The UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion and the Refugee Advice & Casework Service and presenting a special Refugee Week event for NSW high school students.  

Facilitated by Verity Firth, Executive Director of Social Justice, University of Technology Sydney, the panel includes:

• Hani Abdile, journalism student, writer and poet, she was forced to leave her home country of Somalia and come to Australia seeking protection in 2014.  
  
  
• Bakhit David, arrived in Australia from Sudan when he was 17. He has been a volunteer interpreter at Mercy House of Welcome and volunteered at youth organisation, Rotaract Australia. He is currently studying Community Services at TAFE.
   
• Genevieve Howe, joined RACS legal team after working in Nauru. She has a strong background in volunteering with legal NGOs in Australia and overseas.
  
  
• Dorothy Hoddinott AO was principal of Holroyd High School where 60% of all students were of refugee background.
  
  

The theme of this years’ Refugee Week is Unity Moving Forward. The panel will discuss:

• The process for seeking safety in Australia
  
  
• What it’s like to be seeking asylum in Australia
  
  
• The challenges of living here on a Temporary Visa
  
  
• The challenges for refugee children and young people
  
  
• How young people can get involved in these social justice issues 
  
  

Further information

• Suitable for years 7-12.
  
  
• Please SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS to the panel prior to the event at [email protected]
  
  
• Resources and teaching materials:
  
  
• https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/classroom-resources-for-teachers/
  
  
• Further details please contact [email protected]

Registration link for this event

https://utsmeet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WDlF_6-1Tn2KFC4ddIfSlw