About - Courage to Care

Creating a generation of Upstanders

At Courage to Care QLD, we believe that ordinary people have the power to make a positive difference to the lives of others by being Upstanders.

Taking inspiration from extraordinary real-life acts of courage, our classroom programs inspire people to make a real difference in their community by standing up and taking action, creating real change.

We educate participants on how to counter the dangers of racism, prejudice, discrimination and bullying.

Delivered by our team of skilled and dedicated volunteers and featuring inspiring testimonies from Holocaust survivor speakers, our programs promote acceptance of diversity within our community, transform bystander behaviour, and inspire participants to become Upstanders.

Courage to Care encourages participants to become aware of their potential to make a positive difference, and offers practical tools for standing up against racism, bullying and prejudice by empowering participants to take positive action – in the schoolyard, workplaces, and in our communities.

We deliver Upstander Programs to secondary schools and primary schools across QLD.

Upstander Programs are also available for community groups and workplaces in QLD.

Viewing Upstander behaviour through a historical lens

Hearing real stories of courage from past genocides such as the Holocaust is moving, impactful and above all, empowering.

By highlighting the extraordinary acts of ordinary people who intervened to save others, our survivor speaker stories show participants that they too can be Upstanders – in their own schools, workplaces and wider communities.

In doing so, we demonstrate how every individual has the power to make a positive difference by standing up in the face of injustice.

‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing’

This famous quote by Philosopher Edmund Burke captures the philosophy of our work.

To prompt good people to conquer evil, we invite our participants to challenge their own attitudes and behaviours, as well as those around them.

By encouraging participants to consider how they can become Upstanders, we contribute to maintaining a socially cohesive and accepting society.

Courage to Care programs are also available in other states. Visit Courage to Care Victoria, Courage to Care NSW and Courage to Care WA to find out more.

Upstander Toolkit

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Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY.

Entrants must be permanent residents of Victoria with a valid residential address, email address, and phone number.

There is no cost to enter.

There are two categories of Entries:

Victorian School Students Competition – which is open to any currently enrolled student in a Victorian Primary or Secondary School (including VCAL or equivalent); and
Open Competition – which is open to all Victorian residents of any age.

Each Entrant may enter only one photograph.

By entering this Competition, you confirm that:

you are the creator and owner of the entered photograph;
you grant Courage to Care (Vic) (“C2C”) at no charge, a perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use, sell and reproduce your photograph in print and digital media, for use in and promotion:
- of C2C’s 30^th Birthday Exhibition; and
- by C2C for any purpose.
the exhibition and promotion of your photograph does not infringe copyright or moral rights; and
you have obtained all relevant permissions of persons shown in photograph.

Your entry for this Competition must include:
A digital image file in jpeg format with a file size of at least 4 MB and no greater than 10 MB
A title for your photograph; and
A written explanation in no more than 50 words that explains why your photograph is relevant to the theme of “Being an Upstander.” For Further information on this theme, refer to couragetocare.org.au
Digital manipulation and alternative post-capture image processing methods of photographs are permitted.

No entries will be accepted after 11:59 pm on 31 March 2022
C2C will acknowledge receipt of all entries. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within fourteen days, please contact C2C competition@couragetocare.org.au.
Entries will not be accepted or judged if:

under normally accepted standards, the photograph could be considered offensive in terms of pornographic content, character denigration, racial or religious prejudice. The Judge’s decision and discretion will be final; or

The Judges will decide and notify the finalists and also the Competition winners. The Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence concerning the Judges’ decision will be considered.

All finalist photographs will be exhibited at the C2C 30^th Birthday Exhibition and will remain for the duration of this period.
C2C reserves the right to curate the exhibition as it sees fit. C2C will determine whether the photograph will be displayed digitally or as a printed photograph. The costs of printing and display of the photographs will be paid by C2C.
The Competition winners will be announced during the C2C 30^th Anniversary Exhibition.
For the duration of the Exhibition, all Photographs must be available for sale. All proceeds of sales will go to C2C as a fundraising initiative to support their charitable purpose.

Photographs will be sold via a “silent auction”. All photographs will be delivered to the purchaser as a printed photograph at C2C’s expense.
The Prizes for the winning Entrants in the Competition are …TBD

C2C will not be responsible for any loss or damage of the submitted digital image files or printed photographs, however caused.
Please note that this Exhibition is separate from the annual Art Show run by B’nai B’rith Victoria.