[Commpsych] FW: Centre forPublic Policy: April 2012 'FREE PUBLIC FORUM' Talking about racism: Equality and social cohesion in Australia

[Heather Gridley]

Free Public Forum Series



The Centre for Public Policy is pleased to announce the second in its 2012 series of FREE PUBLIC FORUMS- Monday 2nd April

Talking about racism: Equality and social cohesion in Australia
Speaker: Dr Helen Szoke, Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Respondent: Dr Millsom Henry-Waring, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Melbourne

Dr Helen Szoke is leading the development of Australia’s National Anti-Racism Strategy which aims to promote a clear understanding in the Australian community of what racism is and how it can be prevented and reduced. The Australian Government committed to developing a National Anti-Racism Strategy as part of Australia’s multicultural policy, The People of Australia. It is anticipated that the Strategy will be launched in July 2012 and implemented between 2012 and 2015. Public consultations about the proposed strategy will begin at the end of March.

This CPP Public Forum provides an opportunity for all those interested in tackling racism in Australia to hear from the Race Discrimination Commissioner and to contribute to this ongoing conversation.

Dr Helen Szoke was appointed as Australia’s full time Race Discrimination Commissioner on 5th September 2011 for a five year term. Prior to this Helen was the Commissioner for the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission between 2004-11. During her period in office Helen oversaw the introduction of the charter of human right and the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic). Helen was also co –chair of Play by the Rules, a unique partnership between the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Sports Commission and other agencies, that offered online advice, information and learning about combating discrimination, harassment and child abuse in the sport and recreation industry.

Dr Szoke has held positions in a range of public service and not for profit organisations. She is currently a board member of Multicultural Arts Victoria, a member of the advisory committee for the Centre for International Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and patron of New Beginnings, a collaboration between Sudanese and non-Sudanese Australians to break cycles of conflict, and patron of the Australian Arabic Women’s Foundation.

Millsom Henry-Waring is Discipline Chair and a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Melbourne. She is one of the joint Chief Investigators on the Australian Research Council Linkage Project “Resettling Visible Migrants and Refugees in Rural and Regional Australia”, conducted in partnership with the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) and the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship (OMAC) in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

The Project aims to examine the interrelated social, economic and political factors that shape the resettlement experiences of recently arrived and arguably more visible migrants and refugees living primarily in rural and regional areas. Millsom joined the University of Melbourne in February 2003. Prior to Australia, she was based in the UK and graduated from Durham and Stirling Universities. She received her PhD at Monash University in 2002, which was awarded the prestigious Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Jean Martin Award for the Best Sociology Thesis in Australia 2003/4. Millsom's research and teaching interests are based around notions of visibility, difference, otherness, blackness and whiteness, specifically in the areas of identity, intimacy, popular culture, new technologies, nationalism and multiculturalism

The forum will take place on Monday 2nd April 2012 from 5.30 -7.30pm at the University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus.

Venue:
Room G08, Ground Floor
Melbourne Law School (Building 106)
The University of Melbourne
185 Pelham Street
Carlton

Map<http://maps.unimelb.edu.au/parkville/building/106>

To register your interest in the event please go to: alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/helenszoke<http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/helenszoke>

For any queries please contact Ms Georgi Cahill, Centre Administrator, Ms Georgi Cahill<mailto:georgina.cahill at unimelb.edu.au>



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