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Community Dinner

February 6 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Come and join a simple meal and engage in conversations with friends new and old.

FREE EVENT – Everyone is invited to bring food to share for a potluck meal

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This evening we celebrate the start of the Year of the Snake with Guest Speaker, Anthea Hancocks, CEO of the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute.

Topic for the evening : Key Findings from the 2024 Mapping Social Cohesion Survey: Reflection and Insight 

The Scanlon Institute’s Mapping Social Cohesion 2024 report aligns closely with the themes of the Year of the Snake, symbolizing wisdom, adaptability, transformation and renewal.

Together we’ll explore how these themes could align with research, wisdom and community engagement to strengthen social cohesion.

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About Anthea Hancocks:

Anthea Hancocks is the CEO of the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute (SFRI). The Institute is dedicated to social cohesion with a particular focus on the transition of migrants into Australian society through research, publications and grants.

She has an extensive background in strategic planning, business development, community service, education, communications, and marketing through senior leadership positions in private and public companies, government, professional services, academia and not for profit organisations here and in the United States.

She is also undertaking her Industry PhD at Monash University in Social Cohesion, Racism and a Framework for Australia.

Anthea is Chair of the Huddle Advisory Committee at the North Melbourne Football Club, Chair of the Monash Migration, and Inclusion Centre Advisory Board. She is a Fellow of Monash University, a Civil Society and Public Administration Fellow with the Toronto Metropolitan University and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

 

About the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute:

The SFRI seeks through research to see Australia advance as a welcoming, prosperous and cohesive nation particularly where this relates to the transition of migrants into Australian Society. As an independent not-for-profit research institute the SFRI will be dedicated to formalising and strengthening research which has been demonstrated to add value to Australia in social and applied sciences including, without limiting the above:

  • social sustainability and transformation, including but not limited to intercultural harmony.
  • sustainability, including but not limited to community strengthening  and cohesion with a focus on the receiving community as well as the experience of new arrivals; and
  • economic development, including but not limited to the opportunities for rural, regional and municipal communities to benefit from migration. 

 

About the 2024 Mapping Social Cohesion Report:

In a world struggling with conflict, division and polarisation, social cohesion in Australia remains under pressure, but has not cracked. Under the weight of the last year, Australians’ sense of belonging, happiness and participation in community and civic life have held steady, while the strength of our communities may be protecting our wellbeing and harmony. In several areas though, challenges to social cohesion remain, while new pressures are emerging.

Download the report HERE

 

Details

Date:
February 6
Time:
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Venue

Armagh
Melbourne, + Google Map