Forum with Valerie Martin from Yuendumu & Chris Graham, Tracker Editor

Contact Phone: 
0435 249 343
Date and Time: 
Friday, July 8, 2011 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Contact Email: 
peterson_err@hotmail.com
Location: 
Trades Hall Corner of Lygon & Victoria Streets, Carlton
Website: 
http://www.maicollective.blogspot.com

Valerie Martin is a Yuendumu resident, on one of the "hub towns" under the governments Northern Territory Intervention. Valerie, a Warlpiri speaker, has recently been in Darwin for the Prescribed Area People's Alliance launching of the "Rebuilding from the Ground Up" document, an alternative to the NT Intervention, created by Intervention Rollback Action Group, Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney and Concerned Australians.

http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com

Chris Graham is the managing editor of Tracker magazine, a publication produced by the NSW Aboriginal Land Council. He's the founding and former editor of the National Indigenous Times, and has written extensively on the Northern Territory intervention, in particular the false media reporting which led to the Little Children Are Sacred report. He has twice won the Human Rights Award for his Indigenous affairs writing, and has also won a Walkley Award and a Walkley High Commendation.

Organised by Melbourne Anti Intervention Collective http://www.maicollective.blogspot.com

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