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Why diversity needs to be celebrated
PRISCELLA MABOR
VICTOR Dominello, Customer Service Minister for NSW, has spoken of diversity and inclusion.
“Diversity shouldn’t just be tolerated, it needs to be celebrated. I am proud to celebrate the diversity of our great NSW state, it is arguably one of our greatest assets,” he said.
With that sentiment, it was fi tt ing that Minister Dominello offi cially launched the Community Migrant Resource Centres’ new outreach offi ce at Top Ryde Shopping Centre on March 25, a one stop shop to service the needs of multicultural and refugee communities throughout the Ryde LGA.
Th e City of Ryde declared itself a Refugee Welcome Zone in April 2013 and CMRC broadened its geographical footprint soon aft er. “CMRC opened its fi rst offi ce in the area in 2014 and multicultural communities have been knocking on our door ever since”, says Melissa Monteiro CEO of CMRC.
We have all emerged touched by events of 2020, the year where migration has become one of the fi rst casualties of the global pandemic.
For over 300, 000 years humans have migrated thanks to a diversity of impulses (some desperate for resources, others inquiring intellectuals, while for others it was our sheer imperialist drive to conquer other territories and cultures ).
Today globalization is viewed more temperately, as feeding our need to share and learn from each other. And the digital revolution has aff orded us the opportunity to share innovation at a speed never before seen.
While our migration story has been eff ectively in the deep freeze for over a year, it has allowed us a time of refl ection to look around at our neighbours and conduct a more nuanced gaze at those who have enriched our communities over the years, and those who are newly arrived in search of opportunities for resett lement, acceptance and inclusion.
Ryde is a perfect place to track the migration wave of Sydney, and our state’s record on diversity, inclusion and entrepreneurship. It started as the third oldest European sett lement in Australia aft er Sydney and Parramatt a. Fertile soil saw the region grow into a fruit-growing mecca.
Apple orchards, were soon followed by orange, apricot and strawberry farms. Who saw the potential for this market? Migrants from Italy and Greece who had sett led in the area in the 1920s.
Th e Italian story tells the story of many migrants. An early exodus of educated literati and professionals was spurred by persecution from Austria, suppressing free speech and curbing insurrection. While later migration, saw more economic levers at play.
Victor Dominello’s paternal grandparents actually sett led in Ryde in the 1930s, where they established a market garden and opened a fruit shop in Eastwood.
Over the last seven years, CMRC has been supporting established Chinese and Korean communities, whilst welcoming newcomers to the area from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Iran.
Hundreds of families and young people (many orphaned ) sett led locally, aft er being forced to fl ee their homelands due to armed confl ict and persecution. CMRC staff provided that critical case work support during those all important fi rst fi ve years of arrival.
Since late 2016, it is now Armenian Syrian families who have sett led in the area, as recipients of the special humanitarian allocation of 12, 000 visas for those fl eeing the confl ict in Syria and Iraq.
Th e stories of Ryde migration has been captured in a number of CMRC Photographic Exhibitions and Storytelling Projects held over the years. Restoration of dignity, sharing cultural intelligence and understanding diverse arts practices as a cornerstone to resett lement, is a hallmark of the work that CMRC has undertaken in the social inclusion space.
While 2021 has underscored our basic human need for connectivity, it has also shone a light on systemic inequities for those such as refugees and asylum seekers. Inclusion is about reducing inequality and calling out those who choose to create division and fuel prejudice.
CMRC’s Northern Region Program Manager Chrissie Ianssen and her team, are happy to share their plans for the next chapter in Ryde’s migration story.
– Melissa Monteriro.
Priscella Mabor is the Inclusion Strategy & Innovations Manager Community Migrant Resource Centre
Community Migrant Resource Centre (CMRC)
is a not-for-profi t, charitable organisation established in 1996. CMRC is a leader in the provision of specialised support services to newly arrived migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants. CMRC works within a community capacity building framework to encourage individuals and multicultural communities to identify and address their own issues. It works in collaborative partnerships with a great number of agencies to provide services which have both an immediate and long term benefi t for the community. CMRC employs over 60 full time, part-time and casual multi-lingual staff .
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Level 4, 1 Horwood Place Parramatta, NSW 2150 Ph: (02) 9687 9901 Community Hub Castle Towers Level 3, 6-14 Castle Street, Castle Hill, NSW 2154
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