Know Your Rights
Understand your rights and your options
Would you know what to do if you experienced or witnessed racism or discrimination? Know Your Rights is a community workshop series that helps people identify, respond to and report racism and discrimination.
It explains your rights and the protections available, and shows you where to go if something happens.It explains people’s rights and the protections available and shows where to go if something happens.
What happens at a workshop?
Workshops are practical and run in small groups. Some workshops include a guest speaker who approaches the topic from different perspectives and shares key information. Speakers can come from community, legal and safety backgrounds, and they explain how rights and protections work in practice. Guests change from session to session.
Why does it matter?
Knowing your rights and your options makes it easier to act when something happens. The series strengthens understanding of rights and protections and supports safety, inclusion and confidence in using reporting pathways.
FAQs
Everyone is welcome, wherever you live. Sessions are especially welcoming for people from multicultural communities.
Yes, sessions are free.
Sessions run four times a year in different locations. To see the next date and venue and book your place, visit our events page.
Yes, bookings are essential. Book through our events page or call Angie Vriens, Head of Community Programs and Inclusion, on 1300 882 962.
You’ll learn about your rights and the protections available to you. You’ll also learn how to recognise racism and discrimination, how to respond safely and where to report it.
Yes. Interpreters are available on request. Session materials are available in key local languages, such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian and Greek. To request an interpreter, contact Angie on 1300 882 962 or at ourplaceourwoollahra@holdsworth.org.au.
Yes. Our venues are accessible. If you need extra access support or anything else, please contact Angie on 1300 882 962 or at ourplaceourwoollahra@holdsworth.org.au. We’re happy to help.
Some sessions may be available online. To find out, contact Angie on 1300 882 962 or at ourplaceourwoollahra@holdsworth.org.au.
Yes, we’d love to hear from you. We deliver the sessions with local community, legal and safety organisations. If you’d like to get involved, contact Angie on 1300 882 962 or at ourplaceourwoollahra@holdsworth.org.au.
