Victoria University launched, Understanding reporting barriers and support needs for those experiencing racism in Victoria, a new report about the damaging effects of racism, why those impacted often stay silent, and ways to improve anti-racism support across Victoria. Racism is a widespread experience among many multicultural communities and there are certain places in Australia where it’s more likely to happen.
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Remembering that which holds us together
Bishop Philip Huggins writes about matters that are important to the heart. Our spiritual practice is offered as part of seeking good relationships with each other. Part of our spiritual practice which we can offer to the other is the 100 days of meditation upto International Day of Peace, September 21. Given the current tensions and theatres of conflict on Earth, we need programs that help us better appreciate each other’s story of faith and life. We need to recognise and acknowledge true humanness.
Victoria: Anglican Church and First Nations Matters
The Anglican Province of Victoria will commence a new Indigenous ministry and reconciliation initiative to strengthen the participation and leadership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the Anglican Church. The project will be led by Wiradjuri elder and Anglican priest, the Reverend Canon Glenn Loughrey.
Victoria: Peace Kitchen at Asian Heritage Week
Join Peace Kitchen for a facilitated dinner at Yum Sing House where we will dive deep into how it feels being a migrant in Australia. This Peace Kitchen event will be on Wednesday 5 June, from 6:30pm. Come by yourself or with friends/family/colleagues for good food and meaningful conversations about identity, cultural heritage, and navigating feelings of imposter syndrome.
Military Security or Human Security? A Vision for Australia today
Pax Christi will conduct an interactive webinar as a first step to exploring a deeper conversation about our security as a nation. What will give human security as we step day by day into a future bounded by the uncertainty of AUKUS, ANZUS or any other pact we may have entered into as a sovereign nation? These, and other questions will be explored in an online webinar on 29 February.
Darebin Interfaith Council
The City of Darebin (inner Melbourne) is seeking new members for the Darebin Interfaith Council. The Darebin Interfaith Council provides strategic advice to Council on issues affecting faith communities, informing Council decision-making about policy, programs, and services.
Victoria: Shekinah
Shekinah is the focus of an event hosted by the Quakers. Shekinah is a Hebrew word meaning “dwelling” or “settling” and denotes the presence of God. This exploration of Shekinah will be held on Thursday 7 December 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm at the Victorian Quaker Centre, 484 William St, Melbourne.
Catholic diocese finds lived experience rife in examination of domestic and family violence
Supporting Victoria’s Jewish And Islamic Communities
The Victorian Government is investing in the safety of Victorian faith communities, with new support to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia to make sure communities feel safe, welcomed and celebrated.
Statement by Multicultural Arts Victoria
The Board of Multicultural Arts Victoria acknowledge the distress that the growing conflict in the Middle East is having overseas and locally. The crisis in Gaza and Israel is affecting many in our communities and our hearts are with those who are suffering or grieving the profound loss of friends and loved ones in the region.
Victorian Interfaith Networks Festival
The Faith Communities Council of Victoria, in partnership with Merri-bek Interfaith Network and City of Merri-bek, would like to invite you to the 2023 Victorian Interfaith Networks Festival on Sunday, November 19 2023 at the Coburg Town Hall.
Nostra Aetate: Interfaith Conversations for Today
In the spirit of Nostra Aetate, Garratt Publishing – in conjunction with Yarra Theological Union – invites you to a new four-session webinar series exploring other religious traditions from a Catholic perspective.
This new series features Catholic scholars in conversation with a leader from the Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, and Islamic traditions.
The webinar sessions will occur on Monday Evenings – 4, 11, 18 September, and 9 October, 2023.
