Melbourne Fundraising Dinner with Dr Olfat Mahmoud Olfat, a Lebanon-based Palestinian refugee, is on a speaking tour to highlight the plight of Palestinian refugees in the camps in Lebanon over the last 70 years. Olfat will also talk about the Palestinian Right of Return as well as Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Her autobiography ‘Tears for Tarshiha’ will also be available…
Rally at Queen Victoria Statue, QVB, Sydney CBD, Sat 30th June, 12 noon Protest Government using $3,8 billion promoting arms export industry. A rally against Australia spending $3.8 billion to promote the sale of weapons to overseas countries (including Saud Arabia and Israel) is planned for Saturday June 30 at 12.00 outside the Queen Victoria Bulding (near the Queen Victoria…
Public meeting: Keeping Australia out of U.S. Wars Three authoritative speakers on the need for an independent foreign policy for Australia. Korea, prospects for peace and Australia’s role - Michael Pembroke, NSW Supreme Court Judge and author of the acclaimed book, Korea: Where the American century began. The urgent need for an independent foreign policy - Lee Rhiannon, NSW Senator…
Muslim Collective Interfaith Iftar As-salam-alaikum & Ramadhan Mubarak! Ramadhan brings together friends, families and the community. It reminds us of our collective responsibility towards looking after each other and our planet. At this Iftar, we look forward to breaking the fast with you, sharing a meal and having a conversation on how we interact with and care for our environment.…
Pax Christi NSW - Monthly Meetings We normally meet on the first Monday of each month at 6.00pm for shared meal that members bring and the meeting follows at 6.30 pm. All welcome.
National Sorry Day Walk Join the Cooks River Valley Association, for an hour with Jennifer Newman and Dr Anne Maree Payne for a morning walk along the Cooks River, to mark National Sorry Day. When: 10.00 am Saturday 26 May 2018. Where: Meet in Steel Park, Illawarra Road, Marrickville 2204 Concluding at ‘Richardson’s Lookout - MarrickvillePeace Park’
Saving Our Private Ryan and Sgt. Wilkinson's Memories Private Ryan and Sgt Wilkinson two very different stories of two very different men and their experiences in the Great War. One fought for his anti-war beliefs and the other only told his grandson his story on his deathbed. Get tickets online
Sydney Peace Foundation - Screening of Border Politics On Monday 2 July, 2014 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Julian Burnside will be in Sydney for a Sydney Peace Foundation screening of his new film Border Politics. Border Politics follows Burnside as he travels the globe examining the harsh treatment of refugees at the hands of western democracies.This contemporary story is about…
Pax Christi Victoria - Agape "A Conversation on Active Non-violence" - including the showing of the film Priests, Nuns and the Bomb. This documentary depicts nuclear disarmament activists challenging the security and legality of America’s nuclear weapons when they break into two top secret facilities: the “Fort Knox of Uranium” and a U.S. Navy Trident nuclear submarine base. Are they criminals…
Anthropocene Flyer June 2018 Dr Clive Pearson is currently a research fellow within the strategic research Centre for Public and Contextual Theology (PACT), Charles Sturt University. He is a member of the executive of the Global Network for Public Theology and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Public Theology. His current areas of research are in the fields of climate…