APCO to present Auburn in CRC forum
The Auburn Small Community Organisation Network (ASCON) is among the organisations to be presented at the annual Community Relations Commission’s Symposium and Youth Leaders Day to be held on 21- 22 September in Parramatta.
ASCON is a network of small voluntary organisations operating in the Auburn local area. It was established in September 2007, with the aim of providing a vehicle for member organisations’ growth, development and belonging. It acts a forum for peer support for community leaders and volunteers to provide services to their communities.
Dr Cen Amores, APCO president and a member of ASCON’s Steering Committee and Ruben Amores, Founding Chair of ASCON will do the presentation before a big audience of community leaders coming from all over NSW. Titled ‘Building Stronger Communities: Auburn Small Community Organisation Network’, the presentation will be included in the Workshop Strand: Social Cohesion and Volunteering. It will highlight how collaboration among voluntary groups (run by small and emerging communities) can contribute in developing a socially cohesive and harmonious community within a highly multicultural-diverse city.
Following will be highlighted in the presentation: The high rate of volunteering that occurs in Auburn (one of the most culturally diverse local government areas) – how to build respect, relationships and understanding among the many small and emerging and more established communities and the promotion of cross-cultural understanding and community harmony through collaborative projects – the role of voluntary organisations in influencing local government decisions.
Two years ago, Cen and Ruben Amores presented Kapit-bahayan Co-operative Ltd (KCL) to the same CRC annual forum as an example of a successful community housing project. This presentation was under the Workshop Strand: How New Settlers Contribute. As an offshoot of that presentation, some ethnic organisations were later assisted by KCL in successfully organising their own housing co-operatives.
The Symposium will provide an opportunity to reflect on the developments in multicultural policy and explore ways on improving and moving this agenda forward within NSW Governments Five Point Action Plan.
Workshop Strands include: Economic benefits of Multiculturalism in NSW, Improving Services, Regional Coordination, Communities Taking Action, Social Cohesion and Volunteering.
Community leaders, community organisation members, government agency representatives and young people come together each year at the Community Relations Symposium to explore the major issues confronting multicultural NSW.
Sent by: Richard J Ford JP APCO PRO
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