WGAR News: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks sets out a brighter vision: STICS

Newsletter date: 26 March 2015

Contents:

* Please Watch: NITV, Channel 34: Friday, 27 March 2015 at 7.30pm: NITV will broadcast a one hour program titled 'Opinion Piece - Women Speak Out For Treaty'
* Video: NITV News: "First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty" - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks at Redfern Forum
* Video: STICS: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty: Videos from the Event

* Media Release: STICS: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks sets out a brighter vision
* Analysis / Opinion: Natalie Cromb, Independent Australia: First Nations women speak out about Treaty at Redfern
* Audio: Adam Evans, NIRS: Prominent women to speak at treaty forum [Featuring Arrernte-Alyawarra elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]
* Photos: STICS: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty: Photos from the event

* Event Announcement: New Matilda: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks And Amy McQuire To Speak At Redfern Forum This Friday [20 March 2015]
* Event Announcement: Amnesty International Australia: Stop the Intervention - Public Forum [20 March 2015]
* Event Announcement: STICS Forum: First Nations Women Speak out for Treaty

* Bulletin: STICS - Treaty(ies)
* Background Video: YouTube: 8-minute Treaty video by 'concerned Australians'

* WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
* WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement

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- Please Watch

Friday, 27 March 2015 at 7.30pm, NITV, Channel 34
STICS: http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum
Respect and Listen: http://www.respectandlisten.org/
"NITV will broadcast a one hour program titled 'Opinion Piece - Women Speak Out For Treaty'"

- Video

NITV News: "First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty" - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks at Redfern Forum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2AaVpgbacE
23 Mar 15: "Treaty, constitutional recognition, remote community closures and incarceration rates were all up for discussion at a public forum in Redfern on Friday. The event entitled 'First Nations Women Speak out about Treaty' featured a list of strong Indigenous women - like the legendary Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, who said embracing Identity and restoring culture is vital."

- Video

STICS: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty: Videos from the Event
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum#Trea...
"1. Compilation ...
NITV recorded the event: A Special about this forum will be broadcasted soon on NITV [ http://www.nitv.org.au/ ] - check their TV Guide [ http://www.nitv.org.au/programs/dsp-tvguide.cfm?loadref=66&format=0 ] or this page for details. NITV facebook: please click here: https://www.facebook.com/NITVAustralia
More videos from the forum will become available after NITV's broadcast."

- Media Release

Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks sets out a brighter vision
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/first-nations-women-...
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum#Trea...      
http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Past%20Events/S...
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/stoptheintervention_announce/dSh...
19 Mar 15: "With Aboriginal homelands again under threat of Government closure, a powerful line up of Aboriginal women will assemble in Sydney, this Friday 20th March, to advocate the importance of a Treaty to establish legal recognition of their human rights and relationship to country.
Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney will host a public forum at the Redfern Community Centre (6pm start) to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. ...
Amid the rhetoric of "Recognition" and "Reconciliation", many strong and reasonable Aboriginal voices are calling for Treaty to recognise their sovereign rights as First Nations people.
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks: "We have to start from a basis of truth and the black people of this country are sovereign. They have been sovereign for thousands of years... Reconciliation has to happen where there is justice, where there is dialogue and there is a treaty in place." ... "

- Analysis / Opinion

Independent Australia: First Nations women speak out about Treaty at Redfern
https://independentaustralia.net/australia/australia-display/first-natio...
19 Mar 15: "Natalie Cromb, along with other prominent First Nations women, including Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, will be speaking at Redfern tomorrow about the vital need for a Treaty between Indigenous Australia and their colonisers. ... We need Indigenous people to be a part of the process; a part of the decision making and to have the Australian government accountable to the terms of a document mutually drafted, agreed and bound to. We need a treaty." Natalie Cromb. "I will be one of the First Nations women speaking out for a Treaty at the Redfern Community Centre on Friday 20 March 2015 at 6pm." Natalie Cromb

- Audio

NIRS: Prominent women to speak at treaty forum [Featuring Arrernte-Alyawarra elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]
http://www.nirs.org.au/NEWS/Prominent-women-to-speak-at-treaty-forum
18 Mar 15: "A forum exploring the perspectives of First Nations women on treaties will be held in Redfern at the end of the week. The 'women speak out for treaty' forum will discuss what organisers describe as urgent human rights issues and highlight the need for treaties." Adam Evans, Journalist

- Photos

STICS: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty: Photos from the event
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum#Trea...
"By Alex and Paddy
Packed house in Redfern Community Centre to hear strong Aboriginal women speak out for a treaty
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152855792073191&set=a.10152855...
Brenda Croft on WA community closures "remember they are not remote - they are on their own country"
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152855792458191&set=a.10152855...
Rosie Kunoth Monks "I am a warrior woman. I will not put up with the atrocities taking place in WA"
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152855792748191&set=a.10152855...
Rosie Kunoth Monks: "the word assimilation sends shivers through me. This is a life & death situation"
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152855793108191&set=a.10152855... "

- Event Announcement

New Matilda: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks And Amy McQuire To Speak At Redfern Forum This Friday [20 March 2015]
https://newmatilda.com/2015/03/18/rosalie-kunoth-monks-and-amy-mcquire-s...
18 Mar 15: "It’s all on the agenda - everything from treaty and constitutional recognition, to remote community closures and incarceration rates. Iconic Central Australian Aboriginal leader Rosalie Kunoth-Monks ... will address a public forum in Redfern on Friday evening to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The event on March 20 is being hosted by Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney, and is entitled ‘First Nations Women Speak out about Treaty’." By New Matilda

- Event Announcement

Amnesty International Australia: Stop the Intervention - Public Forum [20 March 2015]
http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/36685/
"Please note that Amnesty International does not organise this event. Anyone interested in Indigenous Rights is warmly invited to attend a public forum, run by Stop The Intervention, on the 20th of March, discussing urgent human rights issues for our First Nations people. The panel will be made up of accomplished First Nations women, and moderated by journalist and film maker Jeff McMullen. PANELISTS Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Rosalie is an outspoken advocate for her people who featured in John Pilger’s 2014 film ‘Utopia’. She is currently a Freedom Summit Delegate and has been named 2015 Northern Territory Australian of the year in recognition of her life-long activism. ... "

- Event Announcement

STICS Forum: First Nations Women Speak out for Treaty
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum
21 Mar 15: "On 20th March, Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney hosted a public forum in Redfern to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2015: First Nations Women Speak out for Treaty. ...
Friday, 20 March, 6pm, Redfern Community Centre, 29–53 Hugo Street, Redfern NSW 2016
Guest Speakers:
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Arrernte-Alyawarra Elder
Brenda Croft, Gurindji/Malngin/Mudpurra artist
Amala Groom, Wiradjuri woman
Natalie Cromb, Gamileraay woman
Facilitator: Jeff McMullen, journalist and film-maker
Treaty would recognise the sovereignty of the First Nations People over their land and enshrine the right of self-determination which was promised to them when Australia ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 40 years ago. The forum also discussed the relationship between Treaty and the current campaign for constitutional recognition."

- Bulletin

STICS - Treaty(ies)
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum#Trea...
Short version: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Past%20Events/S...
Long version: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Past%20Events/S...
"Aboriginal Peoples of Australia have been waiting for more than 200 years for formal and binding agreements with Government. They want the opportunity to take control over their lives and to determine their futures through legal agreements, compacts, covenants or treaties established in law and enforceable through the courts. The message from very many Aboriginal Peoples in Australia to the Australian Government is that the time is long overdue for genuine negotiation on treaties. Treaty would recognise the sovereignty of the First Nations People over their land and enshrine the right of self-determination which was promised to them when Australia ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 40 years ago."
For more info, see: http://www.respectandlisten.org/treaty.html
and http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#Treaties

- Background Video

YouTube: 8-minute Treaty video by 'concerned Australians'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nU_H0oIQy60
"Before the speakers at the Treaty Forum started, a 8-minute Treaty video by 'concerned Australians' was shown, followed by a 2-minute video clip about Malcolm Fraser, who sadly passed away the morning of 20 March 2015."

Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser AC CH GCL 1930 - 2015
"20 March 2015 ... We are most grateful to him for the support he gave to the Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory over the last eight difficult years. He was a man of integrity who recognised injustice and was prepared to speak out for change. ... " 'concerned Australians' - http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/

Vale Malcolm Fraser
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum#Trea...
Click on this link to read Aboriginal voices about Malcolm Fraser's opposition to Stronger Futures and 99 year leases, and further background info.

- Background

WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/03/26/wgar-background-to-treaties-with-abo...
(last updated: 26 March 2015)

- Background

WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 16 March 2015)

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