Comments on: Helping to ‘Change the Conversation’ about people seeking asylum to our shores https://www.openforum.com.au/helping-to-change-the-conversation-about-people-seeking-asylum-to-our-shores/ Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 By: Craig Hackett https://www.openforum.com.au/helping-to-change-the-conversation-about-people-seeking-asylum-to-our-shores/#comment-4051 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 09:43:35 +0000 http://staging.openforum.com.au/blog/helping-to-change-the-conversation-about-people-seeking-asylum-to-our-shores/#comment-4051 Promoting a positive social agenda

Hi Ciantal,

Thank you for an interesting read and good luck with your worthy project. I think bringing people together just ticks so many boxes, on top of instilling evidence-based clarity to help people see through the fog of disinformation propagated by mainstream media, I also think sharing ideas this way leverages diversity and creates an atmosphere of creativity.

You might also be interested in having a look at our research project which touches on some similar themes around social action, tolerance and inclusiveness. Our project looks at the role of bystanders who witness racism and prejudice in everyday situations. You can find our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BystanderSurvey/ or check out my blog for a direct link to the survey.

My research supervisor Dr Danielle Every is a Senior Research Fellow with an interest in issues of social inclusion, and has an extensive portfolio of published works, including papers on the plight of asylum seekers which you may find interesting. You can see Dr Every’s portfolio of published works on Researchgate at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Danielle_Every/publications.

Best wishes,

Craig Maxwell Hackett

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