Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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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."
Special guest speaker:
Sue Gillett, Bankstown Aboriginal Activist & STICS member
Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/Misc/The-Secret-countr...
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/free-screening-of-john-pilger%E2%80%99s-the-secr...
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/31334/
Event: Sun 14 April 2013: Appin, Sydney, NSW
Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony
"All are welcome to this annual memorial for the
Dharawal people who perished in the massacre of 1816."
Hosted by:
* the Winga Myamly Reconciliation Group and
Supported by:
* Campbelltown City Council,
* Wollondilly Shire Council,
* Camden Council,
* Sydney Catchment Authority,
* W.I.L.M.A,
* the NSW Reconciliation Council and
* the Aboriginal Communities of the Macarthur Region.
Event details: http://www.visitwollondilly.com.au/events_view.php?event_id=1833
Event details: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/macarthur/aboriginal-and-maca...
Event: Wed 17 April 2013: University of Sydney, NSW
Freedom Rides and Anti-Racist activism, then and now
Part of the University of Sydney Union's Indigenous Festival
"Join Hall Greenland & Uncle Gary Williams,
1965 Freedom Riders and Sylvie Ellsmore,
2005 Freedom Rider to discuss the history of
civil rights and anti-racist activism in Australia,
and the challenges that confront activists today."
"We will also be screening excerpts from
ReconciliACTION's Deadly Award nominated
documentary 'Freedom Rides - 40 Years on'."
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/events/509345272435090/
Event: Mon 13 May 2013: Mona Vale, Northern Sydney, NSW
What’s really going on?
An update on NT Intervention
with Jeff McMullen and Graeme Mundine
"Our guest speakers will give an update on the
NT Intervention, as it is still going on via
Stronger Futures, and will do so for at
least another nine and a half years."
"Special presentation of the book,
"A Decision to Discriminate:
Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory",
which will be on sale. The message in this
book is highly important and vital."
"This new book is an important historical record
that focuses on the Senate Committee Inquiry
into the Stronger Futures legislation. It shows
how the Government decision-making process
chose to ignore the views and ideas expressed
by many Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory
communities in much the same way as has
happened since colonisation."
The event is part of the Guringai Festival 2013
Hosted by Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater (ASG): http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/NT_Intervention/Guring...
Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/NT_Intervention/Update...
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/events/605210496175336/
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Mona_Vale
'A Decision to Discriminate' is a 'concerned Australians' publication
'A Decision to Discriminate' Order Form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_Order_Form.pdf
'concerned Australians' Homepage: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
'A Decision to Discriminate' Book reviews:
http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-book-review-20...
http://acmsydney.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/review-of-a-decision-to-discri...
http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2012/2012115_91.shtml
http://overland.org.au/blogs/loudspeaker/2012/10/stronger-futures-and-ab...
'A Decision to Discriminate' Audio Interviews: http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9818
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...
Event: Tue 11 June 2013: Ryde, Sydney, NSW
Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate
Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory
Launched by: Graeme Mundine
"This event is part of the Guringai Festival 2013
and includes a screening of the film 'Our Generation'"
"This new book is an important historical record
that focuses on the Senate Committee Inquiry
into the Stronger Futures legislation. It shows
how the Government decision-making process
chose to ignore the views and ideas expressed
by many Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory
communities in much the same way as has
happened since colonisation."
A 'concerned Australians' publication
Order Form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_Order_Form.pdf
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Ryde
'concerned Australians' Homepage: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
Book reviews:
http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-book-review-20...
http://acmsydney.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/review-of-a-decision-to-discri...
http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2012/2012115_91.shtml
http://overland.org.au/blogs/loudspeaker/2012/10/stronger-futures-and-ab...
Audio Interviews: http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9818
About 'Our Generation' film: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about
'Our Generation' film Reviews: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/24/our-generation-film-reviews
See:
Canberra events: Kevin Gilbert Retrospective + Manuwangku: Under the Nuclear Cloud + CAEPR Seminars
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/06/canberra-events-caepr-seminars-cdeps-...
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