Uniting Justice-(Refugee Sunday, NT Action, Fed Election)

August 26, 2007

Refugee and Migrant Sunday: 26th august 2007

On Refugee and Migrant Sunday, thousands of Churches around Australia will celebrate the contribution refugees and migrants have made to Australia. The National Council of Churches has produced a free education kit with a poster, liturgy and education sheets for congregations and schools. You might:
- Use the liturgy to celebrate refugees in your church
- Use the education kit to give a talk or hold a discussion
- Arrange a refugee speaker or organise a movie night
- Raise funds to help Christian World Service support refugees in camps overseas.

Download the free education kit at www.ncca.org.au/cws/rdp/rms

Read up on the Uniting Church’s views on refugees and asylum seekers at our website

Northern Territory Indigenous Communities Intervention

The Justice and International Mission Unit in the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania has produced a letter writing action on the Government’s plans for the Northern Territory, based on the initial plan of action announced by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Hon. Mal Brough. You can download this material from the UnitingJustice website.

Download the letter writing action from our website

Federal Election 2007

UnitingJustice has been working hard coordinating the Church’s Federal Election Resource, which will be available progressively from the middle of August, with both web-based and paper components. It includes issues papers, hot issues briefs, and an election toolkit with ideas for Church members and communities to become more involved in the electoral process, and has been very popular in the past.

The resource is a collaborative project contributed to by National Assembly and Synod agencies. It is not party political. It seeks to raise issues and engage Church members in exploring the implications of gospel values for different aspects of national life/

Praxis08 Registration

Registration

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4. Email(valid email required)
5. Date of Birth
6. Congregation or Group
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Emergency Contact Details

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Costs

1. Cost (Full 100, 5-10years 60, 3-5years, 30 0-3year free)
2. Full 100 5-10 years 60 3-5 years 30 0-3 years free
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Options

1. This is an All Play gathering - Come ready to share. You have been preparing all your life to lead a conversation on something - come prepared to engage that conversaton but don’t stress on the preparation.
2. Options
3. Think Act Reflect
   
4. A question/issue you get asked about.
5. A question/issue you would like to explore

Confidential Medical Report

1. The information below is requested to assist in case of any illness or accident, and will be held in confidence.
2. A) Please check if you/your child suffers from any of the following
3. heart condition sleepwalking blackouts migraines asthma travel sickness other
4. Other (plase specify)
5. B) Are you/your child presently taking medication? If yes please state the name of the medication and dosage
6. C) Please indicate if you/your child is allergic to any of the following:
7. Bee Sting Penicillin other drugs (please specify) any foods (please specify)
8. Other drugs/food allergies
9. D) Date of last tentanus immunistaion
10. E) Any special care?
11. F) Medicare No
12. Medical/hospital Fund
13. Contribution No:
14. Ambulance membership
15. Member No:
16. G) Name and Address of Family Doctor

 

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Design it for Labour Rights! Comp

Oxfam want your creative ideas! They are developing a bag to be distributed to the Oxfam Australia stores, which will be made by worker run co operatives in Thailand. Oxfam are looking for a graphics design / picture for the exterior of the bag and the design of the bag itself.

Download the competition briefs at this address: http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/labour/designit.html

This competition is open to all ages and nationalities. Students, graduates, professionals and amateurs are welcome to apply.

Entries Close 5pm, Monday 30 July

What’s the competition all about?

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Practicing Mindfulness

To me, practicing mindfulness in the act of consuming is the basic act of social justice.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Interview by Catherine Ingram, In the Footsteps of Ghandi.

Hiroshima Day:Peace Rally & Other Events

August 5, 2007

12:30 pm

The United States military dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima at 8.15am on 6 August 1945. Another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki at 11.02am on 9 August 1945. In Hiroshima, 90,000 people were killed immediately. In Nagasaki, the nuclear blast instantly killed 40,000 people. By the end of 1945, over 145,000 people had died in Hiroshima, and another 75,000 people had died in Nagasaki. Tens of thousands more suffered serious injuries.

Below are some events and the Peace Rally courtesy of Jess - Thanks Jess.

If people become aware of other events closer to the day just add them as comments.

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Ask David Miliband a question?

Dear friends,

After 10 years under Tony Blair, Britain has a new government — and its new Foreign Secretary,David Miliband, promises to “listen as well as lead”. This could be a new beginning for British foreign policy — and the UK has a huge effect on the global issues we care about, climate change, global poverty, Iraq, Israel-Palestine and more.

Remarkably, impressed by our momentum, Miliband has asked Avaaz to co-host his first major speech this Thursday — and agreed to take questions and comments from all of us as Avaaz members. He promises “A New Diplomacy”, and wants to get off on the right foot by engaging with our community - and global public opinion. Do you have a question for the new British foreign affairs chief? A statement, piece of advice, warning or encouragement? We’ll put members’ questions to him after his speech, and compile your words of advice into a book that he will keep in his office and consult when looking for the views of people around the world. Click below now to contribute a question or comment:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/ask_miliband

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STOP THE TRAFFIK! People shouldn’t be bought or sold

July 26, 2007
6:30 pm	to	10:00 pm

2007 marks the 200th year since the long campaign to end slavery in the British Empire resulted in their government passing the Abolition of the Slave Trade bill. The story of the campaign to end legal trading of people in Britain is the subject of the new film Amazing Grace.

Come and see the film with JustAct on Thursday 26th July, 6:30pm, Westgarth Cinema. More information in invitation attached.

Disturbingly a similar slave trade across the world is operating today. HUMAN BEINGS right now are being bought and sold throughout the world. This trade in people is the fastest growing way people are caught in slavery.

2.4 million people are enslaved as a result of human trafficking. 1.2 million children are trafficked each year.

People are trafficked into prostitution, begging, forced labour, military service, domestic service, forced illegal adoption, forced marriage and so on. This trade turns people into goods that are sold for as little as $30!

People are not commodities.
They should not be bought and sold.
This trade in human beings must STOP.

See attached invitation to to see Amazing Grace the film and come and learn more about Stop the Traffik, a campaign to end the modern day trade in PEOPLE.

Joy of living

We have all known persons who have lost everything and have not lost the joy of living; persons who are imprisoned unjustly and do not lose their peace and tranquility; persons who live in misery and take in orphans; persons who have suffered injustices and seek to reestablish justice with no desire to revenge.

- Segundo Galilea

ACOSS Action - Indigenous

Dear Action Network Member

Please send a message to your local Member of Parliament on effective and proven action to stop Aboriginal child abuse and disadvantage.

The Combined Aboriginal Organisations of the NT (CAO), representing over 40 Aboriginal organisations, encourage Australians to support them by sending a message to their Members of Parliament. The CAO released a paper on proven and effective responses to tackle child abuse and disadvantage on July 10.

When Parliament considers legislation to protect children in the Northern Territory please ask them to consult with Aboriginal communities and develop plans for working with them. You can ask your MP to support the expansion of programs that have already been proven to work, and ensure that the hard fought land rights of Indigenous people remain in place.

Please click through to send a message to your MP. Visit http://www.acoss.org.au/Action.aspx

Kind Regards

The ACOSS Action Network Team

National Day of Action — Melbourne (Sat 14)

July 14, 2007

2:30 am

Please circulate to all of your networks NOW!

Stop the Genocide on Stolen Aboriginal Land!

• End Aboriginal deaths in Custody! Justice for Mulrunji and all killed in custody. Implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody!
• Land rights not mining rights! No new mines, no new dumps!
• Fund community controlled services, not troops, cops and martial law! Social well-fair, not social control!
• Aboriginal control of Aboriginal affairs! Treaty NOW!

Solidarity Rally
Saturday 14 July, 12:30 pm
City Square, corner of Swanston and Collins Streets

Initial endorsements: Australia Asia Workers Links, Black GST, Camp Sovereignty, Chilean Popular and Indigenous Network, Freedom Socialist Party, Indigenous Social Justice Association – Melbourne, Lasnet, Ongoing G20 Arrestees Solidarity Network, Radical Women, Resistance, RMIT Student Union, Socialist Alliance, Socialist Alternative, Your Voice

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