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Our Mission
At Affinity, our mission is to create and sustain enduring relationships with people from diverse backgrounds, by organising public events, talks and lecture series that bring groups of different people together.
Upcoming Events
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Nov14-2018
Domestic Violence & How to Stop It
Join us for an lunchtime panel discussion with Superintendent Julie Boon, Moo Baulch and Pallavi Sinha. The panel will be about ‘Domestic Violence & How to Stop It’. Light lunch will be served at 12:00 pm. The panel will start at 12:30 pm. About the Panellists: Julie Boon | Superintendent, Corporate Sponsor for Family and […]
Affinity Intercultural Foundation
Oct24-2018
AFL & Cross-Cultural Understanding
Join us for an evening Lunchtime Lecture with Sam Graham, CEO of AFL NSW/ACT. The topic of Sam’s talk will be ‘AFL & Cross-Cultural Understanding’. Light lunch will be served at 12:00 pm. The talk will start at 12:30 pm. About the Speaker: Sam Graham | CEO, AFL NSW/ACT Sam Graham completed a Bachelor of […]
Affinity Intercultural Foundation
Oct19-2018
The Challenge Of Politicising Multicultural Australia & How To Overcome It
Join us for a morning conversation with Richard Di Natale, Leader of the Australian Greens. Breakfast will be served at 7:30am. The talk will start at 8:00am. About the Speaker: Richard Di Natale| Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale is the leader of the Australian Greens. He was elected to the federal parliament in 2010 […]
Affinity Intercultural Foundation
Oct11-2018
A Big Job: Community and Government Working Together to Advance Refugee Settlement in NSW
Join Esta Paschalidis-Chilas, Government Relations Manager at Settlement Services International and Professor Peter Shergold AC, Chancellor of Western Sydney University, at this Affinity Evening Lecture, as they discuss the topical issue of advancing refugee settlement in NSW. About the Panellists: Professor Peter Shergold | Chancellor, Western Sydney University The Board of Trustees elected Professor Peter Shergold AC […]
Affinity Intercultural Foundation
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“The climate is on steroids, and humans are feeding it to the earth”: Professor Will Steffen presents the case for urgent climate action
On Wednesday, 28 August, Professor Will Steffen, Emeritus Professor at Australian National University delivered an engaging and timely Lunchtime Lecture titled, The Anthropocene: Rising Risks, Critical Choices. Professor Steffen, who is a Councillor on the publicly-funded Climate Council of Australia, gave a sobering presentation that showed the impact of human activity on the earth. “The […]
Reframing Conversations and Centring the Reader: A Day in the Life of a Modern Newspaper Editor
On Wednesday, 15 August, Affinity Intercultural Foundation continued its successful Morning Conversation series with a talk from Lisa Davies, editor of The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). The conversation was facilitated by Natalie Ahmat, senior journalist from SBS National Indigenous Television (NITV).In a talk titled ‘A Day in the Life of a Modern Newspaper Editor’, Lisa […]
“Gay people exist and you can’t change us”: Michael Kirby delivers stirring speech on LGBTQIA rights
On Thursday, 16 August, Affinity Intercultural Foundation hosted a special Lunchtime Lecture with two highly distinguished Australian law figures: former Justice of the High Court, Hon Michael Kirby AC and the University of Sydney’s Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum. In a conversation titled Interpersonal Relationships and Human Rights, the pair discussed the issues that are faced […]
The Abraham Conference 2018: Pillars of Peace
The 2018 Abraham Conference was held at Western Sydney University, Parramatta campus on Sunday 5 August. The theme was “Pillars of Peace: Jews, Christians and Muslims Working Together”. Rev Dr Patrick McInerney welcomed all present using the traditional religious greeting of Judaism, Christianity and Islam—“Peace be with you”—in Hebrew, Latin and Arabic. Shirley Gilbert, a lecturer in […]
Visiting academic offers optimistic view of modern Indian identity politics
On Wednesday, 25 July Affinity Intercultural Foundation hosted a special lunchtime conversation with Professor Anwar Alam, a visiting Senior Fellow from Policy Perspectives Foundation in New Delhi, India. In a conversation facilitated by Professor Devleena Ghosh from the University of Technology Sydney, Professor Alam shared his optimistic outlook on the way identity politics has evolved […]
Law deans join heads to talk about diversity in the Australian law school
On Thursday, 12 July Affinity continued its Lunchtime Law Panel series with two law deans, Professor Tania Sourdin of the University of Newcastle and Professor Michael Quinlan of the University of Notre Dame. The two deans shared a conversation on the Diversity in the Australian law school, which was facilitated by Professor Mary Crock from […]
“Your story is the Australian story”: Affinity celebrates its 10th Friendship & Dialogue Iftar at historic NSW Parliament House
On Tuesday 29 May more than 300 guests gathered at NSW Parliament House to break bread in the spirit of harmony and diversity at Affinity Intercultural Foundation’s tenth annual Friendship and Dialogue Iftar dinner. The gathering saw guests from diverse backgrounds in attendance, including members of Parliament, police, religious, community and education leaders, business people, […]
Teaching ethics to future lawyers: Affinity’s new Law Panel Series covers important ground on law and ethics
On Thursday 15 March, Affinity Intercultural Foundation launched its new Law Panel Discussion series, which included panellists Professor Joellen Riley, Dean of the University of Sydney’s Law School and Professor Michael Adams, Professor of Corporate Law and Governance and former Law Dean of Western Sydney University. The panel’s conversation was centered around the topic of […]
Exploring religion in the modern world ….2 days, 3 events-Fountain Magazine
Professor Sophia Pandya specialises in women, religion, and globalisation. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in Near Eastern Studies/Arabic...
Australia & the World-Bob Carr
On Wednesday 14 February, Affinity launched its year of programs with a Lunchtime Lecture involving former Australian Foreign Minister and NSW Premier, Hon Bob Carr.