The City Council has an endorsed reducing racism statement and hosts a community reporting tool where reports can be logged about instances of racism to the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.
Reducing Racism Statement
We value diversity as a source of creativity and innovation, and we want to continue to foster and promote a sense of belonging amongst our community that highlights the advantage of diversity and the importance of respecting differences.[1]
As part of this commitment to our multicultural community engaging in an intercultural way, we are raising awareness about the importance of reducing diversity-related prejudices that lay the foundations of discriminatory and racist attitudes within our community.
The City Council is committed to:
- raising awareness of racism and how it affects individuals and the broader community
- identifying, promoting and building on positive programs to prevent and reduce racism
- empower communities and individuals to take action to prevent and reduce racism and to seek help when it occurs
We are working with Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights commission to hear about ways we reduce racism as an organisation and talk about what we can do into the future to become anti-racist.
Did you know you can refer community members to our website to report instances of racism?
[1] People in More Racially Diverse Neighborhoods Are More Prosocial, J. Nai, J. Narayanan, I. Hernandez, K Savani, 2018.
