Strengthening collaboration and coordination among the regions to provide a stronger voice for Victoria’s regional multicultural communities was a key theme at ECCV’s regional leadership meeting in Bendigo this week. Leaders from regional ethnic communities’...
The importance of community-led responses to racism and more accessible reporting pathways for people who experience racism were the key points of discussion at ECCV’s member forum on Thursday, 15 June. More than 60 attendees came to Box Hill Town Hall to take...
ECCV has made a submission to the Independent Review of Compulsory Treatment and Decision-Making Laws commissioned by the Victorian Department of Health. ECCV fully support the aims of the Review for a reduction in the use of compulsory treatment so that it is no...
The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria welcomes the investment in migrant and refugee communities in the Victorian Budget 2023-24. The budget delivers more than $77 million for a range of initiatives for multicultural businesses, community infrastructure,...
This year, Australia will vote on a referendum to enshrine a First Nations Voice to Parliament in our Constitution. The referendum takes its lead from the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart, which puts forward three pillars of action: Voice, Treaty and Truth. The...
ECCV has partnered with the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) to release a joint statement, titled Preventing alcohol and other drug harm in multicultural communities, highlighting the significant barriers migrant and refugee communities face in accessing...
