Workplaces are expected to be safe, inclusive and compliant.
But fear of saying the wrong thing often leads to saying nothing at all.

Silence can feel safe. But it creates distance.
Between perspectives. Between people.

The Space Between is where understanding can begin.

The Space Between is an immersive workplace program that helps organisations move beyond compliance toward connection and understanding. Supported by the Victorian Government’s Multicultural Affairs portfolio and Monash University, the program invites participants to step into the lives of six Australian Jews. 

Their stories aren’t about the past. They’re about now.  Professionally facilitated, and offered at no cost, it provides a structured framework for dialogue and reflection on how we listen, lead, and make decisions at work, and in life.

This isn’t political.
It’s human.
It’s about learning to pause.

The hope is that the change doesn’t just stay in the room. That participants step into the space between, see one another as human, and begin to bridge the distance silence creates.

The Space Between. Where understanding begins.

All sessions are professionally facilitated and designed to create a safe, contained environment for thoughtful dialogue.

For more information or to explore whether this program is right for your workplace, please contact

thespacebetween@mhm.org.au or call 03 9528 1985.

Brave Enough is part of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum’s Critical Thinking is Critical initiative, supporting young people to navigate difference with responsibility and hope. 

Young people quickly learn when difference feels risky. They adapt, hide parts of themselves, and change shape to fit in rather than be real.

Teachers are seeing the impact. Declining connection. Students who won’t stand up or stand out. A growing sense that being different can feel unsafe.

Brave Enough gives teachers a way to interrupt this. 

A short animation mirrors the everyday student experience. The pressure to change to fit in, the sting of rejection, the possibility of connection. And the moment where a choice about inclusion is made.

This accompanying classroom resource opens conversation about what it means to live alongside difference, guiding students to ask: 

What’s shaping me?
Who am I becoming?
What kind of world am I helping to create? 

Designed for wellbeing, pastoral and homeroom settings, Brave Enough explores difference through the lens of antisemitism and social belonging. The resource will be distributed from March 2026 across multiple platforms, including ABC Education’s learning platform.

With Gratitude

Both programs are delivered as part of Critical Thinking is Critical: Educate, Innovate, Advocate Against Antisemitism, a three-year initiative funded through the Victorian Government’s Multicultural Affairs portfolio.

The Melbourne Holocaust Museum has also received academic guidance from Monash University to ensure both programs are informed by contemporary research into effective narrative approaches, open and curious dialogue, and the conditions that support meaningful attitudinal change.

At its essence, Critical Thinking is Critical is a hearts and minds project. Its design is around cultivating feelings of hope, warmth and connection. As with everything we do at MHM, it’s also designed to be innovative and sustainable with a focus on learning, listening and dialogue. 

The Melbourne Holocaust Museum acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government.