Ten quotes from Advocacy and Power Program graduates who are leading the way forward in human rights and refugee activism. On Thursday 26 July, eight people from refugee backgrounds presented their journey and hope for the future. Here are ten quotes from the evening that you too can take with you. 1. “I’m not lived
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Every week the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) Foodbank provides over 700 vulnerable people with basic groceries and necessities. In early August, this number is expected to surge, and the Foodbank needs your help to create 500 Essentials Packs to ensure the most vulnerable in our community don’t go without. The Essentials Packs will be
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Abdul Razzaq is the founder of All Nations Social Cricket (ANSC) and a Cricket Australia Ambassador. Abdul and his wife are newly arrived from Pakistan and are seeking asylum in Australia. Both are part of Advocacy and Power Program and active volunteers in the community. These interviews from All Nations Cricket team demonstrate the importance
Read moreThere are 1600 people, including 123 children in critical condition as 19 July marks five years of Australia’s offshore processing policy. Thursday, 19 July marks five years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared ‘no asylum seeker that arrives in Australia by boat will be resettled in Australia,’ and with that one statement, mandatory offshore
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