Cultural Diversity Week: 17 - 23 March 2025

Victoria's largest multicultural celebration

Multiculturalism is a core part of the Victorian identity, our character and way of life. Our state is home to people who speak 290 languages and have 314 different ancestries. It's also a place where anyone can contribute and belong.

Cultural Diversity Week is a time to celebrate the power, influence, and stories of Victoria's rich multicultural communities, and all Victorians are invited to participate through a variety of in-person events and activities.

In 2025, Cultural Diversity Week will take place across the state from 17 - 23 March.

Theme

Embrace The Journey Shape Our Future

There are countless ways for your organisation, school, workplace, family or community to celebrate Cultural Diversity Week. The 2025 theme, 'Embrace the Journey, Shape Our Future’ highlights the unique and shared cultural journeys that define our diverse communities, encouraging us to honour our own cultural stories and those of others, fostering understanding, belonging and connection.

The theme will be used to guide the events, activities and celebrations planned for Cultural Diversity Week.

Important dates

As we prepare for Cultural Diversity Week, we invite Victorians to reflect on the day that paved the way for these celebrations. March 21 is the United Nation's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD).

This day reminds us that while celebrating multiculturalism is vital, so too is supporting and advocating on behalf of multicultural communities. IDERD concludes Cultural Diversity Week, and so we invite all communities to continue conversations about diversity, inclusion and belonging long after the week has ended.

Get involved

There are many ways to get involved with Cultural Diversity Week. You can get involved as an individual, a community, an organisation or as a workplace!

• Host a local festival to celebrate the talents and traditions of your community's cultural diversity
  
• Complete the Australian Human Rights Commission Workplace Cultural Diversity Tool with your team
  
• Host a lunch, morning or afternoon tea to celebrate and showcase cultural diversity through food
  
• Set up displays highlighting different cultures and traditions, and their contributions to the community
  
• Collaborate with local cultural groups to co-host events

If you're getting involved online, or sharing pictures of your event or community, we invite you to use the following hashtags on social media to connect with us and others who are celebrating!

#CulturalDiversityWeek

#CDW2025

#EmbraceTheJourney

#ShapeOurFuture

Cultural Diversity Week is proudly presented by the Victorian Multicultural Commission with support from the Victorian Government.