Moving Forward Together (MFT) is an Australian charitable organisation based in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
that promotes
social harmony and the prevention of prejudice.
[ The organisation was founded in 2005][ and is led by Holocaust survivor ]Ernie Friedlander
Ernie Friedlander (born 1935) is a Holocaust survivor, and is a notable Australian-Jewish activist working in the area of anti-racism and prejudice prevention, and runs the Moving Forward Together Association. Friedlander is also closely associa ...
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Harmony Day campaigns
Moving Forward Together promotes social harmony, commonly in conjunction with the annual Australian Government's Harmony Day
Harmony Day is celebrated annually on 21 March in Australia. It is a government-declared observance day that began in 1999, coinciding with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Overview
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Hamony poster competition
Moving Forward Together runs an annual poster competition in New South Wales in conjunction with the annual Harmony Day celebrations with an emphasis on themes of pride and belonging. In 2016, competition posters were displayed at Parliament House, Sydney before being added to a travelling exhibition. In 2021, the poster competition involved submissions from over 5,300 students.[
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Stop Racism Now (campaign)
In 2021, the organisation initiated an anti-racism campaign titled
Stop Racism Now AU
which was launched by the Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley ,[ The campaign involves promoting messages of mutual respect and understanding as well as the development of educational materials for schools in New South Wales.][Friedlander, E. (2021). "The Stop Racism Now campaign." ''Australasian Muslim Times'', Issue 190. (September 2021). Page 10.]
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, or ECAJ, is an official peak national body representing the Australian Jewish community. It the umbrella organisation for over 200 Jewish organisations across Australia which are ECAJ's constituent or affi ...
(ECAJ), the peak representative body of the Australian Jewish community, noted the campaign in its annual study of antisemitic activity in Australia following the rejection of the Stop Racism Now campaign by a student union based in the University of Technology Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1830s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2021 ...
(UTS). The ECAJ determined that the manner in which the student union rejected the camapaign's outreach efforts reflected a prevailing trend of anti-Jewish sentiment expressed by some progressive activists.
See also
* Courage to Care
* Anti-Defamation Commission
The Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) is a Jewish-Australian community organisation that was originally founded by B'nai B'rith to combat antisemitism in Australia (originally as the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission).Abramovitch, D. (2015). ...
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Organisations based in Sydney
Civil society
B'nai B'rith
Organizations established in 2005
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