a buffet dinner of great food and great speakers to raise funds for a great cause.
see the attached flyer for details.
Family members are keen to plan another protest at the offices of G4S.
Please come to the next meeting of Indigenous Social Justice Association
Melboure meeting if you would like to help organise this.
Wednesday 28 July, 6:30 pm at Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick.
Plans are also afoot to organise a community meeting in September to discuss
and campaign against the growing corporatisation of public space.
On Tuesday 29 July representative from the Moreland Greens, The Australian
Sex Party, Radical Women, Campaign for Women’s Reproductive Rights, the
Indigenous Social Justice Association – Melbourne and the Freedom Socialist
Party met to commence this organising.
The goal is to build a broad community meeting around the theme Public space
versus Market place: A community forum to keep speech free
Melbourne 5 July 2010 - Aboriginal people have been encouraged to take possession of unoccupied and Crown lands including abandoned buildings to assert their ownership and original title. This proposal comes out of an Aboriginal conference held in Melbourne from 1-4 July.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia’s longest running GLBTIQ & Sistergirls support group are celebrating NAIDOC 2010 like never before.
Featuring a Blak & deadly line up that will celebrate brothers & sisters from all over Blak Australia.
Featuring:
Ana Mae (WA)
Constantina Bush (NT)
Deena Deadly (Qld)
DJ James Henry (NSW)
Jacob Boehme (SA)
Poleeshya Pearl (Vic)
Pynk Sugah (Vic)
…and other mob we’re still trying to Blak track down.
$10 pre-sale* | $15 at-the-door | ELDERS Free
Come Out and Play: Tackling homophobia in sport
Daniel Kowalski and Caroline Symons @ Underground Talk
When footballer Jason Akermanis advised gay players to stay in the closet, former Olympic swimmer Daniel Kowalski – who had himself come out only recently – wrote of his disappointment and anger. For this special Underground Talk, join Daniel and Caroline Symons, the lead author of VicHealth's recent Come Out and Play report, for a highly topical discussion on hwo to best tackle homophobia in elite-level and community sport alike.
"South Africa is like a friendly version of a police state at the moment."
So says Yarra's socialist councillor Stephen Jolly, who is currently on holiday enjoying the World Cup - and throwing himself into the workers' movement wherever possible. He even addressed striking miners in Rustenburg, scene of the Socceroos' 1-1 draw with Ghana.
Upon his return, Stephen will discuss the state of South Africa and the politics of sport's biggest event at the first of our sporting-flavoured Underground Talks.
Public forum – Guam: The Struggle Against Militarisation of the Pacific
Venue: Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street Carlton (Ground floor, meeting room 1)
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm; Coffee and Tea 6 pm – 7 pm
Date: Thursday, 8 July 2010
Speakers
Dr.Lisa Natividad, a Chamorro leader and social worker from Guam, will speak on “The Devastating Consequences of the Proposed Increased Militarisation of Guam”.
Maki Yonaha, Japanese for Peace, will give “An Update on the US military base in Okinawa and its Connection to Guam”.
Melbourne launch of the Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan.
This cutting-edge plan, the culmination of over 12 months and thousands of hours of pro bono work by engineers, scientists and postgraduate students, is a collaboration between the climate solutions think tank Beyond Zero Emissions, and the University of Melbourne Energy Institute.
Concert for Refugees, presented by Oxfam Australia Dandenong Ranges Group
