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Together for Humanity Anti-Prejudice & Intercultural Understanding Programs

Together for Humanity

Together for Humanity is a not-for-profit educational organisation working with schools to eliminate prejudice so all young people feel they belong. Through experiential and discovery learning, we offer a range of student programs, teacher professional learning and online learning for students and teachers. All our programs are subsidised, curriculum-linked and support student wellbeing.

  • Online
  • ACT
  • NSW
  • NT
  • QLD
  • SA
  • Tas
  • Vic
  • WA

Availability is confined to specific regions. Contact the provider to check availability in your region.

Pricing: Free

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: Funded by the Australian Government Department of Education

Product type: Program; Online resources (e.g. videos, games, tools, readings); Professional learning; Presentation by an expert or speaker ; Whole school approach or initiative; Incursion, excursion or immersive experience; Learning modules; Class lesson plans

Contact details

Together for Humanity
ABN: 51 118 344 666

https://togetherforhumanity.org.au/our-programs/

bookings@togetherforhumanity.org.au

Focus areas

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Bullying and cyber-bullying

  • Resilience and optimism

Curriculum alignment

  • Health and PE

  • Humanities and Social Science

Prospective users

Audience: Whole school universal (Tier 1), Whole class universal (Tier 1), Targeted small group early intervention (Tier 2)

Communities: Diverse cultures or language groups

Context: School or centre-based, University or VET organisations, Home-schooling

Main beneficiaries: Foundation/Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12, Educators, Leaders, Families

Delivery style: Delivered by program staff; Student, self-directed

Aims & approach

Together for Humanity programs for Primary and Secondary school students are linked to The Australian Curriculum, the ACARA intercultural understanding continuum and to the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework.

Our programs have been shown to help students, teachers and school communities*:

- Challenge stereotypes

- Reduce fears of cultural difference

- Deal with prejudice and discrimination

- Develop empathy, mutual acceptance and belonging

*Gale, F., Edenborough, M., Boccanfuso, E., Hawkins, M., & Sell, C. (2019), Western Sydney University, Australia. Promoting intercultural understanding, connectedness and belonging: An independent qualitative evaluation of Together for Humanity programs.

Our student programs include:

- Interactive presentations: Short, curriculum-linked presentations that explore identity, belonging, faith, culture, stereotypes, prejudice, racism and more

- Multi-session or whole day programs: Intensive and highly interactive programs that help students build confidence, develop empathy and deal with difference

- Interschool programs: A program to bring students from different cultural or religious backgrounds together in supported and engaging dialogue

- Distance/Blended programs: Blended sessions which use a combination of online, video-conference, and classroom activities

- Online learning modules: interactive, self-paced modules that can be used to compliment in-person programs, or stand-alone

Together for Humanity also runs engaging, interactive in-person, videoconference and self-paced professional learning for teachers at all stages of their careers in both Primary and Secondary schools. Independent Evaluations (WSU 2024) show that our Teacher Professional Learning programs increase teacher understanding of and confidence in incorporating intercultural understanding and enable them to facilitate more inclusive teaching practices. Our teacher professional learning offerings are linked to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, and include:

- Nurturing belonging in schools

- Responding to racism & hate speech in the classroom & playground

- Effective family engagement

- Developing intercultural understanding

- Supporting students during times of global conflict

- Interfaith dialogue for schools

- Multiple self-paced online learning modules which can be used to compliment a booked synchronous professional learning session, or stand-alone

- Sessions for Education/Teaching students in Universities

Together for Humanity staff are trained teachers, youth workers, and community development specialists. Our multicultural and multifaith facilitators represent Australia’s diversity and draw on lived experience as Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, refugees, migrants, and members of cultural and faith communities. Our facilitators are selected for their excellent facilitation and relational skills, and are trained to support the learning journeys of young people in Australian schools. All facilitators are required to have valid working with children clearances.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor

Evidence

Independent evaluations by Western Sydney University (2019, 2023 and 2024)

Peer-review journal article: Developing social cohesion in Australia using education for intercultural understanding: Approaches undertaken by the education NGO together for humanity. Journal: The Social Educator. https://search.informit.org/do...