Moving Forward Together (MFT) is an Australian charitable organisation based in
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
that promotes
social harmony Social harmony may refer to:
* Group cohesiveness, the strength of bonds linking members of a social group to one another and to the group as a whole
* The opposite of class conflict
* Harmonious Society, a Chinese socioeconomic concept assoc ...
and the prevention of prejudice.
[ The organisation was founded in 2005][ and is led by Holocaust survivor Ernie Friedlander.
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Harmony Day campaigns
Moving Forward Together promotes social harmony, commonly in conjunction with the annual Australian Government's Harmony Day celebrations.New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
.
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
Parliament House, Sydney is a group of heritage-listed buildings which houses the Parliament of the state of New South Wales. The main building is located on the east side of Macquarie Street in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. The faç ...
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
Margaret Joan Beazley, , (born 23 July 1951) is an Australian Judge, jurist who is the 39th and current governor of New South Wales, serving since 2 May 2019. She was the president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, the List of the first wo ...
,[ 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 (ECAJ) is a peak body representing the Australian Jewish community, and the umbrella organisation for over 200 Jewish organisations across Australia. It is the Australian affiliate of the World Jewish C ...
(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 university, public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a Institute of technology, ...
(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
References
External links
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Organisations based in Sydney
Civil society
B'nai B'rith
Organizations established in 2005
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