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| Hindu Youth Council of Australia |
The Hindu Youth Council of Australia (HYCA) seeks to be an umbrella body of the existing Hindu youth bodies around Sydney, and ultimately, around Australia. There are a few motivating factors for having such a body:
- At present, many different Hindu youth groups exist around Sydney (detailed below). Many of these groups are not aware of each other and the activities that they are involved in. These youth groups would have largely the same objective - that is, to promote Hinduism, but where they differ is in the activities and events that they organise. Hence, if there were greater unity amongst these groups, there would be a much more powerful representation of Hinduism, and much larger events could be organised.
- Currently there is no knowledge base or reference point for Hindu beliefs/Scriptures. That is, if an outside organisation - such as the media or the government wants representation from Hindu youth, they have no such direct body to contact. As a result, Hindu youth may often go unrepresented.By being an umbrella organisation, the HYCA would not be attempting to add to the list of Hindu Youth organisations, but instead, foster unity amongst the existing ones.We recognise that Hinduism can be interpreted and practiced in a number of different ways, and that's what lends it to these different organisations. Hinduism thrives on this diversity, and in this way, caters for every type of individual. However, with greater unity, there could be a much larger pool of dynamic youth available to all participant organisations, and all Hindus around Sydney would be exposed to many more of the dimensions of Hinduism. This would enable Hinduism to be accessible to a much larger range of people.
OBJECTIVES
HYCA's core objective is to promote unity in diversity amongst existing Hindu youth groups. There are a number of activities that HYCA plans to undertake to achieve this objective:
- Organise a Convention in 2005 with representation from ALL Hindu youth groups in Sydney. At this convention, the youth groups would have the opportunity to inform everyone of what they do, as well as present an item reflecting it.
- Develop a website, which provides links and information of all the Hindu youth groups around Sydney. It should be the central information portal for Hindu youth, with various articles and links to other interesting Hindu-related websites.
- At present, there is only one Hindu society at a university campus in Sydney - at the University of Sydney. HYCA would seek to establish and support the development of Hindu societies in all Sydney University campuses.
- Assist the parent body in its various endeavours/activities for HCA as a whole.
- Facilitate regular meetings for representatives from various Hindu youth bodies to encourage knowledge gathering, sharing ideas and interacting with one another
- Representation of Hindu youth in the wider Australian multicultural community.
Hindu Students Council (primarily in the Americas, but with international chapters)
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