to Essential for conducting this poll on for us! Between the 6th - 9th August, 1,010 Australians were randomly polled. KEY RESULTS:... * 31% (approx. 313 respondents) believed that "Chinese people" are to blame for COVID-19; * 21% (approx. 212 respondents) believed that COVID-19 is more likely to spread within the Chinese/Chinese Australian community; More will be released soon!

19.01.2022 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY to all our Asian/Asian Australian sisters and siblings everywhere!

19.01.2022 #ProtectUsAll Our major world religions and traditions teaches us to love one another and treat everyone as we would like to be treated, not hate and discriminate. Everyone deserves to live, study, and work with dignity, no matter what they believe, who they are, or whom they love. We’ve joined 90 religious and civil organisations in opposing One Nation NSW’s Religion Bill, calling for fair and equal discrimination laws which protect all of us, including people of faith and those who are not religious, equally alongside other groups. protectusall.com.au

18.01.2022 CALL OUT: I AM NOT A VIRUS AUSTRALIA Are you an Asian creative or artist? Create new works that respond to Covid-19 racism. Applications close 10 October. We wi...ll commission new developments by Asian artists from all creative practice areas, including visual artists, writing, poetry, performance, screen, audio-visual, music, illustrations, and more. APPLY NOW at our newly launched website: http://iamnotavirusaustralia.org.au Image credit: Red Hong Yi - http://redhongyi.com This projects is led by Diversity Arts Australia and is a partnership with Asian Australian Alliance, Democracy in Colour 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art with funding from Australia Council for the Arts City of Sydney and City of Parramatta #IAmNotAVirus #IAmNotAVirusAustralia

18.01.2022 Sorry Day. Today we remember the past policies of forced child removal and reflect on the sad and painful history of the Stolen Generations. We acknowledge and honor the resilience of our First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit ourselves to working towards justice in Australia.

17.01.2022 ‘...most white Australians have a less-developed understanding of racism and the lived experience of their culturally diverse counterparts around the country... It's something Ms Floro can relate to, and as the frequency of conversations around race politics rise in her personal and work life, she has noticed herself becoming more exhausted. "It's the conversations, it's the listening, it's the unpaid emotional labour that keeps consistently happening," she says. "I don't wan...t to constantly spell out information about the very fibre of my being." She's often the only person of colour in the room when race is discussed, and feels pressure to engage. "I have to choose between staying silent or constantly policing racism," she says’ See more

16.01.2022 1. We are saddened but not surprised with the findings of a new study from the Australian National University (ANU) where its survey of more than 3,000 people found 84.5 per cent of Asian Australians reported at least one instance of discrimination between January and October this year. 2. COVID-19 racism is the Racism of the Decade for Asian Australians and it’s probably one of the worst since the Racial Discrimination Act was passed by the Australian Parliament in 1975. 3. ...The idea of associating Asian Australians and Asians in Australia with the Coronavirus just because it was first discovered in Wuhan, China is just bizarre and totally unacceptable. 4. It just demonstrates the low level of understanding of certain members of the society about Australian History and culture. 5. No one in Australia should be carrying fear when walking on the street or shopping at the supermarket just because of their skin colour. 6. If Asian Australians who were born and grown up in Australia are subject to racial discrimination, what can temporary visa holders such as international students and migrant workers expect when living, studying or working in Australia? 7. Unfortunately, there are still many key decision makers including political leaders, who think that this is not a major problem or treat racism as if they are isolated incidents. If you hold this view, you are either in denial syndrome or out of touch with what is happening on the ground. 8. We understand that racism may not be something that people want to talk about. But the fact is, you can’t address racism without talking about racism. Everything starts from having the conversation. 9. Research and surveys have shown that this is an ongoing issue in the community and the COVID-19 pandemic has just amplified what has been toxic in the Australian fabric of multicultural society. 10. We need a National Anti-Racism Strategy to address this immediately which should also include an Anti-Media Racism Strategy as part of the broader strategy. THOMSON CH’NG NSW Convener Asian Australian Alliance Article on ANU Survey https://www.sbs.com.au//new-survey-sheds-light-on-how-the- Social Commentary, Racism and COVID-19 Report https://asianaustralianalliance.net/covid-19-racism-and-so/ COVID-19 Racism Incident Survey https://asianaustralianalliance.net/covid-19-coronavirus-r/ #RacismStillExists #SayNoToRacism #racism #stopracism

15.01.2022 In conjunction with the United Nations’ International Day of Democracy and in collaboration with the Confederation of Young Leaders, we are bringing together young leaders from different regions across the globe to shape our future together! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86106243782 Meeting ID: 861 0624 3782... Passcode: DEMOCRACY SHEINA COLLANTES ONRUBIA Thinzar Shunlei Yi -

15.01.2022 And here in Australia, even food (and the people associated with it) which is suppose to bring joy and unite people of all backgrounds are now subject to racism. Experienced or witnessed racism? Report now https://asianaustralianalliance.net/covid-19-coronavirus-r/ #IAmNotVirus #Racism #StopRacism #RacismItStopsWithMe #SayNoToRacism

15.01.2022 Researchers from the University of Queensland are looking for Asian Australians (aged 18 or older) to complete an anonymous online survey on their experiences and mental health during COVID-19. The survey should take around 20-30 minutes to complete. You can complete this survey on your computer, mobile phone, or other compatible device. If you'd like to take part, please click on the following link: https://uqpsych.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1IfxWRLczfe6zs1

15.01.2022 The COVID-19 Racism Incident Report will have a public online release on Friday 24th July (AEST). If you are interested or know any networks who may be interested please RSVP here to attend and hear the key findings from our survey!

15.01.2022 #March4Justice #EnoughIsEnough #StopGenderBasedViolence #StopAsianHate #StopViolenceAgainstWomen #StopDiscrimination #AusPol

14.01.2022 Here is our work reported in The Age. Our preliminary report on results from the COVID-19 Racism Incident Report which we at the Asian Australian Alliance have collaborated with Osmond Chiu and partners Democracy in Colour and Diversity Arts Australia will be released before the end of this month. In terms of numbers we've past 300 reported incidents.

13.01.2022 In just the last 2 weeks there have been a number of reported incidents of racism against Asians and Asian Australian amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia. This has left many Asians and Asian Australians who have been recipients of this hate to feel confused, stunned and fearful. Our COVID-19 Coronavirus Incident Report gives voice to those whose racism incidents are unreported and/or under reported, and thus far has seen close to 130 cases so far.

13.01.2022 The event: COVID-19 RACISM: Impacts on the Diaspora ( Australia, US and Canada) is now accepting registrations for attendance. DATE AND TIME: OCTOBER 2 - 5:00PM (PT)/OCTOBER 3 - 10:00AM (AEST) Speakers include us from the ASIAN AUSTRALIAN ALLIANCE, Osmond Chiu, representatives from the STOP AAPI HATE campaign ( AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander COVID racism survey), Telly Wong from the #washthehate campaign and representatives from Project 1907 to talk about teh surve...y conducted in Canada for Asian Canadians. For a start, you can register your attendance here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2KuSODEbR96gJhDqiHKIpg Or on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/covid-19-racism-impacts-on-the

13.01.2022 Hey Everyone!!!! Please take the time to read and share this signed open letter among your networks. We have delivered a copy of this letter to Minister Alan Tudge MP to address the concerns of the community over the "loyalty testing" of Eric Abetz towards Osmond Chiu and 2 other Chinese Australians who were providing evidence at a recent Senate Hearing. Abetz has since doubled down instead of addressing his wrong doings and apologising. Over 130 signatories have asked that ...Minister Tudge: 1. Request Senator Eric Abetz apologise to the three witnesses at the hearing (Osmond Chiu, Yun Jiang and Wesa Chau) for questioning their loyalties and allegiances on the basis of their cultural backgrounds; 2. Issue a statement with Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressing this situation clearly and directly, reassuring the Chinese Australian community that this line of loyalty testing was unacceptable behaviour and will not happen again in any capacity. Please share and circulate...

13.01.2022 COVID-19 RACISM INCIDENT REPORT UPDATE Here is our current press statement on an update on results for the COVID-19 Coronavirus Racism Incident Report.Coming towards the 2 month mark we have received 380 reports of COVID-19 related racism in Australia. "The STOP AAPI HATE reporting centre which is tracking the number of COVID-19 racism related incidents in the USA against Asian Americans, has recorded around 1,710 reports in a six week period. Taking population proportions into consideration, this demonstrates that the COVID-19 Coronavirus Racism Incident Report has approximately 30% proportionately more reports of anti-Asian racism in Australia in comparison to the American counterparts."

12.01.2022 This article fulfills the void of the extent of whose to blame .. all governments China, USA, SE Asia have their share .. On the other hand , the collateral denigration of Chinese culture & ancestry frankly is a disgusting scapegoating exercise ..

11.01.2022 Some recent meetings of the Asian Australian Alliance in relation to COVID19 related racial abuse with various stakeholders . Thanks to the Victorian Multicultural Commission, Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria and the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission for taking a lead in organising some of these stakeholder consultations and in working collaboratively to develop an institutional response. We also caught up with Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan and former Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soupthmoussane to discuss the racism incident report we have undertaken with Per Capita Fellow Osmond Chiu. We will be releasing a report of our survey on COVID 19 relayed racism soon. We are also working on an action plan as well as a resource page based on the results of our report.

11.01.2022 Important update for International Students

11.01.2022 We remember today, and we fight for a better tomorrow.

11.01.2022 Are you a migrant pre-service teacher who has come from Asia to Australia? This is an interesting study, so please contact Aaron Teo (contact details in the image) if you are interested.

10.01.2022 If you missed our Zoom webinar on the "Social Commentary, racism and COVID-19" report by All Together Now which we at AAA have partnered and contributed, you can catch up here!

10.01.2022 'It is comfortable for us in Australia to throw stones at racist police violence in the United States. It is comfortable because we do not see our own glass house.'

10.01.2022 The #COVID-19 Coronavirus Racism Incident Report now has translations in Chinese (traditional and simplified) and in Korean. Currently our numbers stand at 240 reports of COVID-19 related racism in Australia. It is important that we make this project accessible to everyone and for those where English is not their first language to have the survey translated is very important.... We plan to get the survey translated next into Vietnamese, so if you know anyone or you yourself is willing to volunteer to translate it into Vietnamese, please send us a message or comment here. Please share this with your networks! All translation links are on this page.

09.01.2022 Anti-Discrimination NSW has recorded a surge in anti-Asian racism during the coronavirus pandemic.

07.01.2022 Hi guys - for any of our supporters who are interested: "My name is Shawn and I am an honours student at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT). I am currently conducting an anonymous online study with the aim of measuring the effects of acculturation, perceived social support and COVID-19 related racial discrimination on the mental health of Asian Australians. As I have been trying to get participants for the study, I was informed to contact you in ord...er to discuss more about this topic. As such, I was hoping that we could have a discussion and possibly the chance to receive your assistance with promoting this study. This research has been approved by the RMIT Ethics Committee and has the potential benefits of providing Asian Australians an opportunity to voice their perspective and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, while also contributing to the wider literature that is currently evaluating the mental health consequences of the pandemic. " Here is the link to the survey: https://rmit.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5uVFrgjOw3vozHv Details on the flyer below if you are interested!

05.01.2022 AAA’s NSW Convenor Thomson Ch’ng spoke to SBS Mandarin recently on media racism in Australia. Racism in the media i.e Racist opinion pieces are cancer on Australian Multiculturalism. Media especially media commentators play an influential role in shaping public perceptions. For this very reason and in order to address racism in the community, we must first address media racism. Stay tuned for the next steps. ... Full Article https://www.sbs.com.au//more-than-half-of-opinion-pieces-i Full report on Media Monitoring by All Together Now in collaboration with AAA https://asianaustralianalliance.net/covid-19-racism-and-so/ #media #racism #multiculturalism #australia

04.01.2022 Our Founder and National Convener for the Asian Australian Alliance, will be a panelist at this webinar today titled: "Hate Speech during COVID-19" organised by Monash University. If you would like to still register, please click here: https://monash.zoom.us//register/WN_vDvcLWmPSIapocnD1pcJ3w

04.01.2022 Our COVID-19 Racism Survey has now recorded over 500 incidents of racism due to COVID-19 and the anti Asian hate has continued to happen. Here is an article talking about what its like being an Asian in Australia since the Pandemic hit.

04.01.2022 We wish all our Muslim colleagues and friends Eid Mubarak and Selamat Hari Raya!

03.01.2022 We congratulate them both on such a momentous occasion. Ms Ah Kit was born and bred in the Territory, and has Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander as well as Chinese heritage. Mr Chaney is the first Indigenous and openly gay Speaker of an Australian Parliament.

03.01.2022 Dear All, We at the Asian Australian Alliance are collaborating with Osmond Chiu on this joint letter to the Australian Acting Minister for Multicultural Affairs Alan Tudge to address the conduct of Senator Eric Abetz when he questioned 3 Chinese Australians during a recent Senate hearing on "Issues Facing Diaspora Communities" in Australia. We are now just starting the process of getting signatures, so if you would like to have your name and organisation added to this lett...er please sign here: https://docs.google.com//12bjXEjMG6pzINpeRdOM013yBKS/edit Anyone around the world is welcome to sign this as an individual or as a representative of an organisation. Please follow the format on the Google Docs above.

03.01.2022 #IWD2021 #ChooseToChallenge Happy International Women's Day!

02.01.2022 We have over 100 people registered across the globe already. If you haven't already, register to join us for a discussion about our results and continued advocacy work fighting COVID-related racism, alongside our international partners Stop AAPI and he Washthehate campaign from the USA and project 1907 from Canada. Streaming THIS Friday eve PDT or Saturday morning AEST.... Register FREE to get the zoom link. See you there!

01.01.2022 Are you an Asian creative or artist? Do you want to help fight racism through art? Diversity Arts Australia, we at the Asian Australian Alliance & Democracy in Colour have partnered to launch a new fund commissioning Asian artists to create new works responding to Covid-19 racism. Find out more & apply here: http://iamnotavirusaustralia.org.au/ This is a great opportunity for Asian creatives to get their art work into the public realm and make an important statement. Our COV...ID-19 Racism Incident Report survey has recorded almost 500 incidents of COVID related racism in Australia and the number continues to grow. Please share this around your networks!

01.01.2022 One boy yelled, ‘Is that your dinner, mate?’ At the time I was in shock and didn’t quite understand or comprehend what they were saying. Then I realised they were referring to our pet dog, implying that all Chinese people eat dogs. The New Daily

01.01.2022 Our new webinar series is to "spotlight" Asian Australian creatives! Join us via zoom on: Saturday 21st November @ 1:00pm (AEDT) to hear about the journeys of filmmakers Matthew Victor Pastor, Anupam Sharma and actor and film critic Suzy Wrong. Please click on this link to register!