Islamophobia and Antisemitism are prominent and serious issues for many community members across Victoria.

As part of the Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination Action Plan, the Victorian Government is supporting key organisations to deliver community-led responses to Islamophobia and Antisemitism. This project is a collaborative initiative by the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV), Australian Intercultural Society (AIS), Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) and Benevolence Australia who have formed a united body aimed at addressing these issues.The project aims at empowering people to be active bystanders when confronted with Islamophobia or Antisemitism; trained to be confident and tooled-up to take a safe active stance when observing Antisemitism and Islamophobia.

Delivered across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, our half day programs will:

- Provide community-led responses to Islamophobia and Antisemitism
- Support people who have been subjected to Islamophobia and Antisemitism
- Support bystanders to respond to situations
- Raise awareness of issues and promote respectful behaviour and interfaith understanding

We currently have sessions arranged for the following dates:

M̶o̶n̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶1̶0̶ ̶D̶e̶c̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶8̶  (Session Complete)
F̶r̶i̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶1̶ ̶F̶e̶b̶r̶u̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ ̶ (Session Complete)
M̶o̶n̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶4̶ ̶F̶e̶b̶r̶u̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶  (Session Complete)
M̶o̶n̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶1̶8̶ ̶M̶a̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶  (Session Complete)
T̶u̶e̶s̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶3̶0̶ ̶A̶p̶r̶i̶l̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ (Session Complete)
 ̶M̶o̶n̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶1̶3̶ ̶M̶a̶y̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶  (Session Complete)
Wednesday 30 October 2019

For more information please contact:
JCCV: Anat Aloni (T) 9272 5642 (E) anat.aloni@jccv.org.au 
AIS: Ahmet Keskin (T) 9867 2248 (E) akeskin@intercultural.org.au
Benevolence Australia : Jessica Swann (T) 9913 8262 (E) outreach@benevolenceaustralia.org