MYAN Australia in Carlton, Victoria, Australia | Youth organisation

MYAN Australia

Locality: Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9340 3700

Address: 304 Drummond St 3053 Carlton, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.myan.org.au

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25.01.2022 A ten-part webinar series focusing on young womens personal and professional development opportunities in the lead-up to International Day of the Girl 2020. Notable guest speakers include Nayuka Gorrie, Carly Findlay, Manal Younus, Amy Thunig, Elizabeth Wright, Rae Cooper, Lucille Cutting and Nkechi Anele. MYANs Youth Leadership Officer Mehak will also be one of the speakers! ... Register below! (Free for members and membership is Free!)

25.01.2022 An opportunity to be part of the Australian Greens Youth spokesperson, Senator Jordon Steele-Johns, Youth Advisory Group and help to shape the conversation around the issues that matter most to young people in Australia. Application form below!

24.01.2022 Meet Harpreet who is part of our National Youth Panel on COVID-19 led by young people from across Australia from refugee and migrant backgrounds. This is an important opportunity to hear directly from young people about the challenges and solutions to COVID-19 in a discussion focused on Education, Employment and Mental Health. RSVP for the event on 21 July here: https://youthpanelcovid19.eventbrite.com.au

24.01.2022 Learn how you can support and measure good practice with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. This online panel will feature sector professionals discussing their use of the National Youth Settlement Framework in service delivery and planning to deliver better outcomes for young people. RSVP below!

24.01.2022 Expressions of Interest now open! The Migration, Diversity & Inclusion Graduate Research Industry Partnership is seeking applicants for a PhD program with a full-time stipend scholarship. Project focus:... How can we better support school engagement and academic needs of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds? Apply below

24.01.2022 Do you think the investment in mental health has reached young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds? Butrus responds as part of the National Youth Panel on COVID-19.

24.01.2022 We have another short list of valuable resources we'd like to re-share as part of NAIDOC week: https://ctgreport.niaa.gov.au/ (Closing the Gap report) https://ulurustatement.org/ (Uluru statement) ... https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia (Land map)

23.01.2022 Don't forget to RSVP for the youth panel next week! Young people with lived experience from our Youth Disability Reference Group have developed the event and will be leading the discussion. The focus will be on cultural identity and the intersection with disability. RSVP and share far and wide

23.01.2022 For anyone, aged 12-17 and you will also receive $30 gift card for your time. More details about this study below:

22.01.2022 Mel is one of the National Youth Disability Summit Co-Design Committee who have designed the National Youth Disability Summit. Join us for a fun week learning new things, making new friends and hearing from great speakers by registering for the Summit here: https://www.cydayouth.events/ This is the first Summit of its type and is created by young people for young people with disability.... The Summit is 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2020 and includes topics like education, mental health, access and inclusion. There will be lots of interactive workshops, panels of speakers and opportunities to catch up with old friends and make new friends. This is a safe space for young people and accessibility is super important so there will be lots of opportunities for participation and we will make sure you can fully participate!

21.01.2022 We are excited to announce we will be doing a live stream of the National Youth Panel led by young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds on our Facebook page as well as through Zoom. Theres been a huge response with over 450 RSVPs so we want to make sure no one misses out. We will only be able to respond to questions during the event from participants in the Zoom link though so we recommend viewing the event through Zoom by RSVPing here: https://youthpanelcovid19.eventbrite.com.au/

20.01.2022 Congratulations to the ACT for committing to Raise the Age of Criminal Responsibility! #RaisetheAge https://intouchpublichealth.net.au//congratulations-to-th/

19.01.2022 An opportunity to be part of a PAID video diary project. For any young people aged 18 - 22 years from all cultural backgrounds who have recently experienced loss of income or job due to COVID-19. No acting experience is necessary. Successful applicants will be paid $1000.

19.01.2022 Mostafa, our Youth Ambassador for Tasmania, met with MP Bridget Archer MP - Liberal Member for Bass to talk about the challenges COVID-19 has presented to young people in Launceston from migrant and refugee communities. Great work Mostafa #LocalandVocal

18.01.2022 We have an amazing youth-led panel focused on cultural identity and disability with young people: https://culturalidentitydisability.eventbrite.com.au Meet Varsha who is part of the panel!... Varsha is a 20-year-old student and social activist from Sydney, studying a BA of Politics, Philosophy and Economics at UNSW. She is currently a Youth Activist for Plan International Australia. Varsha is also part of the 2019 Young Social Pioneer cohort for the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) social innovation incubator program, under the disability stream where she is working on tackling the stigma surrounding communication disabilities and speech impediments within education systems and the workforce. Varsha is passionate about the spaces where gender, literacy, disability advocacy and social innovation coincide.

18.01.2022 Live stream of MYANs youth panel led by young people from across Australia from refugee and migrant backgrounds, exploring the new normal during and beyond COVID-19. This is an important opportunity to hear directly from young people themselves about the challenges and solutions to COVID-19 in a discussion focused on Education, Employment and Mental Health. Panel: Swathi Shanmukhasundaram - VIC from Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY)... Harpreet Dhillon NSW from Multicultural Youth Affairs Network - MYAN NSW Butrus Haider QLD from Multicultural Youth Queensland - MYQ Zahra Al Hilaly WA from Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network of Western Australia - MYAN WA Mehak Sheikh VIC from MYAN Australia (Moderator) See more

18.01.2022 RSVP for the National Youth Panel on COVID-19. This is an important opportunity to hear directly from some amazing young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds about the challenges and solutions to COVID-19 focusing on Education, Employment and Mental Health. https://youthpanelcovid19.eventbrite.com.au

18.01.2022 Dont forget to RSVP for our National Youth Panel on COVID-19 led by young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds: https://youthpanelcovid19.eventbrite.com.au In the meantime you can read about one of the exceptional panellists through a recent article she has worked on: Swathi is a Youth Project Officer at Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY), the co-founder of The Vermilion Project and our MYAN YAN Ambassador for VIC.

17.01.2022 What has been the impact of education disruptions for young people? "It really showed the imbalance of migrant and refugee kids in the education space...." Butrus shares his response from our National Youth Panel on COVID-19. We will be sharing snippets of this youth-led panel over the next few weeks!... Multicultural Youth Queensland - MYQ

16.01.2022 The Mission Australia Youth Survey Report is out! This year, we’re hearing loud and clear that our young people see discrimination as a major issue in Australia, and are very concerned about unfair treatment, with gender inequality being at the forefront of their concerns." - Mission Australia’s CEO, James Toomey 25,800 young people participated in the 19th annual Youth Survey. This landmark report provides invaluable evidence collected during the COVID-19 pandemic about young people’s most pressing concerns.

16.01.2022 "The inside should reflect the outside .... importantly it includes encouraging young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to get into politics and these positions..." Butrus shares his perspective on working inside and outside systems to create change at our National Youth Panel on COVID-19.

15.01.2022 Happy Wear it Purple Day! Today is an important day to celebrate and support LGBTQIA+ youth. Visit the website to learn about different ways to show your support! https://www.wearitpurple.org/

15.01.2022 What do we need to do to improve education and employment pathways? "For me the main way of getting employment... was through advocacy and volunteering..." Harpreets response from our National Youth Panel on COVID-19 led by young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds across Australia.... Multicultural Youth Affairs Network - MYAN NSW

14.01.2022 Calling for applicants! The Beijing+25 Global Youth Task Force, convened by UN Women, will be expanding their composition and have announced a call for applications. The Beijing+25 Youth Task Force is calling for applications to expand the composition of the Youth Task Force that will work in the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) process closely with UN Women, civil society organizations and other stakeholders from September 2020 to September 2021, to ensure the meaningful invo...lvement of young people in the global processes of the 25th review and appraisal of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA). Apply by 21 August 12:00 PM EST (22 August 2:00 AM AEST)

13.01.2022 Meet the amazing panel our upcoming event - led by young people with lived experience of disability. First up is Cindy - one of the co-chairs of our Youth Disability Reference Group. Cindy (She/Her) is a passionate youth advocate, currently studying psychology and criminology at university. She is passionate about increasing mental health literacy, disability rights, diverse representation and the voices and concerns of young people. Cindy is interested in how society, cultur...e, identity and spaces affect young people and vise versa. She has 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. RSVP for the National Youth-led Panel here: https://culturalidentitydisability.eventbrite.com.au

13.01.2022 This Friday is Wear it Purple Day in support of rainbow young people. You can find lots of ways to support it such as attending or creating an event, wearing purple, changing your zoom background and more. Lots of resources below!

13.01.2022 MYANs July eNews. Read on to find resources, opportunities, highlighted news articles along with MYANs recent work around COVID-19 and the National Youth Settlement Framework.

12.01.2022 A confidential 10-minute survey you can fill in to help Raise the Rate for Good. This survey has been developed to further understand the experiences of people on JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, Parenting Payment, and other income support payments who have received the $550 a fortnight Coronavirus Supplement, which started on April 27: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PCYW2HG

11.01.2022 Have you met Butrus? Youll get a chance to hear from Buturs, an amazing young leader at our National Youth Panel on COVID-19: exploring the new normal. This panel is completely led by young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds exploring challenges and solutions around mental health, education and employment.... RSVP here: https://youthpanelcovid19.eventbrite.com.au

10.01.2022 An important discussion on racially motivated street harassment, COVID-19, structural racism and more with Its Not A Compliment and Democracy in Colour.

10.01.2022 A great opportunity for young people in QLD to join the MyQ Council!

10.01.2022 Are you a young person? Are you keen to connect with other young people with disability from around Australia? Keen to hear from speakers on what they are passionate about? Excited to learn about social movements and how to talk truth to power?... If you answered yes to any of the above, then you are in luck! CYDA is hosting the National Youth Disability Summit! It has been designed by and for young people with disability and its TOTALLY free and online! Head to www.cydayouth.events to register (did we mention its free?!) and get excited!

10.01.2022 Dont forget to RSVP for the National Meeting on Disability this week!

09.01.2022 Applications are open for Young Migrant and Refugee Womens Advisory Group The Advisory Group will comprise of individuals identifying as women from migrant or refugee backgrounds aged 18-28 years. Applications close 25 July: https://mailchi.mp//webinar-on-gender-impacts-of-covid-503

09.01.2022 Here is a great list of organisations and groups that are worth following, supporting or getting involved in around climate change and the environment. A list put together by @peppermagazine Seed Mob... Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network. Seed are building a movement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. seedmob.org.au Ghost Nets Australia An alliance of Indigenous communities stretching along 3000kms of coastline in the Gulf of Carpentaria to provide a systematic approach to addressing the issues of ghost nets (abandoned, discarded or lost fishing nets) across the whole region. ghostnets.com.au The Aboriginal Carbon Foundation The AbCF catalyses life-changing, community prosperity, through carbon farming. Their aim is to build wealth for Traditional Owners and non-Aboriginal carbon farmers, implementing carbon projects that demonstrate environmental, social and cultural core benefits, through the ethical trade of carbon credits. abcfoundation.org.au Original Power Original Power is a small community-focused organisation that aims to build the power of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through collective action. originalpower.org.au Wangan and Jagalingou Family Council Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners are fighting to defend their lands from Adani and the Queensland and Commonwealth Governments. Sign their petition and support their cause to protect their land. wanganjagalingou.com.au (Read) Not passive victims: Indigenous Australians respond to climate change Climate change is disproportionately threatening the cultures and health of Indigenous peoples globally. With intimate knowledge of Country, Indigenous Australians are actively adapting to challenges, finding opportunities for new initiatives and alliances to strengthen cultural practices. foreground.com.au Full list of resources here: peppermintmag.com/indigenous-resources/ #NAIDOCweek

07.01.2022 A series of information sessions to educate and empower multicultural and multifaith communities about racism, understanding your rights and taking action. Register or share below:

07.01.2022 Add your name to support the campaign ensuring no child or family is left behind during COVID-19. https://www.nochildleftbehind.com.au/petition #NoChildLeftBehind

06.01.2022 MYAN and 200 organisations have called on the Australian Government to undertake legal reforms to ensure the rights of children to be heard about matters affecting them, including providing the necessary funding to services that support direct advocacy for children within two years. #AusUPR

06.01.2022 The Save Youth Work campaign is opposing changes that will increase the cost of youth work degrees and limit the number of youth workers. The impact of COVID-19 for young people means we need more youth workers now more than ever. You can take action and easily send an email to your representative asking them to Save Youth Work:

06.01.2022 "Young emerging leaders are so willing to give their time but.." Swathi responds to a comment about valuing young peoples time at the National Youth Panel on COVID-19. Such an important message!... Swathi from Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY)

05.01.2022 Today is the last day of NAIDOC week and we would like to share some good links on allyship. Have you come across other good links? Please share them below! https://www.croakey.org/where-do-you-fit-tokenistic-ally-o/ https://www.amnesty.org.au/10-ways-to-be-an-ally-to-indige/ ... https://www.sbs.com.au///05/28/how-be-good-indigenous-ally

03.01.2022 RSVP for our event below, co-hosted by MYAN and National Ethnic Disability Alliance. We will hear from young people and representatives from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Purpose of the meeting:... > Hear from and raise awareness about the personal/lived experiences of disability for young people (aged 12-24) from refugee and migrant backgrounds > Better understand which organisations are working with this group of young people to provide support > Identify what the gaps might be, and > Help to inform MYAN and NEDAs submission to the Royal Commission.

03.01.2022 Meet our panelist Markos and RSVP for the Youth-Led Panel this Monday! https://culturalidentitydisability.eventbrite.com.au Markos (He/Him) is a multifaceted creator and advocate. He studied Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne and has worked in a variety of media roles. ... His main passion in life is facts: He writes fact-based articles, he tweets facts (@FactBuffet) and he won Hard Quiz in 2017. He wants to spread beneficial information far and wide while counteracting harmful mistruths. Along with MYAN, Markos has volunteered at the Mental Health Foundation of Australia, Meals on Wheels, Sentient Media (an animal rights group) and RESULTS (an anti-poverty organisation).

02.01.2022 MYAN National Multicultural Youth Summit 15th-17th April 2019, Melbourne.

02.01.2022 The Commissioner for Children and Young People WA is keen to hear from young people from WA about experiences of speaking up or making complaints, and to improve the process through young people ideas. Please share this with your networks https://ccypwa.syd1.qualtrics.com/j/form/SV_1QYKkKvNioDtK73

01.01.2022 Dont forget to RSVP for our National Youth Panel on COVD-19 tomorrow (Tuesday 11am-12.45pm). This week we have shared some information about our amazing panellists and we are excited that our very own Youth Leadership Officer, Mehak will be moderating the event focused on Mental Health, Education and Employment. Theres been an amazing response to the event and there are not many spots remaining so RSVP asap!

01.01.2022 "The issues young people are going through right now you cant see through a computer or through an email, it has be through..." Zahra comments on the impact of disruptions to education and the positive approaches she has seen. This is a snippet from the recent National Youth Panel on COVID-19. Well said Zahra!... @MYANWA

01.01.2022 Some great paid internships available for young people at Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY)!

01.01.2022 Some great resources!

01.01.2022 Multicultural Youth Tasmania is hosting a training workshop in Launceston on December 10 that might just be perfect for your work with young people. The National Youth Settlement Framework training will enable participants to respond more effectively to the specific needs of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds in order to support their active and sustained participation in Australian society. The one day workshop:... - Covers the demographics of CALD youth in Tasmania - Discusses the Humanitarian Settlement Program in Tasmania - Explores cultural identity - Introduces the National Youth Settlement Framework - Explores experiences of young people in the settlement journey - Identifies common challenges faced by all young people - Highlights benefits of active social, civic and economic participation in the settlement journey - Applies good practice capabilities - Provides information on services and resources available in the Tasmanian youth sector Register below