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‘Good people can do bad things unconsciously’: NFPs urged to reflect on racism and implicit bias

Luke Michael, Thursday, 2nd September 2021 - “It’s hard work, but it’s important work, especially if we really want to create change for different communities and create projects and services that are sustainable” …

Charities urged to create safer environment for people of colour

Luke Michael, Thursday, 1st July 2021 - New research shows a majority of women of colour experience discrimination in the workplace The not-for-profit sector is in need of a “shakeup” to better reflect the diversity of …

Real action needed on Aboriginal deaths in custody

Eddie Cubillo, Thursday, 15th April 2021 - It’s 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody but families continue to lose loved ones amid high incarceration rates, making the need for effective action…

Why we cannot wait for the social enterprise sector to become diverse

Weh Yeoh, Thursday, 19th November 2020 - This year’s Social Enterprise Day aims to highlight the diversity across the social enterprise sector. Here, Weh Yeoh, CEO and co-founder of social enterprise Umbo, shares…

‘First-aid for racism’: New workshops to tackle a rise in anti-Asian racism

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 9th September 2020 - This initiative is designed to counter a rise in racism against Asian people in Australia A new series of online workshops is looking to fill a gap in the mental health system by supporting…

Racism, coronavirus and collective trauma

Dr Cathy Kezelman AM, Wednesday, 12th August 2020 - Dr Cathy Kezelman AM looks at how the events around the world over the past few months, abuses of power, inequality and injustice are driving our individual and collective trauma.…

Fears COVID-19 could make the far right more dangerous than ever

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 27th May 2020 - There are concerns the crisis will be used to radicalise young people The COVID-19 pandemic could bring a potentially deadly wave of right wing extremism into Australia, anti-racism…

Racism in the media

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 12th November 2019 - 57 per cent of opinion pieces discussing race involve racist language or themes Racism is a systemic issue in Australian media, a new report has found, revealing that more than half…

Let’s talk about racism

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 17th July 2019 - How does race shape our lives? What does racism look like? What can we do to address it? These are some of the questions highlighted in a guide to having conversations about racism, launched…

Standing up and Speaking Out on a Broken System

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 19th November 2018 - Anthony Kelly is executive officer of the Police Accountability Project – an initiative run out of the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre – which provides legal aid…

Podcast: Australia’s True Colours – On the Borderline

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 18th October 2016 - Contemporary Australia is the product of multiple waves of immigration, but now anti-immigration sentiment is on the rise. Today, almost half of Australians have a parent born overseas…

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