Tomorrow online Traditional Owner Ms Rikki Dank's talk at 4pm AEDT & Online Human Rights Forum on 14 Dec & Terrific Human Rights award winner & Land Rights!

[Sabine Kacha]

Dear All,

You are most welcome to attend climate activist's Ms Rikki Dank's online talk tomorrow

Saturday, 11 Dec – 4pm AEDT
A strong First Nations woman Ms Rikki Dank, only one of four First Nations delegates to COP26 in Glasgow will speak online tomorrow 4pm AEDT, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-building-bridges-traditional-owners-perspective-on-land-rights-tickets-214892367857

For a terrific submission by Rikki (number 10), please see https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Finance_and_Public_Administration/ALREconomicEmpowerment/Submissions

And for a beautiful letter by her, please see https://humansingeelong.com/2021/05/31/rikki-dank-gudanji-traditional-owner/

Should you have to miss her talk tomorrow, you could join a free online Forum where she’ll be a speaker on

Tuesday, 14 Dec – 6.30pm AEDT

A forum marking International Human Rights Day – A time to reflect “Can we do more to respect Human Rights of First Nations Peoples?” with Amnesty’s Maggie Munn, Ms Rikki Dank, Dr Sanjit Paul, Prof Jon Altman AM and more will take place on Tuesday, 14 Dec, 6.30pm AEDT. It will be moderated by Aunty Lynda-June Coe. For more info, see https://www.eventbrite.com/e/can-we-do-more-to-respect-human-rights-of-first-nations-peoples-tickets-217213861507

Huge congratulations to the wonderful Prof Larissa Behrendt for a well deserved recognition for all her essential work! The Australian Human Rights Commission announced today, International Human Rights Day, that Professor Larissa Behrendt AO has been awarded the Human Rights Medal.https://humanrights.gov.au/about/news/2021-human-rights-award-winners-announced

An article well worth reading by Michael Dillon "Opportunities and risks: the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021" can be found at https://refragabledelusions.blogspot.com/2021/11/opportunities-and-risks-aboriginal-land.html

Looking forward to seeing you soon online.

Please feel free to share this invite widely with your networks and on social media.

Best wishes,

Sabine