Race Relations: Racism in Victoria
Statewide Forum ReportDate of Publication: May 4, 2013On 4 April 2013, CMY hosted the first Statewide Forum for 2013 on racism in Victoria. The forum addressed contemporary manifestations of racism;...
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Youth Forum ReportDate of Publication: March 21, 2013This report explores what was discussed at the Race Relations: Racism in Victoria Youth Forum. The forum brought young people from migrant and...
View ArticleResponding to Racism in Schools
Date of Publication: June 19, 2010An introduction to racism and what different organisations do in response to racism in schools. Documents: Responding to Racism in Schools 2010.pdfPublication Era:...
View ArticleEveryday Reality
Racism and Young PeopleDate of Publication: September 4, 2014Despite the diversity of the Victorian community, racism is an everyday reality for young people of migrant and refugee background. Against...
View ArticleMy Past, My Present, My Future
On 9th September 2014, CMY celebrated 25 years of service to multicultural young people across Victoria. To mark this occassion, CMY held a symposium that brought together some of Australia’s foremost...
View ArticleFair and Accurate?
Migrant and refugee young people, crime and the mediaDate of Publication: October 30, 2014The public perception of young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds is often associated with crime or...
View ArticleGame Plan - Helping young people get in the game
October 5, 2016 Game Plan is a suite of resources to support sports clubs to increase their cultural diversity and to attract and retain young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in sport and...
View ArticleBright Futures: Report on wellbeing of young people from refugee and migrant...
November 28, 2017VicHealth, CSIRO’s Data61 and the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN) released a report looking at the trends impacting young refugees and migrants’ wellbeing last week.The...
View ArticleMessage from our CEO
November 22, 2017Over the past few weeks, there has been a barrage of media commentary about the involvement of young people from African backgrounds, especially South Sudanese, in crime.A recent A...
View ArticleCEO Message: ‘There is an issue to address but don’t demonise a whole...
January 8, 2018The current media reporting and political commentary on the issues of youth crime in Victoria is deeply concerning to me as the CEO of the Centre for Multicultural Youth. We work with...
View ArticleBright Futures: Report on wellbeing of young people from refugee and migrant...
November 28, 2017VicHealth, CSIRO’s Data61 and the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN) released a report looking at the trends impacting young refugees and migrants’ wellbeing last week.The...
View ArticleMessage from our CEO
November 22, 2017Over the past few weeks, there has been a barrage of media commentary about the involvement of young people from African backgrounds, especially South Sudanese, in crime.A recent A...
View ArticleCEO Message: ‘There is an issue to address but don’t demonise a whole...
January 8, 2018The current media reporting and political commentary on the issues of youth crime in Victoria is deeply concerning to me as the CEO of the Centre for Multicultural Youth. We work with...
View ArticleCEO Message: 'Our collective efforts to fight against racism and...
August 15, 2018Like many others we are appalled and disgusted by the comments made by Queensland Senator Fraser Anning yesterday in regards to Australia’s immigration policy.We are a nation built on...
View ArticleHow we're combatting racism in schools
September 3, 2018The students and teaching staff at the first-ever CurioUS Community of Practice in August 2018 shared that belonging to them means “having a place and a role”, being “happy to be...
View Article‘Don’t drag me into this’: Growing up South Sudanese in Victoria after the...
Date of Publication: October 31, 2018This report presents the findings from the first phase of an ongoing research project titled Intergenerational Perspectives on the Criminalization of Young People...
View ArticleIt’s up to us all talk about racism, so why is it so hard?
November 21, 2018One Roof Women: The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) in partnership with The Wheeler Centre, and The Multicultural Centre for Women's Health (MCWH), is proud to present this...
View Article'It is times like this that define a society': CMY CEO on St Kilda Rally
January 9, 2019Statement from CMY CEO, Carmel GuerraI echo the sentiments of many others, our Board, staff and volunteers at CMY when I strongly condemn the racist rally that unfolded this past...
View ArticleMulticultural Youth Australia Census Status Report 2017/18
Date of Publication: January 31, 2019Australia’s young people are more mobile and culturally diverse than ever before. While this brings many advantages, multicultural young people face challenges that...
View ArticleCEO message: We will not be divided
March 21, 2019On behalf of all CMY staff and the CMY Board I would like to express our deep regret and remorse at learning of the tragedy that occurred last Friday at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood...
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