{"id":13925,"date":"2021-11-19T23:02:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T23:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13925"},"modified":"2021-11-19T23:02:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T23:02:27","slug":"newcastle-joins-racismnotwelcome-street-sign-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/11\/19\/newcastle-joins-racismnotwelcome-street-sign-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle joins #RacismNotWelcome street sign campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

New street signs are being installed in key locations across Newcastle as part of a grassroots initiative to show that racism is not welcome within our community.
\nCouncil unanimously resolved in March, following a Lord Mayoral Minute, to support the #RacismNotWelcome campaign which is a national community-led initiative that acknowledges the existence of racism in the community and encourages anti-racist behaviour.
\n\"Launch-of-RacismNotWelcome-campaign-in-Newcastle-at-Zara-s-House.JPG\"Image caption (L-R):<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Zara’s House Sister Diana Santleben, Zara’s House Financial Administrator Mary Amponsah, #RacismNotWelcome ambassador and former Socceroos Captain Craig Foster, Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes, and Zara’s House Project Coordinator Farida Baremgayabo.<\/em>
\nNewcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said Newcastle is a diverse and inclusive community with a proud multicultural history.
\n\u201cNewcastle has a long and proud history as a progressive, welcoming city and is officially a Refugee Welcome Zone,\u201d Cr Nelmes said.
\n\u201cCity of Newcastle has taken the lead in tackling racism and will consistently advocate when it comes to providing support for refugees and migrants settling in Newcastle.
\n\u201cWe are proud to join this grassroots campaign by erecting #RacismNotWelcome street signage and will continue to send out the powerful message that racism will not be tolerated in our community.\u201d
\nFormer Socceroos captain, human rights campaigner and #RacismNotWelcome ambassador Craig Foster said the street sign campaign was devised to get to the heart of communities where racism lives.
\n\u201cThe street signs are the physical manifestation of the underlying principle that racism exists, it is real, damaging and deeply harmful to many Australians and that we all have a responsibility to confront it, every day,\u201d Mr Foster said.
\n\u201cThe path ahead for every local council and for us as a country is to proclaim loudly, publicly and visibly that we\u2019re united together as people against division, against discrimination on all grounds and, in this context, race.
\n\u201cI\u2019d like to thank City of Newcastle for getting behind this important movement by declaring the Newcastle Local Government Area rejects discrimination of all kinds.”
\nThe backing of the street sign campaign complements programs funded by City of Newcastle earlier this year to encourage the social inclusion of people from diverse background in our community. Under the Community Support Grants Program 2021, funding assisted a wide range of multicultural and community projects such as the Afghan Community Festival, Unity and Diversity Festival, Newcastle Arab Youth Festival, Multicultural Pop-Up Library, and Syrian Community Festival.
\n#RacismNotWelcome street signs will be erected in the following locations over the coming weeks:<\/b>
\n\u00b7 Shortland Esplanade, Newcastle Beach
\n\u00b7 Corner of Council and Darby Street, Cooks Hill
\n\u00b7 Newcastle Interchange, Hannell Street, Wickham
\n\u00b7 Corner of Victoria Street and Maitland Road, Mayfield
\n\u00b7 Corner of Beaumont Street and Donald Street, Hamilton
\n\u00b7 Blue Gum Road, Jesmond
\n\u00b7 Wallsend Library
\n\u00b7 Hunter Stadium, Turton Road, Lambton
\n\u00b7 John Hunter Hospital entrance road, Kookaburra Circuit, New Lambton Heights.
\nFor more information, visit City of Newcastle’s\u00a0Community Services webpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New street signs are being installed in key locations across Newcastle as part of a grassroots initiative to show that racism is not welcome within our community. Council unanimously resolved in March, following a Lord Mayoral Minute, to support the #RacismNotWelcome campaign which is a national community-led initiative that acknowledges the existence of racism in … Continue reading “Newcastle joins #RacismNotWelcome street sign campaign”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}