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Reconciliation Week 2010

Week-long events
Wakaid Girl Lyndhurst Kid - La Mama Theatre, $25/$15
Exhibition Winyarr-Ngu-Bala: Aboriginal Women Give To You. Manningham Gallery, 699 Doncaster Road. Free

Friday 28 May - 5.30-8.pm Doin it again for Rec '10
City of Melburne event at the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street. Featuring Ernie Dingo as MC, Johnny Mac, Merkki Hood, Alter Egoz and A.R.A.B., a welcome to country, Wurundjeri Dancers and stalls.

Refugees are Welcome
Rally and March on World Refugee Day
End the freeze on asylum seeker claims
Say no to another Tampa election

SUNDAY JUNE 20, 12 NOON, State Library, Swanston Street.
Organised by the Refugee Advocacy Network, a bread coalition of groups that has come together as a voice for justice in this election year.

Our World in Crisis?
Current Trends & Future Options
A unique 6-week course to skill, inform and stimulate

Principal lecturer and course coordinator, Professor Joseph Anthony Camilleri, Professor of International Relations and founding Director of the Centre for Dialogue at La Trobe University.
The course will consist of six consecutive weekly sessions, held on Tuesday evenings, commencing June 22 and finishing July 27. Sessions will convene from 5.15pm, with course work commencing at 5.45pm sharp and concluding at 9.00pm (with a mid-session break).
The course will be held at the premises of Australian Volunteers Inernational (AVI), 88 Kerr Street, Fitzroy.
Fee: Institutional rate $385, Individual rate $320 and Low Income Rate $180
For further information contact Rebecca Fowler r.fowler@latrobe.edu.au

 



 
The Victorian Chapter of the Australian Church Library Association invites you to a meeting on Sunday 30th May, 2010, 2pm to 4.30pm.
St Johns Uniting Church, Virginia Street, Mt Waverley (Melway 70D1)
 

 
Gaza
From Constantine Dabbagh, Executive Secretary, DSPR Programs
"The situation here is very bad as it is in the region at large. We appreciate very much keeping us in your thoughts and for all the efforts to create awatreness amongst your constituency. God bless your endeavour."
More details are available on the ACT International website
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Lebanon
In Lebanon, the most urgent needs of the displaced and stranded people are mattresses and bedding, water, cleaning and kitchen supplies, first aid kits, medicine for chronic diseases, food and milk for infants. More details are available on the ACT International website.