CAF Forum: Reporting Racism - Know Your Rights (Full Video)

On 22 July, CAF held an online forum to educate the public on what to do when they experience racism. Most racist attacks go unreported, many people don’t know what they can do after they’ve been attacked. That means racist incidents are not acknowledged or addressed in our society and those subjected to the abuse do not know who they can turn to for help. We brought together a panel of key speakers to discuss how to report racism, why you need to report it and which organisations can provide support.

The full recording from the event can be viewed above or on youtube.

Speakers included:

Jason Yat-sen Li - President Chinese Australian Forum (moderator)

Joseph La Posta AM - CEO Multicultural NSW

Chin Tan - Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

Elizabeth Wing - Executive Manager, Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW

Michael McLean - Detective Superintendent, NSW Police Force, Commander Anti-Terrorism & Intelligence Group, Counter Terrorism & Special Tactics Command

Bridget Barker – Solicitor, Legal Aid NSW, Project lead for the Stop Public Threats campaign

Dr Karol Petrovska - Principal Policy Officer, Office of Community Safety and Cohesion, Department of Communities and Justice

Links

• Resources about discrimination, vilification and threats or incements to violence: https://stoppublicthreats.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/

• Making a report: https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/complaint-information-service/complaints-under-racial-discrimination-act-0

• Multicultural NSW COMPACT Grants to inspire communities to stand up and united against hate: https://multicultural.nsw.gov.au/compact

• Campaign against online hate speech: www.removehatefromthedebate.com