Careers in Colour #16: Alliance registrations now open ✨
Register for our alliance, and check out interesting news articles and events!
Careers in Colour Alliance - registrations open!
The Careers in Colour Alliance aims to drive racial equity and inclusive leadership in Australian workplaces by empowering leaders and organisations.
The Alliance is a community of practice — a space for shared learning and collective impact. Through collaboration, we support people involved in employee resource or advocacy groups to drive meaningful change in their workplaces.
We’re currently planning an event to be held in late June focused on DEI data collection. Register your interest below to stay updated on our Alliance.
📖 In the newsroom and things to check out
Women of Colour Australia have launched their third Executive Leadership Program in Victoria, supported by the Victorian Government. The program is designed to empower, support, and elevate women of colour aspiring to be in senior and executive leadership roles. Register for their online information session tonight at 6:30pm AEDT here.
The Bruce Wong Foundation is inviting applications for grants to support organisations serving multicultural communities in Australia. Focus areas include education, health, capacity building and empowering women and youth. Apply now before 9 May.
The Stella prize, Australia’s award for women and non-binary authors, has made history this year with a shortlist featuring only works by women of colour, for the first time since the award was established in 2013. Read more of The Guardian’s coverage here.
Read the historic decision in which the intersection of gender-based and cultural skills was recognised and therefore and intersectional approach in wage fixing in Australia.
🗓 More events and opportunities
14 May: Scholars Dr Kathryn Schumaker, Dr Michael Green, Associate Professor Frances Clarke, and Dr Aaron Nyerges of the University of Sydney and the United States Studies Centre will be participating in a book launch and panel discussion of Dr Schumaker’s recent book, Tangled Fortunes: The Hidden History of Interracial Marriage in the Jim Crow South. Tickets here.
15 May: TasICT is hosting a Voices of Change event in Tasmania which will explore the role of digital literacy in empowering migrant and refugee women, challenges and opportunities in fostering inclusivity in tech, and how diverse voices can shape the future of digital innovation.
21 May: Racial Dignity Framework Official Launch in Sydney. The Racial Dignity Framework has been developed based on research findings from a multi-year research project, to guide organisational practice and policy development.
17 - 18 Jun: The Women Leaders Institute is hosting an Intersectional Women Leaders & Allyship Summit in Melbourne.
Save the date for MindTribes’ Business in Colour Awards in Melbourne on 13 Nov. The awards will spotlight excellence, showcase leading practices, and amplify the good to influence others to strive for better in racial and cultural equity and inclusion.
