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"The impact is not felt equally, climate change is suffered by the ones that are more exposed. This includes CALD people, migrants & refugees." - Windie Perwira Sari, Griffith University. Day 2 of the #FECCAConference2024

"Australia's most trusted news media." A big thank you our media partner @SBS for being part of the FECCA Conference 2024! We're grateful for their support & look forward to helping celebrate half a century of delivering FREE multi-lingual content in 2025!! #feccaconference2024

We asked “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮?” & received submissions from people of diverse backgrounds, ages & locations. Hear some of the messages in this video - a representation of our collective vision for the future

Did you visit our Poster displays in the exhibition hall? Manu Conference speakers have Posters on display - make sure you check them out during breaks to learn more about their work & meet like-minded people who are interested in similar topics and areas.

𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 topic was Social Cohesion , Anti-Discrimination>: - Stephen Mam, First Nations Senior Advisor - Carlo Carli, Chair, FECCA - Adama Kamara, Deputy CEO, Refugee Council of Australia - Giridharan Sivaraman, Race Discrimination Commissioner

𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗸𝗲, Republic of Burundi, Minister for National Solidarity, Social Affairs, Human Rights & Gender She also shared her story from living in poverty to becoming the first Twa woman in Burundi Govt!

Presentation from Max Chandler-Mather MP, commenting on media reports claiming the housing crisis is a result of migration. He also shared examples of countries, like the Netherlands, where multicultural & social diversity within communities has been successfully implemented.

Gala entertainment: - Welcome to Country by 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗵, - Poetry, storytelling & music from 𝗛𝘂𝗱𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘀 & 𝗖𝗶𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 - 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀

Her Excellency Ms Mostyn encouraged us to nominate people in our communities who deserve recognition for the significant impact they have on the life of our nation in the 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 pmc.gov.au/honours.../aus…

It was an honour & delight to have 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗻 𝗔𝗖 spend the day at the Conference as well as attend and speak at the Gala! fecca2024.com.au #feccaconference2024

The Gala Dinner is such a wonderful way to celebrate our diversity, make meaningful new connections, strengthen existing relationships and let off a little steam after an intensive Conference day of big sessions and conversations.

We kept the formalities short and sweet, and focussed on having fun at last night’s Gala Dinner! A big thank you to our Gala sponsors SSI for making this memorable evening possible. fecca2024.com.au #feccaconference2024 #feccaconference #fecca #eccq #meanjin #brisbane

Explore our local Community Stalls including: - mercy’s collection - pacific islands council of Queensland - NJ inspires - ⁠⁠sariling Atin Australia - ⁠⁠Queensland Turkish Women Association fecca2024.com.au

Words Matter. threats and abusive language toward migrant communities increases when public and political discourse wrongly blames CALD people for job shortages and economic challenges. @iFECCA #Fecca24

Too often when governments try to speak to multicultural communities, we make a pamphlet, translate it, and share it to communities. But with critical voices like @iFECCA multicultural people can decide on how to reach out to their communities about their health priorities.

𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱: 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 “Language is our core. Language is the medium of how we express ourselves; who we are, & our identity.” - Agnieszka Chudecka, Flinders University & PICAC Alliance

This is the next generation of Multicultural Australia! “We are committed to supporting and growing a generation of future leaders that is capable of driving change to deliver better outcomes and opportunities for our communities. - Carlo Carli, Chair - FECCA

This morning's Panel Discussion was truly memorable & though-provoking with our esteemed speakers contributing honest insights in their conversations about the National Multicultural Framework Review & our next steps... What do you think? Have you read the Review & Govt response?

👋🏽 Visit our sponsors & exhibitors booths in the exhibition hall! Connect in person with our Conference Partners and Sponsors including: - SSI - SBS - Cultural Perspectives - SydWest Multicultural Services - Australian Department of Home Affairs And many more! #fecca2024

It was great to see so much support from several state and federal Minister's at this morning's Plenary session. The fact there are so many Ministers in attendance shows just how important Multiculturalism is, it also speaks to the great relationships & trust FECCA has built...