A PLACE TO CALL HOME

Collect your Events Calendar from the Australian Migrant Resource Centre (AMRC), 23 Coglin Street, , 9.00am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday, or visit the AMRC website www.amrc.org.au and click on ‘Events’. A PLACE TO CALL HOME

Monday 22 May 6.00 pm Saturday 17 June 5.00 pm Monday 19 June 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Wednesday 21 June 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm Saturday 24 June 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm hursday 29 June 6.00 pm for a 6.15 pm start – 7.30 pm Soroptimist Naracoorte Branch Liberian Community of SA (LICOSA) in Australian Migrant Resource Centre, the Bob Hawke Healthy Development Adelaide The Rural City of Murray Bridge, Murraylands MRC Rotary Club of Edwardstown and Naracoorte MRC collaboration with Liberian Men SA Prime Ministerial Centre and the University of South Multicultural Youth and Families and ac.care Rotary Serving Humanity Soroptimist Monthly Meeting and Liberian Australian Service Foundation Australia, School of Art, Architecture and Design All Culture Fest Settlement Challenges Speakers will include Ms Eugenia Tsoulis, OAM, CEO of the The Rotary Club of Edwardstown invites members of the community Newly arrived refugees speak about their migration 2017 Youth Poster Exhibition Australian Migrant Resource Centre; Dr Joseph Masika, OAM; An event featuring local cultural performances, a citizenship to join the club and serve humanity, which includes humanitarian experience, and a former AMEP facilitator speaks about and Achievements of LICOSA and Presentation of Awards Ms Rosie Antenucci; and Ms Tamara Stewart-Jones. ceremony and an afternoon tea for the whole community. work and community service as well as the opportunity to volunteer the settlement experience. Liberian Men SA 8th annual celebration in recognition Rumours, Level 6, Union House, University of Adelaide, Murray Bridge Town Hall, 13–17 Bridge Street, Murray Bridge SA and be friends of Rotary. of the settlement challenges and achievements of the Bushman’s Arms Hotel, 20 Robertson Street, Naracoorte SA Launch by the Hon. Susan Close MP, North Terrace Adelaide SA Contact Simone Zrna, (08) 8539 1182, [email protected] Marion Hotel, 849 Marion Road, Mitchell Park SA Liberian Community of SA. Minister for Education and Child Development Contact Jenny Stirling, 0409 103 153, [email protected] Contact Anne Jurisevic, (08) 8313 8222 (Wednesdays and Fridays), Contact Dr Joseph Masika, OAM, 0431 416 615, Saturday 24 June 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Road, Enfield AS Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Hawke Building, [email protected] [email protected] Thursday 1 June 6.00 pm Level 3, University of SA, 55 North Terrace, International Evangelical Pentecostal Church Welcome Salisbury in partnership with Contact Talata Sheriff (Chairperson), 0413 962 539, www.adelaide.edu.au/hda www.edwardstownrotary.org Baptist Care, STTARS, Life Without Barriers, [email protected] (cnr Fenn Place and North Terrace), Adelaide SA http://www.facebook.com/HealthyDevelopmentAdelaide African Gospel Choirs Multicultural Communities Council of SA, https://twitter.com/HDA_SA Friday 30 June 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Contact Matti Spellacy, (08) 8217 9545, [email protected] Join us for a wonderful concert of African gospel music Northern Area MRC in partnership with Australian Refugee Association, City of Salisbury, Saturday 17 June 6.00 pm performed in English and various African languages. Red Cross, Lutheran Community Care, Anglicare Mount Gambier MRC Thursday 22 June 9.00 am – 3.00 pm Paralowie R–12 School SA, Build the Bridge, St John’s Anglican Church, Official Launch of SA Refugee Week AMEP/English Language Service/TAFE SA Enfield Uniting Church, 2 Park Street, Sefton Park SA Diversity and Civic Participation: Australian Migration Options, and Morella Tuesday 20 June 10.30 am – 3.30 pm Tickets can be purchased on the night: Community Centre Health Performance Council Stories and Presentations and Launch of the Karen and adults $15, children under 12 years free New and Emerging Communities AMEP classes collaborating to share stories; oral presentations; Information from service providers and the Women’s Celebrating Refugees Karenni Women 10 Year Settlement Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and show-and-tell items, photos and maps from their countries. Community Dinner Celebrations Communities Leaders’ Forum Saturday 24 June 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Social Enterprise project. TAFE SA, Adelaide City Campus – various classrooms, Armenian Cultural Association of SA Twelve25 Salisbury Youth Enterprise Centre, Join us at Welcome Salisbury as we celebrate refugees and enjoy Mount Gambier North School and Main Corner, A forum bringing together community leaders, policymakers 120 Currie Street, Adelaide SA 17–19 Wiltshire Street, Salisbury SA a free community dinner and entertainment. All welcome. 1 Bay Road, Mount Gambier SA and academics for equity in health outcomes for culturally and Armenian Music and Song Day linguistically diverse people. Contact Kasia Nanky, (08) 8226 6555, [email protected] The Armenian community coming together to celebrate Contact Reagan Bledee, (08) 8256 5700, [email protected] Contact Megs Lamb, [email protected] Contact Anelia Blackie, (08) 8726 4800, [email protected] their rich cultural heritage through music, songs and dance. Social media links – www.facebook.com/welcomesalisbury Adelaide Pavilion, Veale Gardens, Thursday 22nd june 10.00am Saturday 1 July 10.30 am – 3.00 pm https://www.facebook.com/events/688879421273910/ Sunday 18 June – Saturday 24 June 10.00 am – 4.00 pm cnr South Terrace and Peacock Road, Adelaide SA MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITIES COUNCIL AND AUSTRALIAN Greek Community Hall, Iraqi Women’s Voice of SA Mount Gambier MRC MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTRE 101 Goodwood Road, Goodwood SA (entry via Rosa Street) Contact Jill Fraser, (08) 8226 3188, Eid-al-Fitr Celebration Monday 5 June – Wednesday 28 June Karen and Karenni Women 10 Year Contact Anna Amirkhanyan, (08) 8217 9521, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm weekdays [email protected] IN OUR OWN VOICES FORUM Iraqi women coming together to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr SA Refugee Week Committee; Settlement Celebrations www.hpcsa.com.au Introduced by The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of Adelaide, [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/ACASAInc/ and Refugee Week by sharing their settlement stories. Department For Education and Child Development; Exhibition of arts and costumes celebrating 10 years of successful Martin Haese Australian Migrant Resource Centre; Bonython Park, Adelaide SA settlement of Karen and Karenni Women in Mount Gambier. A project telling the stories of individuals from countries in the Saturday 24 June 4.30 pm Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre; Contact Meriam Shabbar, 0401 005 913 and the School of Art, Architecture and Design, Mount Gambier North School and Main Corner, Middle East – their migration journey, settlement and contribution Adelaide Tamil Language School Tuesday 20 June 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm to Australian society. University of SA 1 Bay Road, Mount Gambier SA Government House, SA Refugee Week Committee Parents’ and Students’ Get-Together Saturday 1 July 3.00 pm Refugee Week Student Contact Anelia Blackie, (08) 8726 4800, [email protected] and the Australian Migrant Resource Centre Banqueting Room, Adelaide Town Hall, King William Street, Performance by students, followed by afternoon tea. Riverland MRC Adelaide SA Poster Exhibition Sunday 18 June 12 Noon – 2.00 pm Burnside Primary School, 11 High Street, Burnside SA Community Celebration An exhibition of posters by young artists from SA schools Ethiopian Women’s Group Thursday 22 June 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Contact Nirmala Kuganesan, 0412 229 178, for Eid-al-Fitr Launch of Muslim Women’s Association of SA and tertiary institutions. Ethiopian Women’s Successful [email protected] or [email protected] Celebrating Eid-al-Fitr with the local community, including Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, University of SA, City West Campus Know Your Town guest speakers from the council and the Afghani community. SA Refugee Week 2017 Saturday 24 June 5.30 pm Hawke Building, Level 3, 55 North Terrace Settlement Story A tour of places of interest in the Adelaide City Council area. Chaffey Community Centre, 86 Nineteenth Street, Renmark SA Ethiopian women sharing their stories and successes by His Excellency the Hon. Mr Hieu Van Le, AC, The Chin Community of SA (cnr Fenn Place and North Terrace), Adelaide SA Muslim Women’s Association of SA, in settlement as well as in life. Governor of Launch of Community Bus Contact Rajab Ali, 0409 102 194, [email protected] Contact Renee Jolly, (08) 8302 0371, [email protected] Level 4, 182 Victoria Square, Adelaide SA www.amrc.org.au (by invitation) Government House, North Terrace, Adelaide SA The Chin Community of SA will officially launch the recently Contact Shaista Kalaniya, (08) 8212 0800, Wednesday 7 June 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm St Urael Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, (by invitation) purchased Chin community bus. The community bus will be used Saturday 1 July 5.00 pm ABC Radio Adelaide Evening Program [email protected], www.mwasa.org.au 6–12 Oban Street, Ferryden Park SA for community events, such as transporting children to the Hakha Afghan United Association of SA and Chin Ethnic School and transporting elderly community members the Wali-E-Asr Centre Management Committee Interview with Refugee Community Contact Zeleka Habtegiorgis, (08) 8217 9536, [email protected] Thursday 22 June 2.00 pm Australian Migrant Resource Centre and the to church services. Launch of the Wali-E-Asr Centre Members, Evenings with Peter Goers, Tuesday 20 June 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm Department for Education and Child Development Sunday 18 June 12.30 – 5.30 pm City of West Torrens – Community Services Salisbury Uniting Church, and to Celebrate Iftar ABC Radio Adelaide 891 AM Anglicare SA, in partnership with Launch of the Positive Parenting cnr of Park Terrace and Brown Terrace, Salisbury SA People of refugee background sharing their personal experiences the Australian Refugee Association, Weave Away Wali-e-Asr Centre, 12 Barfield Crescent, Edinburgh North SA Welcome to Australia, Red Cross Contact Roy Nawl or Van Bawi, 0406 902 554, and challenges in Australia. Join us for free learning sessions on how to use old quilt covers Program (Triple P) (by invitation) and Football Federation of SA The Australian Migrant Resource Centre is partnering with [email protected] Contact Claudia Cream, OAM, People of Australia Ambassador, to make toothbrush rugs (rag rugs), floor mats and trivets. Contact Hussain Razaiat, (08) 8212 0451, [email protected] the Department for Education and Child Development to 0404 602 234, [email protected] Soccer Carnival Hamra Centre Library Sunroom, 1 Brooker Terrace, Hilton SA Saturday 24 June 6.30 pm (Refugee Week Kick Off) implement the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) in new Kurdish Australian Association of SA Inc Saturday 1 July 6.00 pm Friday 16 June 9.00 am – 3.00 pm Contact Amanda Johnston or Hanna Jasinska, (08) 8416 6228, and emerging communities. Middle Eastern Communities Council of SA Family friendly soccer tournament, children’s activities, Cultural and Poem Night Naracoorte MRC and Naracoorte High School [email protected], www.westtorrens.sa.gov.au AMRC, 23 Coglin Street, Adelaide SA multicultural food, and youth coaching soccer workshop. Community members coming together to read their own poetry Volleyball Tournament Bounce Back with Resilience The Parks Football Centre, 2–46 Cowan Street, Angle Park SA Tuesday 20 June 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm Contact Cynthia Caird, (08) 8217 9539, [email protected], as well as poems by renowned poets – all welcome to attend. A volleyball tournament between Middle Eastern community STTARS and the Welcome Centre www.amrc.org.au members and clubs from the broader South Australian community. Mental Health Festival Contact Tamara Mascarenhas, (08) 8354 2951, Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Road, Enfield AS To promote awareness of mental health and wellbeing among Stories of Belonging www.facebook.com/australianmigrantresourcecentre Kilburn Community Centre, 59 Gladstone Street, Kilburn SA [email protected] Contact Vahedeh Mansoury and Assad Ibrahimi, 0435 431 850, children aged 7–12 years. – An Afghan Perspective Thursday 22 June 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm [email protected] Contact Hussain Razaiat, (08) 8212 0451, [email protected] Sunday 18 June 2.30 pm – 3.00 pm Naracoorte Town Square, Smith Street, Naracoorte SA STTARS and the Welcome Centre present two unique documentaries Department for Child Protection Chin Burmese Community of SA Tuesday 4 July 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm offering insight into the reality of cultural belonging. Please RSVP. Sunday 25 June 9.00 am Contact Jessie Cope, (08) 8762 1333, Child Protection Reform: New and Bordertown MRC Arabic Women’s Speaking Group [email protected] Candlelight Vigil The Welcome Centre, 100 Drayton Street, Bowden SA Emerging Community Leaders’ Forum Celebrating the courage and resilience of refugees, praying Eid-al-Fitr Celebration Eid-al-Fitr Celebration Contact Ashlynn Bayley, 0403 913 114, [email protected] A forum bringing together new and emerging community leaders Friday 16 June 6.00pm – 10.30pm for those who have perished, and hoping for a better future. Everyone coming together to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr and Refugee Week Arabic-speaking women and families come together to celebrate OFM Chosen Generation Youth Group and and the SA Department for Child Protection to share knowledge by sharing their settlement stories. Eid-al-Fitr. the African Communities Council of SA Adelaide Chin Christian Church, Wednesday 21 June – Friday 23 June 10.00 am – 11.30 am and experiences of parenting, to inform and engage with the 20 Shillabeer Road, Elizabeth Park SA Thebarton Senior College Bordertown MRC, 26 Woolshed Street, Bordertown SA (by invitation) The African Youth Night is in and the Migration Museum department on child protection reform and to provide crucial input Contact Simon Cinzah, 0402 755 622, [email protected] from culturally and linguistically diverse communities for shaping Contact Tracey Grosser, (08) 8752 1000, [email protected] 23 Coglin Street, Adelaide SA recognition of African Child's Day Our Refugees Present these reforms. Contact Ferial Shabibi, (08) 8217 9502, [email protected] OFM Chosen Generation Youth Group will showcase their talents, Sunday 18 June 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm Thebarton Senior College refugee and migrant students present Wednesday 28 June 10.30 am – 12.00 noon Lakes Community of SA AMRC, 23 Coglin Street, Adelaide SA share their stories and promote their culture through dancing, their cultures by sharing their stories and art. Overseas Chinese Association of SA Contact Dr Joseph Masika, OAM (08) 8207 2455 or 0409 409 076, singing and acting. The short filmShadow will be screened to Peace Prayers for South Sudan Migration Museum, 82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA My Journey with Hot Cha demonstrate some of the settlement changes encountered [email protected] The Lakes Community offering prayers for peace in South Sudan. Come along to the Overseas Chinese Association tea party by migrant and refugee young people when negotiating the Contact Madelena Bendo, (08) 8207 7580, (by invitation) [email protected] (Migration Museum) Thursday 22 June 7.00 pm – 10.00 pm and share the positive stories and successful experiences educational system in Australia. Dinner and Entry Free. – Box Factory Community Centre or Baart Groot, (08) 8195 3100, [email protected] of refugees, migrants, volunteers and staff. Star Theatres, 145 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton SA St Luke’s Anglican Church, 45 Whitmore Square, Adelaide SA 2016 SA Refugee Week Committee (Thebarton Senior College) Colourfest Movie Night (by invitation) Australian Migrant Resource Centre (convenor) Contact Sata Fahnbulleh, 0401 738 854, [email protected] Contact Deng Manyoun 0401 800 935, [email protected] Everyone is invited to enjoy a collection of short films Overseas Chinese Association of SA, 110 Crittenden Road, Findon SA African Communities Council of SA or Annette Osei-Kumah, 0450 142 505, [email protected] Wednesday 21 June – Saturday 24 June 10.00 am – 2.00 pm Sunday 18 June 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm Graham F Smith Peace Foundation from Colourfest. Baptist Care North Adelaide Community Centre Contact Fong Ung, (08) 8445 1677, [email protected] Friday 16 June 7.30 pm and the Spire Community Box Factory Community Centre, 59 Regent Street, Adelaide SA City of West Torrens AMRC Arts and Sonic Heart Refugee Week Free Contact Viviana Waller, (08) 8203 7113, [email protected] Wednesday 28 June 11.00 am – 12.00 noon Middle Eastern Communities Council of SA Hope’s Café Peace Path Australian Migrant Resource Centre Sufi Music Performance Community Concert Over four days, community members and refugees will create http://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/your-community/community- Multicultural Communities Council of SA Sufi style music and dance performed by musicians from Pakistan, A community event celebrating cultural diversity in the local a peace path, both the background of the path and its foreground development/community-centres/box-factory-community-centre/ Open Day at Australian Migrant Multicultural Youth Link SA community, featuring a Tibetan drumming group. of messages about offshore detention. Afghanistan and Persia. Friday 23 June 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Resource Centre Crèche Muslim Women’s Association Trinity Uniting Church, 318 Goodwood Road, Clarence Park SA North Adelaide Community Centre (entry via side laneway) Street frontage of the Clayton Uniting Wesley Church, African Communities Council of SA Australian Migrant Resource Centre (AMRC) welcomes children, Northern Area MRC 280 Portrush Road, Beulah Park SA Contact Keith Preston, (08) 8217 9547, [email protected], 176 Tynte Street, North Adelaide SA Community Consultative Workshop parents and visitors to the crèche at the AMRC building. Come TAFE SA English Language Centre www.amrc.org.au Contact Kellie Kulinski, (08) 8203 7811, [email protected] Contact David Winnderlich, 0419 723 204, and learn about the crèche services and share your story over Thebarton Senior College [email protected] – Youth Empowerment a cup of tea. Welcome to Australia http://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/your-community/community- Talks, questions and answers as well as recitals and performances (by invitation) Women’s Legal Service development/community-centres/north-adelaide-community-centre by young people. AMRC, 23 Coglin Street, Adelaide SA AMRC, 23 Coglin Street, Adelaide SA Contact Ferial Shabibi, (08) 8217 9504, [email protected] Contact Annette Osei-Kumah, (08) 8410 3905, [email protected] or Michelle Dieu, (08) 8217 9505, [email protected], www.amrc.org.au T

Collect your Events Calendar Australian Migrant Resource Centre (AMRC), 23 Coglin Street, Adelaide, 9.00am – 4.30pm AMRC CHIEF Patron / His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS / PRIMARY / Adelaide Tamil Language School / Concordia College, St John’s Campus / Flinders Park Primary School / Grange Primary School / The Hills Montessori School / Ingle Farm Primary School / Klemzig Primary School / McLaren Vale Primary School / Mount Gambier North Primary School / Monday to Friday, or visit the AMRC website Governor of South Australia AMRC PatronS / The Hon. Christopher Kourakis, North Adelaide Primary School / Norwood Primary School / Ocean View College / Para Vista Preschool – Seven / St Aloysius College (Junior) / St David’s Parish School / St Francis Xavier’s School / St Michaels College, Beverley / Sturt Street Community School / Warradale Primary School / SECONDARY / Adelaide High School / www.amrc.org.au and click on ‘Events’. Chief Justice, Supreme Court of South Australia / The Hon. Amanda Vanstone / Adelaide Secondary School of English / Booleroo Centre District School / Brighton Secondary School / Christian Brothers College / Concordia College / Cornerstone College / Glenunga International High School / Mount Gambier High School / Mount Gambier North / Murray Bridge High School Disability Unit / The Hon. Robyn Layton, AO, QC Ocean View College / Our Lady of Sacred Heart College / Sacred Heart College / Scotch College Adelaide / Seaton High School / St Aloysius College / Thebarton Senior College / Woodville High School / TERTIARY / The University of Adelaide / TAFE SA Tea Tree Gully / University of South Australia