During the holy month of Ramadan, Affinity Intercultural foundation hosted an online series called “Ramadan Conversations: We are all in this together” facilitated by Jon Cleary, former ABC broadcaster. The program touches on the current impact of COVID-19 and past experiences of Ramadan. To watch the series click here.

On 15 March 2020 the Australian National Maritime Museum hosted a small, private event to mark the first anniversary of the shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, that killed 51 people at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre. Exectuive Director Mr Ahmet Polat attended this event on behalf of Affinity. Click here to view the […]

A discussion entitled “Why now is the right time to talk about climate change?”, led by A/Prof Clive Pearson with the main speaker, Hon Matt Kean MP, NSW Minister for Energy and Environment was organised on Wednesday 11 March 2020 by Affinity Intercultural Foundation at their Sydney city offices. The formal program started after lunch […]

Affinity hosted a lunchtime forum at their Sydney city offices, as part of its lecture series, on Thursday 27 February with a conversation titled “Asia caught between America and China: Maintaining peace and prosperity.” The keynote speaker at the event was Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, Washington DC specialising in foreign policy […]

Professor Bob Carr presented an Australian view of the world including its relationship with US and China on Tuesday 4 February 2020 at the Sydney offices of Affinity during a couch conversation with the former diplomat, Richard Broinowski AO. The former Premier of NSW and also a former Foreign Minister of Australia, Bob Carr is […]

While Sydney was surrounded by bushfires and smoke, “Faithful Responses to Climate Emergency: Acting In Hope” was the topic addressed by CSU A/Prof Mehmet Ozalp and Ms Thea Ormerod from ARRCC on Thursday 14 November at Affinity Offices in the city. Affinity hosted yet another lecture series on Climate Emergency with Associate Prof Mehmet Ozalp, […]