Refugee Welcome Forum

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Council is hosting a Refugee Welcome forum to facilitate learning more about what a Refugee Welcome Zone is and how local communities can become involved.

Key Speakers:

  • Cr Greg Conkey OAM, Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga
  • Margaret Piper, Advisory board member of Multicultural NSW
  • Talia Stump, Senior Policy Officer at Multicultural NSW

Thursday 27 June 2019 at the Batlow Literary Institute from 10am to 3pm.

"Being a Refugee Welcome Zone means that we officially acknowledge that refugees are welcomed into the Snowy Valleys community.  The region pledges to uphold the human rights of refugees, work to understand their experiences and acknowledges that refugees can – and do – balance our cultural and religious diversities,” said Cr James Hayes, Mayor Snowy Valleys Council

"We want to gain community ownership and support of this initiative, share information and assess what we have and what we may be lacking and identify what the priority actions should be”.

 All Welcome

RSVP via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/63314271691

For more information please contact Council’s Coordinator Economic Development, Kylie Bradley at [email protected] or call 1300 ASK SVC.

 

 

When

  • Thursday, 27 June 2019 | 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM