Newsletter date: 21 July 2012
Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 18 events from 21 July 2012
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Event: Thu 26 July 2012: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Public Forum for Constitutional Change
Invitation from Women's Reconciliation Network
With Speakers:
* Jody Broun Co Chair, National Congress of First Peoples
* Linda Burney MP Member for Canterbury
* Jacqui Phillips National Director of ANTaR
Event details: http://www.nswreconciliation.org.au/events-1/public-forum-for-constituti...
Event: Fri 27 July 2012: The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
Talks on The Rocks:
Spirit of the Tent Embassy: 40 years on
* July 27 - Gabi Widders, an Anaiwan and Gumbangier woman
"To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tent Embassy,
The Rocks Discovery Museum has invited four
Aboriginal women to reflect on the significance
of the Embassy in their own and their family's
lives for Talks on The Rocks in July."
Event details: http://www.therocks.com/sydney-Things_To_Do-The_Rocks_Discovery_Museum-T...
Event details: [scroll down page] http://spraci.info/areaevents.php?parea=x0aus
Event: 28 and 29 July 2012: Moree, NSW
Moree Sovereign Union Interim Government Gathering
Agenda - Draft No 3: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/node/222
Flyers:
Colour JPG: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/images/2012/gatherings/moree-meeting-...
Black & White JPG: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/images/2012/gatherings/moree-meeting-...
Colour PDF: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/pdf/moree-meeting-a4-2.pdf
Black & White PDF: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/pdf/moree-meeting-a4-bw0001.pdf
Details to be posted on Sovereign Union website: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/
Event: 5 to 28 July 2012: Various locations: NSW, Qld, ACT, Vic
Whitehouse Announce Australian Tour 2012
"While the Federal Government urges Australians
to get behind what is essentially an extension of
the Intervention into the Northern Territory for the
next ten years under a new title 'Stronger Futures',
a funk/hip hop crew - ironically called Whitehouse -
are urging their listeners to oppose what they
view as more of the same government oppression
on Australia’s first peoples."
Event details: http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/173328/whitehouse-announce-aust...
Event: 1 - 31 July 2012: South Australia, SA
Solidarity for Homelands
"Nearly one-third of Indigenous people in the
Northern Territory live on homelands.
Research shows that with proper services,
people can be happier, healthier and live longer ...
on their homelands. ... Through visiting action groups
across South Australia during July you will be
sending a message of solidarity to communities
living on Homelands."
Amnesty International SA-NT Action Centre
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/sa/event/29050/
Event: 1 August 2012: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges 2012
Aboriginal Housing: Needs, Rights & Practicals
Presenter: Paul Pholeros
Where to for Reconciliation?
Presenter: Ray Jackson
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
Event details: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php/building-bridges-2012
Event details: http://www.nswreconciliation.org.au/events-1/building-bridges-forum
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/images/downloads/building_bridge...
Event: 8 August 2012: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges 2012
Stronger Futures?
Presenter: Graeme Mundine
Pathways to Education for Indigenous People
Presenter: Peter Radoll
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
Event details: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php/building-bridges-2012
Event details: http://www.nswreconciliation.org.au/events-1/building-bridges-forum
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/images/downloads/building_bridge...
Fri 10 August - Sun 26 August 2012: Darwin, NT
Official Opening Fri 10 Aug 6.30pm
Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud
Photographer Jagath Dheerasekara, human rights defender
This traveling exhibition is a collaborative project with
* the Manuwangku (Muckaty) Traditional Owners,
* the Beyond Nuclear Initiative (BNI) and
* Amnesty International.
"It is a testimony to the resilience of the community
and captures the determination of people bound
together through a common struggle to keep their
traditional land free from nuclear waste.
Muckaty, called by its Traditional Owners as Manuwangku,
situated 120 km North from Tennant Creek is a
country in the Northern Territory targeted for the
building of a federal radioactive waste storage facility."
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/sa/event/29216/
Event: Sat 11 August 2012: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Aboriginal Passport Ceremony
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/51566
Event: Sat 11 August 2012: Melbourne City, Vic
2012 Winter Action:
Stop Aboriginal Death in Custody
Organised by Indigenous Social Justice Association
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/stop-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-2012-winter-ac...
Event: Wed 15 August 2012: Darwin, NT
NT Waste Dump - Discussion
"A discussion will be held concerning the
proposed federal radioactive waste dump
proposed for Muckaty."
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/sa/event/29218/
Event: 15 August 2012: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges 2012
Constitutional Recognition of ATSI People
Presenter: Sarah Maddison
Campaign for Referendum
Presenter: Aunty Sandra Lee
Legal and Strategic Considerations
Presenter: Terry Chenery
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
Event details: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php/building-bridges-2012
Event details: http://www.nswreconciliation.org.au/events-1/building-bridges-forum
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/images/downloads/building_bridge...
Event: Thu 16 August 2012: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Public meeting: Nuclear South Wales?
Resisting O’Farrell’s uranium push
Speakers:
* Luke Foley MLC, NSW Shadow Minister for the Environment
* Jamie Parker MP, NSW Greens uranium spokesperson
* Arthur Rorris, South Coast Labour Council secretary
* Peter Watts, Arabunna Man from South Australia
Chaired by: Rita Mallia, NSW President,
CFMEU Construction and General Division
Welcome to Country: Auntie Millie Ingram
Event details: http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/events/2012-2/
Event: 20 August to 14 September 2012: Yeelirrie-Leonora, WA
Walkatjurra Walkabout – Walking for Country
A one month walk from Yeelirrie to Leonora
" ... is a celebration of Wangkatja country, a testament to
the strength of the community who have fought to stop
uranium mining at Yeelirrie for over forty years, and a
chance to come together to continue share our commitment to
a sustainable future without nuclear. It is a chance to
reconnect with the land, and to revive the tradition of
walking for country."
"This walk will be lead by the Walkatjurra Rangers,
in partnership with Footprints for Peace,
Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA),
the Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA)
and the Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA)."
Event details: http://walkingforcountry.com/
Event details: http://www.nuclearfreefuture.com/
Event details: http://nffcampaign2011.footprintsforpeace.net/?p=69
Event: 22 August 2012: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges 2012
NT Intervention & Income Management
Presenters: Aunty Daphne & Sue Gillett
Koori Radio: Indig. Voices for Info & Culture
Presenter: Lily Shearer
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
Event details: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php/building-bridges-2012
Event details: http://www.nswreconciliation.org.au/events-1/building-bridges-forum
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/images/downloads/building_bridge...
Event: 29 August 2012: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges 2012
Opening Doors to Policy Participation
Presenter: Carol Barton
What Works & Doesn’t in Urban Communities
Presenter: Shirley Blacklaws
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
Event details: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php/building-bridges-2012
Event details: http://www.nswreconciliation.org.au/events-1/building-bridges-forum
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/images/downloads/building_bridge...
Event: 10 November 2012: Melbourne City, Vic
2012 Spring Action:
Stop Aboriginal Death in Custody
Organised by Indigenous Social Justice Association
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm
Event: 5-7 December 2012: Gold Coast, Qld
2012 National Indigenous Health Conference
Many Pathways, One Outcome
" ... is designed to bring together both government
and non-government agencies who are working
in the field of Indigenous health with the belief
that working together can close the gap between
the state of Indigenous Health as compared to
the health of mainstream Australians."
Event details: http://www.indigenoushealth.net/
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