Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: 20 March 2013: Ultimo, Sydney, NSW
Symbolism, is it enough?
"As the movement towards constitutional recognition
gains momentum, we ask is symbolism enough?
Get the lowdown from key Indigenous voices
on an issue that affects us all.
And have your say during the Q and A."
Moderator: Miriam Corowa, ABC News 24
Tanya Hosch, Recognise
Peter Dawson, Youth Activist
Jody Broun, National Congress
Luke Pearson, Educator/Social Commentator
Event details: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/events/2013/03/symbolism-is-it-enough
Event: Tue 19 - Thu 21 March 2013: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Preparatory Meeting for Pacific Indigenous Peoples on the
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples 2014
Co-hosted by:
* National Congress of Australia's First Peoples; and
* New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council;
in collaboration with the
* Indigenous Peoples Organisations (IPO) Network of Australia
and * Global Coordinating Group
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and
Indigenous peoples from the Pacific are invited
to attend a preparatory meeting in Sydney in the
lead up to the World Conference on Indigenous
Peoples in 2014."
"The aim of the meeting is to determine what key
human rights issues and strategies Indigenous
Peoples from the Pacific Region would like to
table for discussion at the 2014 world conference."
Event details: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/56983
Event: 21 March 2013: various locations internationally
UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"Racism continues to cause suffering for millions of
people around the world.... I look to all people to join
the United Nations in our drive to eliminate racism.
We must, individually and collectively,
stamp out racism, stigma and prejudice."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/
Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/
Event: Thu 21 or Fri 22 March 2013: NSW
National Close the Gap Day
"A day for Australians to join together and remind
political leaders to close the life expectancy gap
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
within a generation." ATSI Support
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
still die 10-17 years younger than other Australians.
Closing this health gap cannot be done overnight.
We need a long-term commitment with adequate
funding, and investment in real partnerships." Oxfam
NSW event details: http://webfw.oxfam.org.au/act/events/close-the-gap-day/attend?g=1&f=nsw
Event details: https://www.oxfam.org.au/act/events/national-close-the-gap-day/
Event details: http://webfw.oxfam.org.au/act/events/close-the-gap-day/attend
Event summary: http://www.atsisupport.org.au/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=223027
Event details: http://humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/health/index.html
Event summary: [scroll down page] http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/events/index.html#march
Event details: https://www.oxfam.org.au/explore/indigenous-australia/close-the-gap
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/30976/
Event: Thu 21 March 2013: Broadway, Sydney, NSW
Rally Against Racism
Protest:
On the International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
and 'National Close the Gap Day'
STOP 'Stronger Futures' - NO to 10 more years of Intervention
STOP the expansion of income management:
Not in the NT, not in Bankstown not anywhere
STOP Black Deaths in Custody
- Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe and all victims
Speakers include:
* Rosealee Pearson, Yirrkala, NT
* Sue Gillett, Bankstown Aboriginal activist and STICS member
* Ray Jackson, Indigenous Social Justice Association
Event details: [scroll down page] http://stoptheintervention.org/
Event details: http://nsw.greens.org.au/content/march-21-rally-against-racism
Event details: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151391541035141&id=1...
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-the-Intervention-Collective-Sydney/10...
Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/355507234562134/#!/events/355507234562134/
Poster: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Past%20Events/1...
Flyer: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfern-Waterloo/attachments/folder/733234...
STICS Statement: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/53557
STICS info: http://stoptheintervention.org/
ISJA info: http://www.isja-msg.com/index.htm
News: http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/stronger-futures-fundamentally-racist/
WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...
WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt...
WGAR Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-aboriginal-imprisonment...
WGAR Background to the justice for Kumentjaye Briscoe campaign: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-the-justice-for-kumentj...
Event: Sat 23 March 2013: Sydney, NSW
Message Sticks Festival: Free Films Saturday
"Saturday Film Screenings are a chance to catch
some of the best flicks about indigenous issues"
"... Each screening will be followed by a Q&A with
guest speakers."
"Such as director Steven McGregor, whose film,
Croker Island Exodus, documents the
5000-kilometre journey made to Sydney, by foot,
canoe and truck, by 95 Stolen Generation children
and their missionary carers as they fled the
Japanese bombardment of Darwin in 1945."
"Or Coniston co-director David Batty, whose acclaimed
hybrid docu-drama has won acclaim for its searing
depiction of Australia's "last massacre" of Aboriginal
people in 1928 - and the way it allows their descendants
to speak with authority about one of the darkest
moments in our history."
"Finally, a worthy screening of the 1992 film
Black Man's Houses offers a glimpse of Tasmanian
history and the fight by its Aboriginal community to
lay claim to the gravesites of their ancestors on
Flinders Island in Bass Strait."
Event details: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/saturdayfilms2013.aspx
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=975&si=0&mi=3&yi=2013
Event: Sun 24 March 2013: Sydney, NSW
Message Sticks Festival: Free Films Sunday
"The evening session kicks off with the
multi-award-winning short film Apekathe,
written and directed by Steven McGregor,
joined in a Q&A at the end of the screening by
Message Sticks Festival Artistic Director
Rhoda Roberts."
"Meaning "fair skin" in the Arrente language,
Apekathe examines how Aboriginal people are
judged by their colour and why it's vital that white
Australia is aware of the importance of
indigenous identity."
Event details: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/sundayfilms2013.aspx
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=976&si=0&mi=3&yi=2013
Event: Mon 8 April 2013: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Meaningful Movies:
The Secret Country - The First Australians Fight Back
"Amnesty NSW and the Demand Dignity Network
invite you to a free screening of John Pilger’s
seminal documentary, The Secret Country-
The First Australians Fight Back. Examining the
history of the persecution of Indigenous Australians,
this 1985 film explores issues that are still
pertinent to current dialogue surrounding
Indigenous people’s rights in Australia."
"A special guest speaker will introduce the
film and be available for discussion afterwards."
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/31334/
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