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sayaka uchida

Aboriginal people seek refugee status - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - 0 views

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indigenous refugee

shared by sayaka uchida on 26 Aug 09 - Cached
  • A group of Aboriginal people has asked the United Nations to register them as refugees,
  • people of the Alyawarra Nation have been left with no choice because the federal intervention in the Northern Territory has taken away their rights.
  • The community was protesting about their living conditions, including broken septic tanks in their government-owned houses, and about intervention policies.
glen donnar

Hip-hop helps build bridge for city's newcomers - 0 views

www.theage.com.au/...s-newcomers-20090725-dww4.html

immigration australia communication program mentor intercultural

shared by glen donnar on 26 Jul 09 - Cached
  • A dynamic music program is helping migrants connect to their new home
  • His experiences as a migrant give him the perspective needed to work with other newcomers."There's a system, and many people get trapped in that system," he says. "They put you in a housing commission flat when you first arrive as a refugee
  • I was battling a lot of things, like racism and stuff, and hip-hop helped me understand a lot of things about the government, about what happened back in Africa — it gives me more self-confidence to be here. So if I face racism I don't take it personally, I think, 'Maybe I need to educate you about some stuff.' "
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  • Both MCs have day jobs as youth workers and that can feed into the hip-hop workshops.
  • "You've got to understand how much the media affects young people, in so many ways," says Azmarino. "For example, the African community — what happened a few years ago in Kensington was all over Channel Seven, and it made them feel like they were a gang. That's like putting oil in the fire. They're teenagers and they're already feeling all those things, and then they were getting disrespected by the whole of Melbourne."
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