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Thank you so much for all coming!

Hi Guys
I have been asked about being on some panels and running cafepraxis at UNOH’s Surrender in July 18-20, 2008 at Belgrave Heights. (BTW- UNOH=urban neighbours of hope)
But I wonder how many events do we want to run the cafe at this year? Here is a possible list.

Grassroots (sacred space, cafe & workshops/action) – April
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[ May 31, 2008; 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Bar 303, 303 High St Northcote
$5 entry

Come and celebrate reconciliation week, hear great music, meet like-minded people interested in combating racism, advocating? for indigenous justice and find out how to voice your views and act on these issues.

Featuring: Tjimba & the Yung Warriors, Brolga Boys, Deline Briscoe and many more.

More Details:
Contact ? Matt Bell,
matt.bell@reconciliationvic.org.au
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Pretty self explanatory, but will explain anyway.
Mum and Dad Skilton are getting a new kitchen and on this Saturday (after they had already pulled up the flooring and taken the upper joinery off the walls, and the tiles) we cleaned out the rest of the kitchen ready for the instillation.
Will keep you updated when new kitchen is in.

Friends of the Earth (FOE) are calling for citizens to participate in their cyber action on climate refugees. One of the serious impacts of climate change is rising sea levels which will displace many people in low-lying Pacific island nations. FOE is asking you to sign their electronic petition calling on the Foreign Affairs Minister, [...]

(From Ben – keep checking out the feed bar here at morepraxis or his blog to hear more from Ben about the budget)?
The budget has been handed down ? an expression, incidentally, that I love. It?s a bit Charlton Heston as Moses in The Ten Commandments really. Well, if Moses had begun each commandment with [...]

Only Christian group to make a submission
The Justice & International Mission Unit was the only Christian group to make a submission to ?The Impact of Voluntary Student Unionism on Services, Amenities and Representation for Australian University Students? inquiry.
Discussion Paper can be found here
The submission briefly outlines the history of Christian involvement in higher education [...]

Not sure if people saw this great post from Ben down in the feeds
Gerard Henderson goes all populist in his rant denying that past Australian Government policy and actions towards Indigenous Australians might ever have amounted to genocide. Because the ?person on the street? understands genocide as mass murder, and because mass murder didn?t take [...]