Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: Thu 6 June 2013: Sydney, NSW
Emergency Rally:
Stop Police Brutality!
Charge the Officers responsible for the death of Roberto Curti!
Publicise the Kings Cross shootings investigations
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfern-Waterloo/message/7157
Event: 7 to 16 June 2013: Eveleigh, NSW
19th International Symposium on Electronic Art and Carriageworks presents:
Naala-Ba
"Naala-Ba, which in Dharug language (www.dharug.dalang.com.au)
is an apt description of the three works presented here for ISEA2013.
The works span from the desert country of the Pilbara in
Western Australia, depicting fearsome ancestral stories;
back across the continent to the metropolitan hub of Brisbane,
Queensland's capital city, and portrayals of the ongoing fight
against neo-colonial oppression; ... "
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1038&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
Event: 7 to 22 June 2013: Sydney, NSW
Blak by Bangarra Dance Theatre
"Bangarra Dance Theatre breaks the silence
with its emotionally powerful, physically dynamic
production Blak. The brand new work explodes
with stories about a contemporary clan and the
collision of two worlds."
Organisation: Bangarra Dance Theatre
Venue: Sydney Opera House
Event details: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/blak.aspx
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1035&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=996&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
Event: Sun 9 June 2013: Myall Creek, NSW
Myall Creek Commemoration
"The annual memorial commemoration ceremony is for
those who died in the Myall Creek massacre.
This public commemoration is held at Myall Creek,
the site of the massacre, west of Inverell on the
Bingara-Delungra Road, commencing at 9.30 a.m.
This year the meeting will again be held on the Sunday,
not Saturday, of the June long weekend."
Event details: http://www.myallcreek.info/news/article/myall-creek-commemoration-8-june...
Event: Tue 11 June 2013: Ryde, Sydney, NSW
Book launch 'A Decision to Discriminate'
& Film Screening 'Our Generation'
Special Speaker: Graeme Mundine
This event is part of the Guringai Festival 2013: http://www.guringaifestival.com.au/GuringaiBooklet2013_9April%20LR.pdf
"This new book 'A Decision to Discriminate' 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."
"'Our Generation' is an independent documentary film,
made over 3 years, that looks at the current state of
Indigenous relations in Australia, home to the oldest
living culture in the world. Driven by the remote Yolngu
peoples of Northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern
Territory, the film shines a light on the ongoing struggle
of Aboriginal people to their culture, lands and basic
human rights."
Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-launch-Ryde-11...
Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-launch-Ryde-A5...
Event details: http://nsw.greens.org.au/content/book-launch-%E2%80%98-decision-discrimi...
Event details, page 26: http://www.guringaifestival.com.au/GuringaiBooklet2013_9April%20LR.pdf
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Ryde
'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.southsydneyherald.com.au/a-decision-to-discriminate-book-review/
http://crosslight.org.au/2013/03/31/stronger-futures-or-just-stronger-me...
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:
[scroll down page] http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
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
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: Wed 12 June 2013: Cambelltown, Sydney, NSW
Living Life My Way:
Yarnin’ about disability with Aboriginal communities
"The NSW Government is holding Disability Yarn Ups in
10 locations across NSW during May and June 2013.
These meetings will provide Aboriginal people with
information about the NSW and Australian Governments
changes to supporting people with a disability, and
will discuss some of the differences these changes will
make in the lives of those living with a disability and their carers."
Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1085
Event: Wed 12 June 2013: Sydney, NSW
Film: Buckskin
Sydney Film Festival
"Like many young Aboriginal men, Jack Buckskin grew
up not knowing his traditional language and culture,
as it had been driven almost to extinction a hundred
years ago. Living on the edge of Adelaide, a life-changing
event set him on a new path. Now Jack is on a mission to
renew the Kaurna language and culture, the language of
the Adelaide Plains, and teach it to as many people as
he can in his lifetime."
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1037&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
Event: Fri 14 June 2013: Sydney, NSW
Film: Wrong Side of the Road
Sydney Film Festival
"Roads, rock and racism! This iconic '80s film,
hailed as a game changer, has been brought back
to life frame by painstaking frame. The soundtrack,
in all its reggae-infused glory, has been restored
to the filmmaker's original vision. The film follows
two days in the lives of Aboriginal bands Us Mob
and No Fixed Address, as they trek from Port Adelaide
to Point Pearce, South Australia."
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1037&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
Event: Sat 15 June 2013: Glebe, Sydney, NSW
Our first Aboriginal speaker for CBE Sydney:
BRUNCH with Donna Meehan
Topic: A creative reflection of Indigenous poetry
- a memory of Donna’s journey as part of the Stolen Generations.
Christians for Biblical Equality
"Our guest speaker will be Donna Meehan.
Donna is an Aboriginal Gamilaroi Woman.
She is a committed Christian and a well known
Indigenous author. Donna is focussed on being
a peacemaker; she is passionate about advocating
for Stolen Generations, Reconciliation and social justice."
Event details: http://cbesydney.org.au/events/
Event: 16 June 2013: Croydon, NSW
The Intervention and Constitutional Change:
What does this really mean for Reconciliation?
Speaker: Jeff McMullen
Catholics In Coalition for Justice and Peace
"Throughout his professional life Jeff McMullen has written,
filmed and campaigned around the world to improve
the health, education and human rights of Indigenous people."
Flyer: http://www.ccjpoz.org/attachments/db/ccj/106.pdf
Event details: http://www.ccjpoz.org/templates/ccj/page/page_html_standard.php?secID=50
Event: Sat 22 June 2013: Bankstown, Sydney, NSW
Protest marking 6 years of the NT Intervention
* Repeal "Stronger Futures / Stolen Futures" Legislation!
* Stop Income Management - not in NT - not in Bankstown - not anywhere!
* Reinvest in community controlled services and jobs!
"In Sydney, a rally marking the six year anniversary
of the NT Intervention will be held in Bankstown in June."
"June 21 will mark six years since John Howard announced
the NT Intervention and sent the military into Aboriginal
communities. This was one of the most shameful days in
the history of Australia's brutal and racist treatment of
Aboriginal people and has set the struggle for Aboriginal
rights back many decades."
Speakers:
- Kylie Sambo, NT youth leader living on income management
- Maree O'Halloran, Welfare Rights Center
- Robin Croon, Public Service Association
- Wafa Ibrahim, Child, youth and family support officer, Arab Council Australia
Flyer: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Past%20Events/2...
Poster: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Past%20Events/2...
Event details: http://stoptheintervention.org/
Event summary and Article: [scroll down page to end] http://www.solidarity.net.au/55/income-management-expansion-in-effort-to...
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: 25 to 27 June 2013: Kariong, NSW
Dance: 'Breaking Ground' - mid year show
"The 2013 NAISDA mid year show is called 'Breaking Ground'
in acknowledgement of this year’s NAIDOC theme,
celebrating the 50th anniversary of the presentation of the
Yirrkala Bark petitions to the Federal Parliament."
Organisation: NAISDA
Venue: NAISDA Dance College
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1028&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
Event: 17 May - 28 June 2013: The Rocks, central Sydney, NSW
Ngarraanga nginundi Yuludara:
Remember your Dreaming
Head on Photo Festival 2013
The Rocks Discovery Museum
"An exhibition by emerging photographer Kaleesha Morris,
Ngarraanga nginundi Yuludara Remember your Dreaming
illustrates the intimate connections Aboriginal people,
particularly the young, retain with their sense of Aboriginality
and Country. ... A proud Gumbaynggirr and Kulkagal
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) woman from
Grafton, New South Wales, Morris is passionate about
the empowerment and culture of her people."
Flyer: http://indymedia.org.au/files/2013-05-15_224639.jpg
Event details: http://www.therocks.com/sydney-Things_To_Do-Head_on_Photo_Festival_2013.htm
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/ngarraanga-nginundi-yuludara-remember-your-dream...
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1031&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
Event: Wed 1 May - Sun 30 June 2013: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Photographer: Barbara McGrady
"Barbara is a Gamilario/Murri woman has been photographing
the social history of contemporary Aboriginal life for over
30 years. From Sports to politics, her vision is a unique
perspective from within a community empowering her
subjects by this virtue alone."
Event details: http://headon.com.au/event/barbara-mcgrady
SBS Video: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1765800/Exhibition-sheds-light-on-Ind...
Event: Tue 2 July 2013: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Free film screening with special guest speaker
Angela Bates, NITV's Current Affairs journalist
at Amnesty International's Action Centre, Sydney
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/
31 May to 31 July 2013: North Sydney, NSW
Guringai Festival
"Founded in 2001, the Guringai Festival aims to raise awareness
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the
Northern Sydney region. The festival usually starts on Sorry
Day 26 May and goes through to the end of NAIDOC Week,
the second week in July each year."
"The festival involves 11 Councils and numerous reconciliation
and community groups. Events include workshops, art
exhibitions, performances, films and talks."
Event details: http://www.guringaifestival.com.au/GuringaiBooklet2013_9April%20LR.pdf
Event: 6 May - 25 August 2013: Sydney, NSW
Exhibition: Black on White: Belinda Mason
"The project began as Yolngu on Balanda (central Arnhem
Land language group) back in 2008 when Djammarr Djordila
and photographer Belinda Mason travelled to remote
communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, at the
first anniversary of the Australian Government’s Intervention
Policy, to hear community reactions and ask them to
record a visual record of their opinion."
Presented in association with Head On Photo Festival
Event details: http://headon.com.au/event/black-white
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1047&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
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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