Our News & Newsletters
Sharing our newsletter is an important way for us to connect with our members and community. Each addition contains important news about our organisation, information from and about our members, and other great tidbits. You can find our newsletters, as well as general news below.
UMSLV Newsletter December 2015
Eid al-Adha is an Islamic festival to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim(PBUH). Muslims around the world observe this event. The Muslim community celebrated Eid-ul-Adha on the 24th of September 2015 in the Federation University Loun... Read More
UMSLV Newsletter September 2015
This third scarves event was held on the 30th July at Wonthaggi Neighbourhood Centre. As with the previous event in Korumbarra, it was held under the Gippsland Ethnic Communities Council (GECC) banner. UMSLV ladies (and children) took t... Read More
UMSLV Newsletter April 2015
In celebration of UMSLV turning two years old, the UMSLV committee and members of the community put their running shoes on to help raise funds for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Starlight Foundation has been chosen as the charity ... Read More
UMSLV Newsletter March 2015
This year marked the 3rd annual World Hijab Day, but it was our first time celebrating it. UMSLV organized a World Hijab Day breakfast on the 8th of February at the GMS community room, Morwell. The event was simply lovely, attended by both ... Read More
UMSLV Newsletter December 2014
newsletter 10 In the wake of increased public rhetoric targeting the Muslim Australian community, local leader Lisa Price decided to reach out to Muslim women of the Latrobe Valley. “With all the stuff that was in the media about Muslim... Read More
UMSLV Newsletter September 2014
UMSLV hosted an Eid festival for Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of the month of fasting,on 9 August. The following article about the event was written by Stephanie Charalambous and was published in the Latrobe Valley Express on Thursd... Read More