{"id":1263,"date":"2012-09-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/bahais-back-anti-racism-strategy\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:48:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:48:17","slug":"bahais-back-anti-racism-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/bahais-back-anti-racism-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Baha’is back anti-racism strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Launching the strategy: (Left to right) Senator Kate Lundy, Dr Helen Szoke, Attorney-General Nicola Roxon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Australian Baha\u2019i Community has become a partner and supporter of Australia\u2019s new National Anti-Racism Strategy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The strategy was launched in Melbourne last month by Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Helen Szoke alongside the Attorney-General Nicola Roxon and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Senator Kate Lundy.<\/p>\n

Members of the Australian Baha\u2019i Community contributed to the development of the strategy via a formal submission and participation in a nation-wide series of community consultations.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson Venus Khalessi said the Baha\u2019i Community\u2019s contribution to the strategy will be the education programs it provides across Australia at the neighbourhood level, particularly in the form of children\u2019s classes and the junior youth spiritual empowerment program, which are to be expanded in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moral capabilities taught in these programs are anchored in the central social and spiritual principle of our time, namely the interdependence and interconnectedness of humanity as a whole,\u201d Ms Khalessi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecognition of the oneness of humanity is essential to combatting all forms of prejudice and discrimination, including racism,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Baha\u2019i community will also contribute by providing information on the strategy on the national website, www.bahai.org.au<\/a>, and on the Facebook<\/a> page of the Australian Baha\u2019is.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the next three years, the National Anti-Racism Strategy will focus on five key priority areas: schools and higher education, the media, government service provision, workplaces and the internet.<\/p>\n

The aims of the strategy are to:<\/p>\n