UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
Open Day, New Office in Waterloo- City of Sydney
NEW SERVICES FOR THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY IN WATERLOO!
NSW SLASA invites the Spanish speaking community and its worker to the open day of out the new SLASA office in Waterloo.
Where: 221 Cope St. Waterloo NSW 2017. (Close to Redfern train station.)
Telephone: 93 190288 or 93 190090
When: Thursday 2nd of September, 2010 from 11am -12.30pm
Get to know our new services for the Spanish speaking community in the Sydney metropolitan area (Waterloo) and share with us your ideas about how to develop our community.
Please confirm your assistance by calling Carlos Encina on 9724 2220 or 0414825085 or Lucy Munevar on 0433252344, or, e-mail us at: sgp_east@nswslasa.com.au.
Looking forward to hearing from you!!!
Launch of our new booklets “medimate” y “Cultural Briefing Kit,” developed under the program for elderly people.
When: 18th August, 2010, 11am.
Where: Cabra Vale Diggers Club, NSW 2466
For more information or to register, call Sandra Loyola on 9724 2220
Information session in Spanish- how to vote in the 2010 elections.
Are you an Australian citizen? You have a right to vote.
The right to vote is one of the privileges of living in a democracy, you have the opportunity to decide who will govern the country.
Learn how to vote in the next elections of the 21st of August 2010. Free event.
When: 19th August , 2010, 2pm.
Where: 34 Dale St. Fairfield, NSW 2165
For more information or to register call Lucy on 9724 2220.
Engaging Diversity Fairfield Multicultural Festival November 2010
INTRODUCTION
Engaging Diversity Project
As part of the 2010 Diverse Australia Program, the NSW Spanish and Latin American Association for Social Assistance (SLASA) will run the project ‘Engaging Diversity’ in the Fairfield City area. This is a community based project to address social inclusion in this highly diverse community.
‘Engaging Diversity’ is a Community Grant project administered by the NSW Spanish and Latin American Association for Social Assistance Inc and supported by the Assyrian Resource Centre, Bidwill and Fairfield High Schools, Fairfield City Council, the NSW Police Force, the Powerhouse Youth Theatre and Western Sydney Dance Action.
This project is proudly supported by the Australian Government’s Diverse Australia Program, administered by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
The Diverse Australia Program aims to address issues of cultural, racial and religious intolerance by promoting respect, fairness, inclusion and a sense of belonging for everyone.
For more information on the Diverse Australia Program, visit www.harmony.gov.au
NSW Spanish and Latin American Association for Social Assistance
NSW Spanish and Latin American Association for Social Assistance is a community not-for-profit association which acts on behalf of the different Spanish and Latin American Communities in NSW. Our objectives include aiding immigrants and refugees to settle in Australia.
NSW SLASA also has the responsibility to identify the needs of the community and present them to different Government Departments and aim to develop strategies and establish projects that help improve the welfare of the Spanish and Latin- American communities in NSW.
In recent times, NSW SLASA began looking towards a better future, not only for the Spanish Speaking communities but for our neighbouring communities in NSW. We maintained the vision that together we could celebrate the diversity of the Australian multicultural climate and strive to overcome the challenges that our difference create. We also look to support new emerging communities and particularly support to the recently arrived African communities. We recognise our close connection with the African communities and its strong influence on Latin-American culture, music and dance.
Last year, we ran a youth based project to address tensions in our highly diverse community. We ran education activities as well as three large events; an intergenerational forum, a youth music and art expo and a multicultural youth conference.
In November 2009, NSW SLASA in partnership with Fairfield City Council held the first Fairfield youth conference held in Club Marconi. This event was made possible due to the great generosity of the club in providing three venue spaces on the day.
In May 2010, NSW SLASA will host it’s first AFRO-LATINO festival at Fairfield High School. The event will aim to bring together African and Latin American communities and being building a relationship with the newly arrived African refugees.
As part of the ‘Engaging Diversity’ Program, NSW SLASA will run a Multicultural Festival to promote a fair, respectful, socially inclusive and multicultural community for Fairfield LGA.
ABOUT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL
Why a Festival?
This festival has emerged as a result of identifying a need to hold multicultural events in Fairfield LGA as an open invitation for all communities in engage in a culturally diverse Australia way of life. A festival will provide a relaxed, family and community friendly environment for people of all ages, ethnic backgrounds to celebrate in each others cultures. The festival will be an example of a fair, accepting and welcoming Australian society.
Who will attend?
The Multicultural Festival will aim to welcome;
- 2,000 spectators from 80 ethnic community groups within Fairfield LGA
- 30 groups participating on the performance stage
- 200 performers parading in a Cultural Parade
- 10 multicultural community service providers stalls
- 6 multicultural food stalls
The Multicultural Festival will aim to be the largest festival of its kind held in South-Western Sydney.
This Festival will also welcome distinguished guests from local, state and federal government.
What are the aims?
• to promote respect, fairness, inclusion and a sense of belonging for everyone
• to celebrate migration in Australia
• to celebrate cultural diversity
• to welcome newly arrived communities to mainstream society
• to support and celebrate the participation of multicultural Australian people
What happens after the Festival?
NSW SLASA in partnership with will develop a festival report by January 2010.
The report will be used to seek funding for a annual Multicultural festival in Fairfield, with the aim of bringing tourism to the area as well as promoting the Fairfield as a welcoming culturally diverse LGA.
FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES
Cultural Performances
The event will commence with an official Welcome to Country and performance from the Aboriginal Indigenous Communities.
This will then be followed by a welcoming speech by a distinguished member or local, state or federal parliament.
A performance celebrating Australia’s socially inclusive society with a staging and retelling of Australian Migration through dance, commencing with Aboriginal dreamtime and continuing through to recent African arrival will follow
Cultural Parade
A cultural parade will dancers, musician from cultural community dance groups from Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, the Americas and Oceania and will be lead by representatives from the Aboriginal Indigenous communities.
Food and Information Stalls
6 food stalls will be offered to community groups who wish to sell their food at the festival. We will aim to have a food stall from each continent for variety.
Rides and Entertainment
We endeavour to have rides available for children and teens in oval 2 or 3 to provide further entertainment for families.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
We honour Fairfield LGA as a place with incredible service providers and community representative that have a profound sense of social and community engagement
We would like to invite community leaders, community organisation and cultural groups to take part in the organisation and delivery of this festival to ensure that it fosters a true representation of the community spirit that lies in Fairfield LGA.
We require a working party to organise and manage the following activities;
- Cultural Parade
- Cultural Performances
- Promotion and Media Coverage
- Food and Information Stall Management
- Rides and Children’s Entertainment
- Overall Event Co-ordination
- Volunteer training and Support
As a contributor of this event, NSW SLASA will acknowledge your organisation or group as an official partner of the event.
We hope you will join us in supporting this exciting community initiative.
For more information please contact:
Jesica Varela-Perez
Youth Development Worker
NSW Spanish and Latin American Association for Social Assistance
33 Dale Street Fairfield NSW 2165
Ph: 02 9724 2220
Fax: 02 9724 9929
Email: youthworker@nswslasa.com.au
www.nswslasa.com.au
Computer Classes
SLASA invites the Spanish speaking community to participate in computer classes given in Spanish for people that have little or no knowledge of computation and who want to learn. Offered in two levels: Basic and Intermediate. The cost of the course is $20. For more information and enrolment please come to our office: SLASA – 33 Dale Street. Fairfield.
Computing classes in English: introduction to e-mail and Facebook.
Commencing September 3rd 2010.
Wednesday: Facebook classes: Breaking the barriers of technology
10.00- 12.00 pm
• Introduction to facebook
• How to run searches
• Publishing comments
• Publishing photos
• Participating in forums
• Cultural and social activities
Friday: Internet and e-mail classes
10.00 – 1.00 pm
• Introduction to the internet
• How to use navigators and search for information
• Introduction to e-mail
• How to create an e-mail account
• How to send documents and photos via e-mail
Facebook classes: Breaking the barriers of technology
2.00- 4.00 pm
• Introduction to facebook
• How to run searches
• Publishing comments
• Publishing photos
• Participation in forums
• Cultural and social activities
Spanish And Latin American Cultural Centre (SLACEN)
The Spanish and Latin American association for Social Assistance (NSW SLASA) have at their disposition for the community this Cultural Centre that is located at 34 Dale St, Fairfield, next to our central office. This Cultural centre has been especially prepared for social and cultural groups of our community so that they can use it for the different activities that they might need, for example meetings or classes of dance or music.
We would like to invite all social and cultural groups that would like to use the Cultural Centre at a low cost to make contact with us as we still have some hours available for use. If you would like more information please call Carlos Encina on 9724 2220 or 0414825085.
The project of the Cultural Centre forms a part of the vision of the NSW SLASA and the school of Flamenco of Jesica Varela to promote the practice of our culture in all of its expressions. It is also the start of a vision a bigger and better Cultural Centre for the future to be used by all of the expressions of Spanish Latin American Art and culture.
Program of Consultancy and Suport for Spanish and Latin American International Students
The Spanish and Latin American Association for Social Assistance (SLASA) has established a program of support and consultancy for Spanish and Latin American international students. This program is free for the international students and consists of the following services:
- Help in the search of accommodation with the use of a register of providers of different services (rooms, apartments etc)
- Access to a work database in different areas in Sydney
- Free service in the assistance in the area of mental heath
- Informative talks and assistance in paper work for migration, other government departments and private organizations.
If you would like more information please call 97242220 or come to our Central Office which is located on 33 Dale St Fairfield (in front of the train station)
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