* The 'C' Word: The challenge and necessity of changing our constitution
* Seminar: Breaking Through, featuring Shane Phillips
* Dr Charles Perkins AO Annual Memorial Oration
Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: 27 May until 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia including Sydney
National Reconciliation Week: Let's Talk Recognition
"It is a time to celebrate and build on the respectful
relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people and other Australians."
"National Reconciliation Week is framed by two
key events in Australia’s history, which provide
strong symbols for reconciliation:
* 27 May 1967- the referendum ...
* 3 June 1992 - the Mabo decision ... "
Reconciliation Australia
Event details - What’s happening in your state: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw/national-reconciliation-week/what-s...
Sydney Event details: http://sydney.edu.au/alumni/events/reconciliation_week.shtml
Queensland Event details: http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/227
Event details: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw
Event details: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/projects/national-reconciliation-week
WGAR Background to Mabo and Native Title: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title
Event: 28 May 2013: University of Sydney, NSW
The 'C' Word - The challenge and necessity of changing our constitution
Presented in partnership by the NSW Reconciliation Council
and Reconciliation Australia to mark National Reconciliation Week 2013
"Will Australians be ready to erase the racial discrimination
in our founding document and include significant recognition
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians?"
" ... join Dr Tom Calma AO, Associate Professor Sarah Maddison
and Professor Anne Twomey in a discussion on national identity,
Constitutional change and the next steps for reconciliation in Australia"
Event details: http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/the-challenge-and-necessit...
Event summary: http://sydney.edu.au/alumni/events/reconciliation_week.shtml
Event: 30 May 2013: University of Sydney, NSW
Seminar: Breaking Through
"Featuring Shane Phillips, Australian Local Hero of the Year;
Ron Allum, NSW Senior Australian of the Year; and
Corey Payne, Young Australian of the Year."
"Advocate for Aboriginal rights, Shane Phillips is a
respected member of the Redfern Aboriginal community
and is regarded as their voice on a range of youth
issues, juvenile justice and Aboriginal deaths in custody."
Event details: http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/breaking-through
Event summary: http://sydney.edu.au/alumni/events/reconciliation_week.shtml
Event: 17 October 2013: University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Charles Perkins AO Annual Memorial Oration
"The University [of Sydney], in consultation with the Koori Centre,
believed it would be fitting to name the Oration in honour of the
University’s first Indigenous graduate, Dr Charles Perkins AO.
The Dr Charles Perkins AO Annual Memorial Oration was
established with the full support of the Perkins family and in
acknowledgement of Dr Perkins’ tireless dedication to
human rights and social justice for Indigenous Australians."
Event details: http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/annual-dr-charles-perkins-...
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