1. 1 Identify attributes of new and emerging communities in Australia Element 1.2

2. 2 Performance Criteria Identify support mechanisms that facilitate community engagement. Describe some differences between an established community and new and emerging communities. Identify some of their own tendencies to stereotyping and discrimination. Use the Describe, Investigate, Evaluate process for reflecting on their own perceptions Use the Care for, Match and Pace process for achieving rapport. Identify new and emerging communities in a specific location.

3. 3 What word do you see?

4. 4 New and Emerging Communities Variety of definitions Generally –<15,000-20,000 people nationwide from this group –30% have arrived in the past 5 years

5. 5 Personal support mechanisms Who would you ask for help, where would you go, what help might you need? Accommodation Education and training Social participation Recreation Employment Family Religious or spiritual Health Household Legal With others, think and talk about: In which of these areas have you accessed support? What would prevent you from accessing support? Are you a ‘member’ of your community? Are you a part of a ‘new’ or ‘established’ community?

6. 6 What are the support mechanisms available to a new and emerging community? What support might people have been able to access in 2000? What support might they be able to access now? You might think about: Accommodation Education and training Social participation Recreation Employment Family Personal background and experience Religious or spiritual practices Health Food availability, shopping Legal and government system

7. 7 Issues Too much information too early Transport – learning to drive, navigating public transport Health – doctors not accessing support, interpreters, women not providing information to male doctors Mental health issues due to trauma and torture English language skills Child care – access and payment Parenting expectations Gender and intergenerational norms and expectations Social participation – links with local community Employment – finding and getting Legal obligations and entitlements Finding accommodation, especially for large families School - limited education experience, Australian school practices Other priorities Previous experiences

8. 8 A refugee camp in the heart of the city http://www.refugeecamp.org/movie.cfm

9. 9 My New Name By Ruvimbo Bungwe from Zimbabwe, 9 years old, 2002 So I have a new name – refugee Strange that a name should take away from me My past, my personality and hope Strange refuge this. So many seem to share this name – refugee Yet we share so many differences. I find no comfort in my new name I long to share my past, restore my pride, To show, I too, in time will offer more Than I have borrowed. For now the comfort that I seek Resides in the old yet new name I would choose – Friend

10. 10 What is your name activity What is your name? How did you get it? What other names are you known by? What situation do you think could prompt a situation such as this to be felt by this child?

11. 11 Dealing with perceptions What are these objects: Describe Interpret Evaluate

12. 12 http://pzphotosan6.blogspot.com/

13. 13 http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/media/images Message stick

14. 14 http://64.17.159.196/images Mezuzah Two chapters from the Torah written (in Hebrew, of course) on a piece of parchment. The parchment is then rolled into a scroll, wrapped in paper or plastic, usually inserted into a hard-plastic or metal case, and affixed to the doorpost

15. 15 http://www.sourcingmap.com Ear wax remover

16. 16 Grater

17. 17 http://www.holapa.co.uk/acatalog/Others.html Sticky rice baskets

18. 18 Khipu Recovered from graves on the coast of Peru and photographed at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. May be a form of writing. Acknowledged as a kind of abacus. http://www.wired.com/wir ed/archive/15.01/khipu.ht ml?pg=1&topic=khipu&to pic_set=

19. 19 What makes your heart sing? Speaker Tell your partner what makes your heart sing Listener Listen closely to the speaker Mirror their actions (match) Make your actions at their speed (pace) Cross match their actions

20. 20 New and emerging communities http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/delivering-assistance/government- programs/settlement-planning/_pdf/trends-needs-wa.pdf

21. 21 English language proficiency http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/delivering-assistance/government- programs/settlement-planning/_pdf/trends-needs-wa.pdf

22. 22 Other languages http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/delivering-assistance/government- programs/settlement-planning/_pdf/trends-needs-wa.pdf

23. 23 Age http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/delivering-assistance/government- programs/settlement-planning/_pdf/trends-needs-wa.pdf

24. 24 Settlement areas http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/delivering-assistance/government- programs/settlement-planning/_pdf/trends-needs-wa.pdf