Our Stories – a school educational program, stories of 4 refugees building a new life in Australia

Our Stories features the stories of four refugees building a new life in Australia. Alpha, Shabnam, David and Aya each arrived in Australia at a different time and from different ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. Our Stories explores our common humanity and highlights both the common and unique challenges faced by our newest Australians. Through the website, users are encouraged to step into the shoes of a refugee as they start a new life in Australia and face a series of difficult scenarios encountered by that refugee.

In partnership with Cool Australia, they have also developed free Years 8 and 9 civics citizenship lessons. The lessons draw on the experiences of refugees building a new life in Australia to deliver real-world learning and develop values of inclusivity and tolerance.

Tal is a Senior Lawyer at the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, where he intervenes in cases raising important human rights and equality issues.

Tal has 6 years of legal and policy experience across government, legal and community sectors and has collaborated on a number of law reform and social change projects. Tal is passionate about refugee issues and the use of storytelling to create meaningful social change. A lawyer by trade, he is an educator at heart.