These are familiar ideas, but they mean different things to different people. They are core to Belonging for All and to building a society where diversity strengthens us, rather than divides us.
For us, Belonging is about creating infrastructures, narratives, policies and ways of relating where everyone—regardless of background, age, identity, or perspective—can contribute.
Bridging means building connections across difference, rather than letting division take hold.
Polarisation and division are growing in Australia and globally, but most solutions only treat the
symptoms. Many responses struggle to address the deeper systemic problems creating separation and exclusion across cultures, politics, and identities.
Throughout history, nations with the most diversity thrive when they harness it well. In this significant period of global transition, Australia has an opportunity to draw on our diversity of cultures, identities, and political perspectives to demonstrate humanity at its best.
There is a growing recognition by many that our current systems and structures can no longer meet the challenges we face, and there is a demand for major change.
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Belonging for All means creating systems, structures, places and cultures where everyone—regardless of background, age, identity, or perspective—can contribute.
It’s about building a society where diversity strengthens us, rather than divides us.
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ChangeFest is the nationwide movement for community-led change in Australia.
It is committed to truth, healing, and equity – and to First Nations voice being centred in local, regional and national decisions.
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