The Greek Community of Melbourne are continue their Greek history and culture seminars program with another lecture, this time presented by Kos Samaras on 27 August at 7:00 pm.
The lecture titled COVID and working migrant communities will delve into how COVID-19 has not just been lethal for many of our frail elderly but for thousands of migrant workers, exposed because of their work and lack of care.
This pandemic will be remembered for many tragedies, but history will highlight one very obvious trait. The impact on migrant communities, from the cold streets of Stockholm to the countless undocumented workers in Texas.
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Mr Samaras was born in Australia, his parents migrating to Australia during the 1960s. He spent most of his formative years growing up in Melbourne’s migrant working class suburbs of Northcote and Broadmeadows.
For close to 30 years, Mr Samaras has worked in both advertising and politics and in that time has served as Victorian Labor’s Deputy Campaign Director for 14 years, where he specialised in political and social demography.
You can view the lecture on Zoom or The Greek Community of Melbourne’s Facebook page.