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Dear friends
You are invited to a SEARCH Foundation Left Renewal Roundtable in support of the struggle in Bankstown, the Northern Territory and elsewhere against income management and for Indigenous self-determination.
More information:
http://www.search.org.au/projects/roundtables/eighth-roundtable
Speakers
Aunty Margaret Goneis, Chairperson of Bankstown City Council Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee
Why Bankstown Elders are fighting to stop income management
Violet Roumeliotis, Chief Executive Officer of Metro Migrant Resource Centre
How income management will affect the migrant community in Bankstown
Cassandra Goldie, Chief Executive Officer of Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS)
Struggle for rights- and evidence-based policy in Indigenous affairs and welfare
Program
1-1.15pm Registration
1.15-2.15pm Speakers (20 minutes each)
2.15-2.45pm Short questions to panel
2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea
3.15-3.45pm Small group discussion facilitated by speakers
3.45-4pm Small groups share key points
Details
Date: 1-4pm Saturday 25 February
Venue: Yagoona Senior Citizens Centre, Ron Whitehead Park, Cooper Road, Yagoona – access via walkway next to Yagoona train station
Cost: $10 waged/$2 concession
Invite your friends on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/314657005221180/
Afternoon tea provided.
RSVP required by 22 February to bron@search.org.au or 9211 4164.
Preparatory reading and staying in touch
Everyone is invited to submit a short paper (max 1000 words) on the theme of the Roundtable to be included in a booklet for participants.
Deadline for submissions is Friday 17 February to bron@search.org.au. The reader will be sent to all who have RSVP’d and published online: http://www.search.org.au/projects/roundtables/eighth-roundtable
Participants will be able to share their contact details with each other so you can keep working together after the Roundtable.
Peter Murphy
Coordinator
SEARCH Foundation
Mondays-Wednesdays
p) + 61 2 9211 4164
m) +61 418 312 301
ABN 63 050 096 976
promoting democracy, social justice and environmental sustainability