As many Australians mark January 26 in their calendars, preparing for a long weekend of barbecues and catch-ups with friends, more and more people are pausing and choosing not to celebrate a date that does not reflect the values we aspire to as a nation. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, this day is
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On Sunday 7th December, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) hosted its annual Festive Food Drive, and once again, our community showed extraordinary generosity. For more than years, we have opened our garage doors at ASRC Footscray each December to receive donations of food and toiletries that help stock our Foodbank during the summer months
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Today the world commemorates the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948. Adopted in the aftermath of World War II, this declaration marked the first time nations collectively committed to universally protect the inalienable rights of every human being, regardless of race,
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Every day at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), we see how safety begins in the small things: a warm meal, familiar staples, the right medication, a conversation in one’s own language or a door opened to someone with nowhere to go. These are all foundations that help people seeking asylum rebuild their confidence and
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Each year on International Volunteers Day, we pause to honour the extraordinary people who make the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre a place of dignity, hope and welcome. Our volunteers bring compassion to life – greeting people with warmth, serving meals with care, offering specialised skills and showing up, day after day, to stand with refugees
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