Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: 7 to 14 July 2013: various locations including Victoria
2013 National NAIDOC Week
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2013 is:
We value the vision: Yirrkala Bark Petitions 1963
"We value the foresight, strength and determination of the
Yolngu people whose Bark Petitions set into motion a
long process of legislative and constitutional reforms
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people."
The focus city for National NAIDOC celebrations is Perth
Victoria Event details: http://www.naidoc.org.au/naidoc-events/calendar/?state=VIC&check=Check
Event details: http://www.naidoc.org.au/
Event details: http://www.naidoc.org.au/celebrating-naidoc-week/2013-national-naidoc-we...
'concerned Australians' NAIDOC Week Media Release: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/cA-NAIDOC-MR-7-7-13...
Event: Mon 15 July 2013: Collingwood, Melbourne, Vic
From Muckaty to Melbourne
"Dianne Stokes, Traditional Owner for Muckaty
(600km north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory)
is speaking at Friends of the Earth on Monday the 15th July.
The fight to stop the radioactive waste dump at Muckaty
is six years strong and counting."
"The Muckaty Traditional Owners are challenging the
Federal Government and the Northern Land Council
in the Federal Court, there's a hearing for the case on the
morning of the 15th, so come along for court support
if you're able to "
Speakers:
Dianne Stokes, Traditional Owner for Muckaty
Natalie Wasley, coordinator Beyond Nuclear Initiative
Organised by the ACE Collective (Anti-Nuclear and Clean Energy)
at FoE (Friends of the Earth)
Event details: http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/?q=node/1246
WGAR Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-proposed-muckaty-nu...
Event: Thu 1 August 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Next Meeting: Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne
"During 2013, ISJA will meet the first Thursday of every month."
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm
Event: 28 September 2013: Melbourne, Vic
Melbourne - Thirty Years But Still No Justice!
National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody!
Remember John Pat and the hundreds
who have died in custody since!
"Support these demands made by John Pat’s mother,
Mavis Pat:
* An apology from the WA government for my son’s death in custody
* An ex-gratia payment as compensation
* That the police officers involved need to be brought to
account and a re-opening of the coronial inquiry
into my son’s death ... "
Organised by:
Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne
Event details: http://isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/54006
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/05/02/historic-national-stop-deaths-in-cust...
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/events/232079390250476/
Analysis: http://thestringer.com.au/deaths-in-custody-when-will-something-be-done/
WGAR Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-aboriginal-imprisonment...
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