NAVIGATION

NAVIGATION

GLEN EIRA | GECC | WORKSHOPPING | Upstander Training: Action against Racism and Discrimination | Thursday 7 November 2024 | 9.30-11.30am

[Edited extract from public address]

A two-hour training session involving small group activities and collaborative workshopping using case studies drawn from relevant experiences.

Glen Eira City Council is pleased to partner with not-for-profit organisation Courage to Care Victoria to deliver a two-hour Upstander Training for service providers and community organisations.

This is part of Council continued commitment to Together We Stand and our pledge to work together across our communities for Action against Racism and Discrimination.

Participants will:
  • Understand the value of ‘Upstander’ behaviour and the obstacles to action.
  • Develop practical, effective, and safe strategies for ‘Upstander’ responses.
  • Gain insight through the discrimination cascade into how unacceptable behaviours are normalised.
  • Consider an ‘Upstander’ support framework with a view to supporting positive culture change in the workplace.
The purpose of the Upstander training is to transform bystander behaviour to Upstander action. 
  • Where: Caulfield Cup Room – Level One, Glen Eira Council Town Hall, Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
  • Cost: Free
  • Bookings: online via Trybooking

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Glen Eira City Council
Address: PO Box 42, Caulfield South 3162 

The City of Glen Eira acknowledges the Boon Wurrung/Bunurong and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation as Traditional Owners and Custodians. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.