PROTECT CHILDREN IN THE NT + END ABORIGINAL DISADVANTAGE
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
ACOSS is also urging people to send e-mails to Senators about the Northern Territory Income Management Bill, which has required the suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act and is being rushed through both Houses of Parliament. Visit the website http://www.acoss.org.au
RADICAL FORGIVENESS: BEYOND HANNAH ARENDT
Friday 7 September, 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start
Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Entry 3 La Trobe Street
Political philosopher Hannah Arendt famously remarked that the radical evil of the concentration camps represented a crime of such magnitude that it could neither be punished nor forgiven.
In this lecture internationally acclaimed Professor of Psychology, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela reaches beyond Arendt, with her concept of “radical forgiveness” She offers hope and the possibility that every person, no matter how dehumanised, can be restored to human community.
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is Professor of Psychology at the University of Cape Town. Her current research interests are trauma in the aftermath of violence, the role of forgiveness in healing psychological trauma, and HIV/AIDS and trauma. She is the author of many books. Her most critically acclaimed, A Human Being Died That Night: A Story of Forgiveness, won the 2004 Alan Paton Award in South Africa. Her latest is Narrating Our History: Perspectives on Working Through Trauma, co-authored with Chris van der Merwe.
She served on the Human Rights Violations Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and chaired numerous Public Hearings for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Drawing on her experiences serving on the Truth and Reconciliation Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela will lead a discussion about this powerful and challenging reappraisal of the possibilities of forgiveness in politics.
Book online by Thursday 30 August www.arts.monash.edu.au/news-and-events/public-lectures/ or by phone 03 9905 2112
Admission: Free, refreshments provided
LAUNCH OF A NEW BROTHERHOOD OF ST LAURENCE REPORT
THE LAUNCH OF A NEW BROTHERHOOD OF ST LAURENCE REPORT:
ETHICAL THREADS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE AUSTRALIAN GARMENT INDUSTRY
Tuesday 4 September 10.30 am – 11.30 am
Span Galleries, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
An invitation to the launch of a new Brotherhood of St Laurence report:
Ethical Threads Corporate social responsibility in the Australian garment industry By Emer Diviney & Serena Lillywhite
To be launched by: the Chair of the Research Advisory Committee Linda Funnell-Milner, National Director, Sustainability & Reporting, Energetics
Speakers include: Country Road Clothing Australia, report co-author Emer Diviney and a garment outworker
This research is the first comprehensive investigation of the Australian garment sectors attitude to, and knowledge of, corporate responsibility in relation to labour rights. The report documents both the opportunities and the challenges facing the garment sector in demonstrating responsible and sustainable business practice. The study documents Australian garment companies awareness of working conditions, laws, regulations and voluntary mechanisms and includes industry recommendations for improving both compliance and socially responsible
practice.
The report will be available at the launch or can be obtained after the launch from the website www.bsl.org.au or contact publications on: Email:publications@bsl.org.au or phone (03) 9483 1386
RSVP by Friday 31 August via phone (03) 9483 1301 or events@bsl.org.au
A MATTER OF IDENTITY
A MATTER OF IDENTITY AND FIRST CITIZEN ALBERT NAMATJIRA FILM NIGHT
Monday 3 September, 7.30 pm
Ivanhoe Uniting Church, 19 Seddon Street, Ivanhoe
‘A Matter of Identity’ is a film about four Australian Aboriginal artists who provide insights into their creative processes, discuss family and influences, presenting highly individual styles and make strong statements reflecting a sense of identity and place.
First Citizen: Albert Namatjira’ explores the great talent which enabled the Aranda Aboriginal to become the first to adopt the painting techniques and modes of expression of culture which were in direct contrast to his own.
Organised by Reconciliation Banyule
INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION OF SIR DOUG
The website of Global Ministries is promoting and honouring the work and memory of Sir Doug Nicholls in preparation for the afternoon celebration "An honouring of the story of Sir Douglas Nicholls... alongside an experience of reflection upon life's journey" which is being at the Churches of Christ Theological College on Sunday 16th September 2007 – for more information, see blog entry below, or click here.
