2007 Symposium

The Annual Community Relations Symposium was held successfully on 15 and 16 of August 2007 for the seventh consecutive year.  This event has come to be a highlight in the Commission’s event calendar as well as for various community organisations that regularly attend and support it.  The aim of this event is to provide an opportunity for the most current and innovative community projects to be showcased.  In so doing, the Commission provides a discussion and networking forum for community organisations to workshop ideas and share successful project models.

‘Respect and Reciprocity’ was the guiding theme of the 2007 Community Relations Symposium which provided an effective focus for the discussions held over the two days of the Symposium held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Parramatta.  The Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship, the Hon. Barbara Perry MP delivered the opening speech on the first day of the Symposium which was Youth Leaders Day 2007.

At the forefront of the discussions were the topics of diversity, harmony and equality for the people of NSW.  The Symposium provided an excellent forum for the delegates and representatives of community organisations to express their ideas and perspectives about these issues and for the commission to be able to listen to and analyse the concerns raised. Click here to download or read the PDF version of the 2007 Annual Symposium Report.

2007 Youth Day 

The most significant addition to the Annual Community Relations Symposium has in recent years, been the inclusion of Youth Leaders Day as the first day of the Symposium.  Youth Leaders Day grew out of a need identified at the 2005 Annual Community Relations Symposium to dedicate an entire day of the Symposium to the voices of young people in order to provide the necessary space and focus on the issues of concern to multicultural Youth in NSW.  Youth Leaders Day was held successfully held for the second consecutive year in 2007.  The outcomes of this well-attended event are detailed in the Community Relations Youth Leaders Day Report 2007.