Illawarra Ethnic Communities Council - Youth News Online

Busy getting ready for

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The Illawarra Multicultural Youth Conference(IMYC) 3 June 2008
Diversity Forum 5 June 2008
First multicultural youth network meeting 12 June 2008
Refugee week welcome there festival 20 June 2008

New IECC Youth Newsletter Team

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Team Members:
Ken
Samita
Lucas

Email Jen:jen@iecc.org.au to submit our articles,photos,thoughts,ideas,etc to add to the newsletter.

Assist/Support

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Need assist or supporte to Learning(L2L) on 6 May 08. Went to Careers Expo a Unanderra with students from Oak Flats & Figtree High School students

Youth Magazine

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Youth magazine with Mel@PKYD workshops started on 5 May 08 with Warrawong High School students. Program will run over 9 weeks including four of Sydney Morning herald.

Harmony Day

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Youth week event at Cringlila Community Hall with Port Kembla & Cringila Primary Schools in collaboration with 1MS,PKYP & Cringlila Co-op
Thank you to MYDP volunteer for your hard work:
-Ken
-Mary Rose
-Fransiska

What have we been up to

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First volunteer meeting Friday 2nd of May
Volunteer meetings are held on last Friday of the month(subject to change) at 1pm
Please contact Jen
jen@iecc.org.au
or mobile: 0412-132-183

Welcome Here June 2008

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Friendship For Life Ceremony

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Friendship For Life brochure

MYDP Newsletter March 2008

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Headspace Illawarra

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Now Open!

Headspace Illawarra will start seeing young people aged 12 to 25 at our integrated youth centre in Wollongong on 6th February 2008. You can visit headspace Illawarra if you live in the area between Helensburgh and Gerroa. Headspace Illawarra is providing bulk-billed psychological treatment for young people referred by GPs to our clinical psychology service.

Headspace Illawarra

1A Denison Street
WOLLONGONG NSW 2500.
This is behind the CHAIN building,
2 minutes walk from upper Crown St,
or Princes Highway Wollongong.

Hours of Service
Doctor: Tuesday to Thursday 9.15am-12.45pm and 1.15pm-4.45pm

Youth Workers: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

By Appointment

Counsellor
Psychologist
Mental Health Nurse
Drug and Alcohol Workers
Family Support Workers

More information

website: http://www.headspace.org.au/illawarra/

email: louisar@idgp.org.au

Youth Week 2008 Local Calendar of Events

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Tuesday 8th April
PCYC Oztag Schools Gala Day Sporting activities
When?: 10:00 AM

Cost: $3
Where?: Rugby Park - Shoalhaven
About the Event:Primary and High School Divisions. Boys/Girls/Mixed teams. Lunch provided. Free 2008 PCYC membership provided

Contact: David Anthoness 44218588

Wednesday 9th April
Tea & Technology at the Arts Centre Exhibition
When?: 10:30 AM
Cost?: Free
Where?:Arts Centre, Berry Street, Nowra
About the Event: The Design & Technology Exhibition at the Arts Centre will be the focus of a special morning tea and talk to celebrate our spritely senior’s interest in technology by Year 12 students travelling exhibition. Intergenerational drug & alcohol free event
Contact: Tracey Glenn 4429 - 0648

Grand Opening Youth Gym
When? 4pm Cost? Free.
Where? Caddy’s Place, Princes Hwy, Lake Tabourie, across the road from Tabourie Tuckerbox.
About the Event: Drug & Alcohol Free event. Grand opening of new Youth Gym, an inititiative and partnership between Lake Tabourie Rate Payers & Ulladulla Youth Centre. Come along for a free BBQ and check out the new Youth Gym.
Contact: Mark 0401 762 473

Thursday 10th April
Dance Workshop
When?: 4:00 PM Cost?: Free
Where?:Ulladulla Youth Centre, St. Vincent St, Ulladulla
About the Event: Drug & alcohol free dance workshop
Contact: Jody 4454 1761

Battle of the Bands and Pizza night
Live Music
When?: 7:00 PM
Cost?: Free
Where?:Nowra Library, Berry Street,Nowra
About the Event: Battle of local high school bands, live music and free pizza.
Contact: Jessica Green 4429 3710

Friday 11th April
Youth Competition/Exhibition
When?: 2:00 PM Cost?: Free
Where?:Sanctuary Point Youth & Community Centre, Paradise Beach Rd, Sanctuary Point.
About the Event: Drug & Alcohol free youth competition/exhibition
Contact: Karen 4443 9244

GIG night
When? 5.30pm Cost? Gold Coin Donation
Where? Nowra Youth Centre, cnr Kinghorne & Plunkett Streets, Nowra.
About the Event: Drug & Alcohol Free event. Live & Local Music including live bands, acquostic performances, solo performances, Hip - Hop etc.
Contact: Ross or Hanieh 4422 1988

Saturday 12th April
BIG FREE DAY OUT
Live Music
When?: 10:00 AM Cost?: Free
Where?:Rotary Park Reserve, Cresent Street, Ulladulla.
About the Event: Drug & Alcohol free major Youth Week Culmination Event with a mobile climbing wall, interactive drumming workshops, a mechanical surfboard, sumo suits, spray on tattoos,drama/dance, gymnastic & circus workshops/exhibitions,Koori dancing, art & storytelling, hair braiding, a jumping castle,fairy floss, Shoalhaven City Council’s Youth Advisory Committee expression session tent, power FM’s summer funrunner car with live broadcasts, giveaways, youth service/info/merchandise stalls, market/food stalls and Music Centrals South Coast Rock Festival from 1 - 4pm with live and local bands including One Good Reason, ThreePM, Atonement, Patho and 2007 Blue Scope Steel’s Battle of the Bands winners—Moroccan Holiday!

Free Bus transport – Youth Week Arrive alive shuttle bus.
Contact: Donna Corbyn 4429 3418

Sponsors – Shoalhaven City Council, Dept of Community Services, MAA Arrive alive, Nowra Police, PCYC, Shoalhaven City Council Youth Advisory Committee, Nowra Youth Centre, Sanctuary Point Youth & Community Centre (BBCRI), Ulladulla Youth Centre, Dunn & Lewis Youth Foundation, Jervis Bay Lions Club, Ulladulla Rotary, Power FM, Music Central.

For more information call Shoalhaven City Council’s Youth Development Officer 4429 - 3418

"Welcome Here" 2008

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A celebration of refugee culture in Wollongong

Do you have a refugee background
or identify as a refugee?
Would you like to be part of a community festival?

We are looking for refugee artists, dancers, singers, musicians, writers and storytellers from all cultural backgrounds to help welcome and celebrate refugees in the Illawarra.

Share your culture through performance, expressions of art and by selling your craft at the ‘Welcome Here’ festival on: June 20th 2008

For more information please contact:
Illawarra Ethnic Communities Council (IECC)
Phone: 42297566
Mignon Lee-Warden – Multicultural Arts Coordinator
Email: mignon@iecc.org.au
Mobile: 0411486192
Jen Gifford – Multicultural Youth Development Project Coordinator
Email: jen@iecc.org.au

International Women's Day Concert 2008

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Saturday March 8th at 7:30pm
100 Years of Active Women

Performing are:

* Funkier than Alice
* Anemone
* BollywoodXclusive
* Hypaflex Hip Hop
* Out of the Blue
* Divas Chorus

Wollongong City Diggers Club
82 Church Street Wollongong

Tickets:
$15/$10 concession

Phone:
Enola 4271 1475Mignon 4229 7566

International Women’s Day Calendar of Events 2008 March 14th - March 31st

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March 14th & 15th
South Coast Labour Council Women’s Conference – Are we there yet?
The inaugural South Coast Labour Council Women’s Conference is open to all women on the south coast whether in paid or unpaid employment, studying or retired from the workforce. The conference is a mix of guest speakers, plenary sessions and workshops. The focus is on remembering our past struggles while identifying those struggles we are still to deal with.
For more information about the 2008 South Coast Labour Council Women’s Conference, please visit the website: http://www.sclc.com.au/content/sclc_womens.php

Time: 9am – 4:30pm
Location: Uni Centre Function Rooms, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue Wollongong (Disabled access available)
Cost: $30 for 1 day $50 for both
Bookings Essential – contact Elizabeth Kostovska on 4229 2888
Contact: Jo Kowalczyk or Elizabeth Kostovska 4229 2888

March 15th
ZONTA Status of Women Awards
An annual event which celebrates the status of women and includes the presentation of awards to Business Woman of the Year, Post Secondary Student of the Year, and Young Woman in Public Affairs. Nominations close on 18th February 2008.

Time: 11:30am – 3pm
Location: City Beach Function Centre (Disable access available)
Cost: $55
Bookings essential – contact Sheelah Boleyn Ph: 4229 4031 or Nan Head Ph: 4229 7997

March 15th
Illawarra Mercury Women’s Expo
The Expo is providing the ideal environment for women to see, touch, feel and smell products before they buy. Get close and personal with your finances, beauty tips, nutrition, etc.
Time: 10am – 4pm
Location: WIN Entertainment Centre Wollongong (Disabled access available)

March 15th
Family Expo – for families with children 5-8 years
The Expo is about connecting families to services such as sporting groups, educational support, behavioural management services, special needs and child learning difficulties services, parenting support and alternate therapies. Workshops for parents on child behaviour and bullying support as well as lots of interactive activities for the kids. Entertainment provided on the day.
Time: 12 –4 pm
Location: Beaton Park Leisure Centre
Foleys Road, Gwynneville
Cost: Free Event
Transport is available and bookings are essential.
Child care is available at no cost
Disabled access available
Contact: Kylie Ramstadius 4227 7238

March 19th
Greater Union Charity Screening of Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

Hey, Hey, It’s Esther Blueburger is a coming-of-age comedy that explores what it’s really like to be an outsider in your own world.

Esther (newcomer, Danielle Catanzariti) is not like other girls; she befriends a duck, talks to God through the toilet and break-dances at her bar-mitzvah. Her all-girls private school is a daily torment of mind-numbing conformity and bell-ringing rituals. Home is a pressure cooker driven by her mother, Grace’s (Essie Davis) demand for perfection. But life changes when Esther meets Sunni (Keisha Castle-Hughes) and her mother, Mary (Toni Collette). She learns that it’s ok to be different and being true to yourself is more important than fitting in.

Time: 6pm
Cost: $5
Location: Greater Union, Wollongong
Contact: 4228 4888

March 27th
Women’s Friendship Group
A gathering that brings together women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to celebrate and share their culture through arts and crafts, music, dance, story telling and information sharing. This community event aims to strengthen and foster harmony, enhance diversity and increase participation of women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the broader community.
Time: 10am – 1pm
Location: Ribbonwood Community Centre, Dapto 93-100 Princes Highway Dapto (Disabled access available)
No Cost – if coming with a big group refer to contact name and number.
Contact: Diana 4229 6855 or 0418 619 662

March 28th
Diva Night
Featuring the 18-piece Eros Big Band & finest Lady Singers performing the greatest songs of the 20th Century.
Time: 7pm
Location: City Beach Function Centre
Cost: Dinner and Show $65
- All proceeds go to the Salvation Army’s Carinya Cottage
Bookings are essential.
Contact: 4228 3188 or www.citybeachfunctions.com.au

March 31st
Lord Mayor’s Business Luncheon
Lord Mayoral Business Luncheon hosting prominent special guest female speaker capturing her experiences throughout her business and personal life.
Time: 12 noon for 12:30pm start until 2:30pm
Location: Level 9 Function Room, Wollongong City Council’s Administration Building, 41 Burelli Street Wollongong
(Disabled access available)
Cost – $50 per person,
Bookings are essential. Booking form will be distributed along with invitation.
Contact: Lee Cramer 4227 7104

International Women’s Day Calendar of Events 2008 Feb 5th - March 11th

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February 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th & March 4th
Young Women’s Fest – Mural Workshops
There will be a series of 5 mural painting workshops leading up to Young Women’s Fest. The workshops will involve young women participating in the design and painting of a mural inspired by the 3 phases of feminism which will be on the wall in the Drop In Room at the Youth Centre.
Dates: February 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Wollongong Youth Services, 85 Burelli Street, Wollongong
(Disabled access available)
Contact: Katie Murphy 42265969

March 5th
International Women’s Day Centenary – Celebrating Women’s Lives in Wollongong
Community connectedness is the theme for this event. Entertainment and lunch will be provided, while transport and childcare will be available on request with RSVP. Book early as there are limited places available.

Time: 11am to 2pm
Location: Cringila Community Hall
Booking Contact: Multicultural Health Service
Ph: 4221 6770
RSVP 27th February

March 7th
International Women’s Day Launch Luncheon
This event brings together women from across the region to recognise and celebrate the achievements and successes of women in the region. It is also an opportunity to highlight and discuss the challenges that women still face.

The luncheon raises funds for Carinya Cottage, a program run by The Salvation Army to provide assistance to women and women with children experiencing domestic violence, homelessness or some other personal crisis.

Time: 11:30am
Location: Novotel Northbeach, Wollongong
Booking contact: Belinda Keys Novotel Northbeach
PH: 4224 3103
Email: h1654-sb7@accor.com
Fax: 4224 3165
Enquiries contact Suzana Jolevska 4221 1300 or email info@iwdillawarra.com.au

March 8th
International Women’s Day Picnic in the Park
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Location: McCabe Park Wollongong
Contact: Margaret Perrott 4296 8888 or 0409 041 381

International Women’s Day March
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Meet at McCabe Park Wollongong, set off at 2pm and reach Crown Street Mall by 2:30pm.
Contact: Margaret Perrott 4296 8888 or 0409 041 381

International Women’s Day Rally - A woman’s place is in the struggle
• Peace Place
• Speakers and entertainment – 100 years of International Women’s Day
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Rally in the Wollongong Mall Amphitheatre
Contact: Margaret Perrott 4296 8888 or 0409 041 381

March 8th
Young Women’s Fest – Festival Event
Young Women’s Fest will be a day about information, participation and celebration. The festival will host local female performers, a BBQ and various women’s services stalls.
Date: March 4th
Time: 1pm - 3pm
Location: Wollongong Youth Services, 85 Burelli Street, Wollongong
(Disabled access available)
Contact: Katie Murphy 42265969

March 8th
Divas Day Out
Share a day of singing and music with Out of the Blue Singers.

Time: 9:30 am – 4 pm
Location: Ribbonwood Community Centre Dapto (Disabled access available)
Cost: $40 includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea, music and learning CD/audio tape.

Out of the Blue Singers will also perform at the International Women’s Day 100 Years Celebration Concert – see details below.

Expressions of interest close February 29th
• An opportunity to sing and perform with other women and to an audience of friends and family and new acquaintances.
• An opportunity to step out of the shower and be a Diva for the day.
• An opportunity to be courageous and creative while having a lot of fun.
• An opportunity to leave the domestic goddess at home.
• An opportunity for women to join in voice with other women and create fantastic harmonies, a feeling of the whole being greater than its individual parts, and coming together as one.

Join with other women and sing, sing, sing, and then, your family and friends can come at days end to a performance you’ll be proud of!!

Contact: Helen 4271 2069 or Lee 4232 1252 or email pas1@earth.net

March 8th
International Women’s Day 100 Years Celebration Concert
A concert presenting Funkier than Alice, Out of the Blue Singers, and the International Women’s Day Divas Chorus, Anemone, BollywoodXclusive and Hypaflex hip hop, along with other local culturally diverse female performers and speakers.
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Diggers - Wollongong RSL Club Auditorium, Church Street Wollongong (Disabled access available)
Cost: $15 adult, $10 concession
Contact: Mignon 4229 7566 Enola 4271 1475 for tickets.

March 11th
Wollongong City Council – Student's Morning Tea – by invitation only
Supported by Wollongong City Council
Guest speakers will be 4 women from the Illawarra. All have succeeded at attaining their goals, in different fields of endeavour.
Time: 10am – 12 noon
Location: Wollongong City Council Building – Level 9 – Function Room (Disabled access available)
Contact: Enola 4271 1475

March 11th
Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Century of women’s wisdom and action
A time for women involved in the community services either as workers or participants, to come together and share their journey with others from diverse backgrounds and age groups. Guest speakers, entertainers and lunch will be provided.
Time: 10am – 2pm
Location: Coniston Community Centre (Disabled access available)
Cost: Nil
Contact Catherine 4228 1499, Wollongong Women’s Centre

Welcome to Wollongong Festival

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11am to 3pm 29 February 2008

Celebrating International students in the Illawarra Region

Crown Street Mall WollongongAmpitheatre Stage

Free Admisssion All Welcome

Welcome Cross Culturally

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Art and film workshops currently happening
Keep visiting this space for the latest information

Contact Aanya on 0422 644 664 or aanya@iecc.ngo.org.au

and see how you can get involved

KEEP AN EYE ON THIS SPACE!!

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NEW PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES PLANNED!!
Keep visiting this space for the latest information

Youth Magazine

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NEW!!!
Youth Magazine Project Needs You!

Are you interested in designing a Youth Magazine?
Do you want to develop skills in journalism?
Or just interested in meeting new people!

Then this program is for you!

To find out more information or find out workshop times contact Clem or Terrie at IECC on 42297566