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Please contact us so that we can keep you informed of events as they approach.
Villawood visits
Villawood visits are taking place on Saturdays or Sundays at present. Read about participating. We have a contact for Maribyrnong now as well.
If you are unable to visit a detention centre you can write letters to detainees instead. And through Spare Rooms for Refugees you can assist in providing accommodation for detainees on their release.
November 2002
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From White Australia to Woomera
A public forum and debate jointly organised by ChilOut and Amnesty International Australia.
When: Wednesday 6 November at 7.30 pm
Where: Turramurra Uniting Church, 10 Turramurra Avenue, Turramurra, Sydney.
Speakers: Maxine McKew facilitating, Fr Frank Brennan and Margaret Price on the panel, and also a government representative.
Margaret Price is the Executive Director of the Australian Refugee Council. RCOA is Australia's peak refugee agency and its main function is to provide an interface for those working with refugees and government policy makers. RCOA represents over 100 organisations and individuals working with and for refugees in Australia and around the world.
Margaret is a member of a number of national consultative bodies and has regularly been the non-government adviser to the Australian Government delegation to the annual meeting of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva.
With the Refugee Council and before that with Austcare Margaret has travelled extensively and has written about many aspects of the refugee experience and is the author of a text on refugee children.
Father Frank Brennan SJ AO is a Jesuit priest, a lawyer and social justice campaigner. He is the Associate Director of Uniya, the Jesuit Social Justice Centre in Sydney. He has written extensively on Aboriginal Land Rights and civil liberties.
He joined the Jesuits in 1975, was ordained in 1985. In 1995 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for services to Aboriginal Australians, particularly as an advocate in the areas of law, social justice and reconciliation. In 1996, he and Pat Dodson shared the inaugural ACFOA Human Rights Award. In January 2002, he returned from 18 months in East Timor where he was the Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service. He has been a constant commentator on and critic of the Australian Government's policy on Asylum Seekers.
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"Border Stories" Exhibition opens in Melbourne, Southbank. (9 - 13 November)
The exhibition presents the story behind each person that flees. It consists of 10 personal objects collected by Médecins Sans Frontières' field staff from countries such as: Afghanistan, Guinea, Chechnya, Indonesia and Angola. The objects belong to refugees/displaced people, including a doll, book, keys, and a basket. These are objects that have a past and that have been well used. Some text and a photograph of the person, to whom the object belongs, accompany them.
Organised by Medecins Sans Frontieres
Contact:
Flyer: BorderStories.pdf
Bondi Lantern Peace Walk BYO Lantern!
A community/family event, no speeches, some music and a peaceful gathering walking along the prom and back along the beach. ChilOut is helping this year.
When: Saturday November 9th, 7.00 - 8.30 pm (following Saturday 16th if wet)
Where: Meet at the North end of Bondi Beach, Sydney, near the baby pool
Contact:
Flyer: LanternPeaceWalk.doc LanternPeaceWalk.pdf
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Chilout Information Night, Sydney.
When: Tuesday 12 November at 8pm
Where: North Rocks Community Church, 132 North Rocks Road, North Rocks, Sydney.
Speaker: Dr Louise Newman of the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry and Chair of the New South Wales Branch of the College of Psychiatrist.
Please help our footprints campaign by printing and distributing flyers:
FlyerNovember.doc FlyerNovember.pdf |
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"Border Stories" Exhibition Opens in Perth, Perth Cultural Centre. (21 - 25 November)
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DISCUSSION NIGHT - Gymea Sydney
Please support this, the first such event in the wider Sutherland Shire. You get Dinner as well!
When: Thursday 28 November 7 pm
Where: The Sutherland District Trade Union Club known as The Tradies (cnr Kingsway and Manchester Rd, Gymea) in the Bass and Flinders Room.
Speakers: Linda Bartolemi from the Centre for Refugee Research at UNSW and Trish Highfield, Early Childhood Teacher and visitor at Villawood Detention Centre with children and families.
Cost: $20.00 includes a 2 course meal.
Bookings: The Tradies on 95401933, or ring Jan Palmer for more details on 95258472. |
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NATIONAL HEADSCARF DAY TO SUPPORT MUSLIM WOMEN
On Friday, November 29 Australian women are invited to wear a headscarf in public for the day.
Organised by Avigail Abarbanel, a Jewish woman who lives in the Canberra suburb of Lyneham who is President of the Australian National Network of Counsellors and a practising psychotherapist-counsellor She says, "I am a Jewish woman, a former Israeli and an Australian citizen. I have decided to organise Headscarf Day because, with my background, I simply cannot sit by and watch while Muslim people and women in particular are becoming the target of racism. ASIO's raids on Muslim homes are giving legitimacy to racist attacks on Muslims in our streets, and helping to create a culture of 'us and them' in Australia. We must make it clear both to street thugs and our government that the Australian people are united in our rejection of racism, and that we will not allow the population of our country to be polarised. Surely there are appropriate ways to deal with security concerns without resorting to bullying and intimidation.
"You do not need to change your attire, there is no rally to attend, no petitions to sign. It's easy. Dress as usual, put a scarf over your head and go about your day. Any scarf will do".
Here is an example of why we should all participate:
Fred Nile suggests banning the chador in NSW parliament 21 November 2002
Website: www.netspace.net.au/~avigail
Contact:
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MANLY CONCERT FOR REFUGEES
Performers include leading Sydney acapella groups, including Cantorium, Unaccompanied Baggage, Nations in Harmony and Cleftomaniacs & featuring the Mary Immaculate Church choir and the Tongan Choir.
When: From 2 - 4 pm
Where: Manly Corso, Sydney.
This is organised by the energetic PENINSULA'S "TWELVE CHURCHES" Group who also brought us the Refugee Sunday "Walk a Mile in a Refugee's Shoes" event.
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