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PROTÉGÉS Issue no. 1 | 2023
PROTÉGÉS
Stereotypes and Social Harmony Forum

By Nur Fatihah Rafek & Muhammad Faiz Mohd Yusairi
3rd Year, Dept of Southeast Asian Studies
Final year students of the Department of Southeast Asian
Studies organised a forum on 27 January 2023 titled
“Stereotypes and Social Harmony”. It was held in hybrid
mode at Dewan Kuliah A, FASS, and via Zoom. The forum
was well attended by students, invited scholars and
activists from various organisations. The forum aimed to
advocate awareness on eliminating stereotypes and
moving forward towards sustainable social harmony, in
line with SDGs 10 and 16.

The forum dealt with the impact of stereotypes on
relationships between multiethnic and religious groups in
Malaysia. Issues of stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination,
refugee migration, and gender bias were discussed in
relation to levels of harmony in Malaysian society. Some of
the main highlights of the talk include: gender inequality
in political leadership, empowering people with disabilities of the forum was the urgent need to be inclusive and
and removing stereotypes that limit opportunities for the mindful, and to mitigate the negative impact of stereotypes
vulnerable in society. The major takeaway for participants on harmony in a multicultural society.

Colour Dash Run Bring collaboration with the UM Community Engagement Centre
Student Club (UMCares), who promoted and provided
Fun to Help the Needs volunteers for the event. The Head of Department, Dr

Mohamad Saleh Rahamad flagged off the fun run
accompanied by Dr Muhammad Zaiamri Zainal Abidin,
Department of Media & Communication Studies Student
Affairs Coordinator and Ms Nursyamira Shaid, the module
leader for Strategic Event Management.

At the end of the event, a prize giving ceremony was held
for the top 3 finishers who finished with run times of 19:40,
19:58 and 25:00. There was also a lucky draw session for
10 lucky runners to bring home a hamper sponsored by an
individual donor. The department hopes that more charity
Universiti Malaya’s full of colours in conjunction with the events will be organised in the future to raise more
“Colour Dash Fun Run 2023” which was held for the first awareness for the faculty students in need. Life in the big
time by the Department of Media & Communication city is demanding and unreasonable for students. Thus, a
Studies. The Charity Fun Run successfully raised RM 7,600 helping hand might help ease their burden during their
for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Students Charity studies.
and Development Fund, to help students who are in need
with their expenses, as they study and live in the
challenging and demanding city of Kuala Lumpur.

The event had a total of 150 participants and was
sponsored by Persatuan Penulis Nasional Malaysia (PENA),
Sapora Book Hub, Spritzer, uniLAH, Nature Juice, Wang-
Zheng Corporation Sdn. Bhd., Check Hup, and Zoo
Taiping and Night Safari, as well as individual
sponsorships by the internal and external members of
Universiti Malaya. Colour Dash Fun Run was in
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