Deadline: 7-Sep-22
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is looking for the next generation of leaders with lived experience of seeking asylum to take part in CAPP 2022.
The ASRC’s Community, Advocacy & Power Program (CAPP) is a three-month intensive training program to equip people with lived experience of seeking asylum with the leadership skills necessary to become powerful advocates for the refugee community.
What training opportunities will be available to CAPP 2022 participants?
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In 2022 the ASRC will work with partners to train leaders. In particular, the program seeks to develop emerging leaders by developing their skills across the following areas:
- Advocacy and campaigning, organising and mobilising
- Media, public speaking and messaging
- Social media and digital communication
- Facilitation and event management
- Leadership skills to train members in their own communities
- In each state, trainers and professional mentors with experience in writing, journalism, storytelling, digital media, advocacy and campaigning, organising and mobilising, will support and share their knowledge and experience with course participants.
- At the completion of the intensive program, participants in each state will be supported to take part in public talks, media activities and advocacy events, providing opportunities to put their new skills into practice. Participants will also be resourced to train others in their communities and upon graduation will be connected to relevant networks across Australia.
Benefits
The program will amplify the voices of people with lived experience, supporting participants to build the confidence and skills necessary to effectively influence the narrative within the media and Australian communities regarding refugees and asylum seekers.
How it works?
- Each participant will be assigned a relevant and high-profile buddy and mentor to assist them with their personal development and advocacy project work.
- Participants will receive coaching to help them develop their public profile and introductions to our large network of human rights advocates.
- Graduates will be linked to the ASRC speakers program and supported to share their stories with the broader Australian community.
- Graduates will be awarded with a small financial grant to train other members of their own community with the skills they have learnt, providing opportunities for more people to have their voices heard.
- The ASRC will provide other ongoing support to graduates to help them mobilise and unite communities to create lasting social and policy change for refugees and people seeking asylum
Eligibility Criteria
- The 2022 program is open to members of culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Melbourne and people with lived experience as refugees or of seeking asylum.
- Women and young people over the age of 18 are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Participants must be available to take part in the intensive four-month program and at the completion of the program be willing to take part in the movement to mobilise and unite communities to create lasting social and policy change for refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia.
For more information, visit ASRC.
For more information, visit https://asrc.org.au/community-advocacy-and-power-program/