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Dear All,
you are invited to this Wednesday’s free online zoom event, 7 October – 7.30pm AEDT
First Nations Women and Discrimination in the Justice System
– part of Reconciliation for Western Sydney's Virtual Building Bridges series.
Tabitha Lean, a Gunditjmara woman and freelance writer, and
Debbie Kilroy OAM, CEO of Sisters Inside, are both leading advocates for women and children
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-nations-women-and-discrimination-in-the-justice-system-tickets-123408657617

A previous forum about the justice system held by Amnesty International’s Redfern Group on 5 Aug 2020
Australia's Shame: How the justice system is failing First Nations People is now available on youtube. In case you missed it or would like to see it again, please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=YkM8TDPKeBc&feature=youtu.be It has been also featured by ABC’s Speaking Out with Professor Larissa Behrendt AO, one of the producers of In My Blood It Runs at https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/speakingout/speaking-out/12636494 as well as our Intervention forum https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/speakingout/speaking-out/12409654 You may also be interested in this document, Martin Cook, Damien Short, Political Economy of Genocide in Australia: The architecture of Dispossession Then and Now http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/2019%20-%20MC%20DS%20A%20Political%20Economy%20of%20Genocide%20in%20Australia-the%20architecture%20of%20Dispossession%20Then%20and%20Now.pdf
Feel free to share these important events with your friends and on social media. Best wishes, Sabine



Virtual Building Bridges 2020
Free online events every Wednesday from
7 October to November 2020
7.15pm for a 7:30pm start – 8:30pm
(all times in AEDT)

Please register at Eventbrite with the links below, more to come soon

For the agenda also see: https://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/virtual-building-bridges-2020/

Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the Building Bridges course, usually held in September/October, was postponed, hopefully to March 2021. In the meantime we are inviting you to a series of free online events, that will continue our Building Bridges sessions from 2019 and add new perspectives on moving forward on the whole process of Voice-Treaty-Truth.

7 October: First Nations Women and Discrimination in the Justice System
Tabitha Lean, a Gunditjmara woman and freelance writer, and Debbie Kilroy OAM, CEO of Sisters Inside, are both leading advocates for women and children
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-nations-women-and-discrimination-in-the-justice-system-tickets-123408657617

14 October: Voice, Treaty, Truth and The Victorian Treaty Process
Lidia Thorpe, a Gunnai and Gunditjmara woman, the first Aboriginal woman in the Victoria State Parliament and the first Aboriginal Senator for Victoria. Lidia is an activist and strong advocate for clans based treaties.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voice-treaty-truth-the-victorian-treaty-process-tickets-123567817669

21 October: “We must remember together”
Djon Mundine OAM, Bandjalung artist, curator, writer, activist He will speak about the need for acknowledging the Truth and Justice of this country.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-must-remember-together-tickets-124087732749

28 October: Treaty/ies – Where to from here?
Lynda-June Coe, Wiradjuri and Badu Island woman. Lynda is a cultural educator, activist and PHD candidate and a representative of Fighting In Solidarity Towards Treaties (FISTT)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/treatyies-where-to-from-here-tickets-123650801877

4 November: Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing "The Statement from the Heart"
Thomas Mayor, a Zenadth Kes man (Torres Strait Island) who lives on Larrakia land in Darwin. He is a Maritime Union of Australia official and advocate for the Statement from the Heart. Thomas has been involved in the whole process and taken the conversations to many local settings and organisations
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/implementing-the-statement-from-the-heart-tickets-124093568203

11 November: Martuwarra First Law Justice: Land, Living Waters and Indigenous Peoples’ Wellbeing
Aunty Anne Poelina, Nyikina Warra Traditional Custodian and Guardian of the Martuwarra
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/martuwarra-first-law-justice-tickets-123654135849

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