morepraxis

[ September 26, 2007; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Every day 30,000 children die from poverty-related causes. As a nation, Australians do care. We are among the most generous givers to overseas aid in the world. But are our political leaders doing enough in the fight against global poverty? 2007 marks the half way point to meet the commitment of halving absolute poverty [...]

[ September 9, 2007; 12:00 pm; ] The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum has admitted that real action on climate change is only on their aspirational agenda of things to do. In a series of internatinally coordinated action to bring attention to APEC?s lack of real targets on climate change, banners and human signs of the above image will be created [...]

[ September 3, 2007; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Upper Room Project meets the first Monday of each month (6:-8:30pm) to engage with spirituality and justice as struggled with and fought for by the Prophets and Jesus. We meet upstairs in the Shine Caf?/Bar (74 Kingsway Glen Waverley) with gallery space, discussion corners, opportunity for practical response and pondering space.

We hope the upper [...]

[ September 2, 2007 to September 8, 2007. ] Themed ?Child Friendly Australia: The Next Step? the National Child Protection Week is the peak time of the year for raising awareness of child abuse and neglect in Australia. Organisers of the week, the national association for prevention of child abuse and neglect, have issued a child-friendly challenge, offering 10 tips to make the streets [...]