Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV)
The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV)’s mission is to work to ensure that we remain a member driven peak body committed to empowering people from culturally diverse backgrounds. We strive to give voice to multicultural Victoria. We strive to advocate for human rights, freedom, respect, equality and dignity for ethnic and multicultural communities and in building a socially cohesive and inclusive Victorian community.
The organisation advocates and lobbies all levels of government on behalf of multicultural communities in areas like human rights, access and equity and improving services. As our core business, we advocate on any issue that is of concern to our members.
We are proud to have been the key advocate for culturally diverse communities in Victoria since 1974.
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Call for Participants in Consultations about Multicultural Mental Health Data
If you are a mental health service provider, researcher, policy-maker, community organisation,...
ECCV and VCOSS win Resilient Australia Community Award
We were thrilled to have the Multicultural Resilience Program, a collaboration between ECCV and...
Elder abuse literature review
In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2022, ECCV is pleased to release our literature...
Advancing Multicultural Australia – #FECCA22
Australia’s premier national conference on multiculturalism, diversity and inclusion is taking...
Rosita Vincent inducted into Multicultural Honour Roll
On 31 May, the first ever Victorian Multicultural Honour Roll ceremony took place at the Arts...
Anti-Racism Symposium 2022
ECCV held our inaugural Anti-Racism Symposium on Wednesday, 1 June at the Queen Victoria Women’s...
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This is a historic moment. Parliament has voted to establish an independent Treaty umpire that won’t report to a Minister, have its funding insulated from political cycles & be fully led by First Peoples. Congrats to @firstpeoplesvic and everyone who contributed to this huge win!
Breaking News: The Parliament of Victoria has voted the Treaty Authority legislation into law. Details here: https://www.firstpeoplesvic.org/news/victorian-parliament-passes-historic-treaty-legislation/
Welcome to Australian Turkish Friendship Association, an organisation dedicated to strengthening cultural, artistic, educational and business ties between Australia and Turkey. If your organisation would like to become a member of ECCV, go to http://eccv.org.au/membership.
Glenn E Singleton, author and creator of @CCAboutRace, will be hosting a workshop on racial equity: 'Courageous Conversations about Race: Achieving Racial Equity in your organisation and beyond' this Thursday, 18 August, at Melbourne's Capitol Theatre: .
Courageous Conversations about Race™: Achieving Racial Equity in your organisation, your interactions and beyond., Capitol Theatre, Thu 18th Aug 2022, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm AEST | Humanitix
We talk a lot about inclusion and diversity – but are we including racial equity as part of this conversation?...
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ECCV acknowledges the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the Country on which we work. We pay respect to their Elders past and present, acknowledge their continuing connections to land, sea and community, and
extend respect to Traditional Owners throughout Victoria.
Connect with ECCV
Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria
Suite 101, 398 Sydney Road,
Coburg VIC 3058
Phone: (03) 9354 9555
Email: eccv@eccv.org.au
