Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM is the CEO and founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Kon is proudly Greek, growing up in a working class family in a small country town in Victoria. Kon’s personal experience of racism and witnessing the exploitation of his parents in factories planted the seeds for his passion for human rights.
Kon went on to become a lawyer, social worker, and teacher. He has been recognised as an Australian of the Year (Victoria) finalist in 2007, was invited to participate in the 2020 Summit in 2008, was voted one of Australia’s 20 Unsung Heroes as part of the launch of the new Portrait Gallery in Canberra in 2008, and was voted as one of Melbourne’s 100 most influential people in The Age Melbourne Magazine. Most recently, Kon was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2010 and an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2011.
Kon has just released his first book The Power of Hope. You can get it here: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-power-of-hope-kon-karapanagiotidis/prod9781460755136.html?source=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInODltLaY3AIVwTUrCh05XQe1EAQYASABEgLOlvD_BwE
Also you can donate to the ASRC here: https://www.asrc.org.au/
And you can follow Kon's amazing insta here: https://www.instagram.com/halloumitracksuit/
