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SUMMARY:"Get To Know Your Neighbour"
DESCRIPTION:‘Rosemary’s Way’ of Connection \nHear the background story of the film ‘Rosemary’s Way’ …how for two decades\, Rosemary Kariuki has helped refugee women in Sydney’s west\, escape domestic violence\, financial distress\, isolation and integration into Australian life. \nRosemary\, the 2021 Australian Local Hero of the Year\, is the centre of this emotional and intimate documentary that shines a light on Sydney’s migrant community. \nHear how this vibrant\, full-of-life\, big-hearted and charismatic woman from Kenya\, escaped abuse and violence in her homeland to relocate in Australia.   Recognizing many of the same tell-tale signs of domestic and societal violence in other women in her new community\, not to mention the isolation and loneliness that the marginalized can feel\, she went on to become an advocate for migrant and refugee women devoting herself to tearing down cultural silos for women of colour. \nYou’ll be touched and inspired by how Rosemary is creating Peace in Sydney’s west. \nFollowed by a Q & A\, Rosemary will warm your heart\, and bring a smile to your face. \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/film-rosemarys-way/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210923T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210923T180000
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SUMMARY:The Power of a “Creators of Peace Circle”
DESCRIPTION:Launched in 1991\, Creators of Peace is just one of several transformational programs of Initiatives of Change www.au.iofc.org/creators-of-peace\, a global network of men and women from many different nations\, cultures and religions active across more than 50 countries\, all working for a peaceful\, just and sustainable world\, based on the principle that ‘Change starts with me’. \nThe Creators of Peace Circle is a women’s initiative challenging women everywhere to:\n• Engage in the creation of peace at every level of society\n• Share responsibility for their part in conflict and in its resolution\n• Build networks of forgiveness and friendship across racial and social divides\n• Create opportunities for healing’ ourselves\, our relationships and our communities \nA Creators of Peace Circle brings together small groups of women to engage in guided reflection about several facets of peace-building – inner peace\, hindrances to peace\, what makes peace grow? The program has been used widely in Australia and in several strife-torn situations around the world bringing about remarkable transformations. \n \nOur ongoing activities keep us connected as a community of practice\, to maintain our peace-building skills and stay engaged with civil society issues\, addressing the personal\, moral\, and spiritual values needed for ethical and sustainable action. \n \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/the-power-of-a-creators-of-peace-circle/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210923T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210923T153000
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SUMMARY:Informal Festival Meetup
DESCRIPTION:We’d love you to drop in to mingle and chat with other Festival attendees. Share your stories and hopes for a peaceful future and yarn about what you have experienced in the Festival so far. \nGet a ticket now or just drop in – we will share the links to all Festival attendees. \n \n  \nThere are four catch-up sessions over the course of the Festival: \n– Sunday 19th: straight after Ecopella at 4.30 \n– Tuesday 21st: 3 PM \n– Thursday 23rd: 2.30 PM \n– Sunday 26th: straight after the Forum at 4.15PM \n 
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/informal-festival-meetup-2/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210923T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210923T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T035052
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210919T004104Z
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SUMMARY:A Conversation on Women\, Peace and Security
DESCRIPTION:WILPF is presenting a conversation about the value of the National Action Plans that meet the UN Resolution 1325+. These Action Plans are calling for attention to help women have a voice and the security they need to be able to flourish in their community.   \nPanel speakers:  \nBarbara O’Dwyer\, WILPF Canberra \nBarbara O’Dwyer has a Masters in Peace Studies.  She spent many years working in the Australian Government aid agency\, AusAID (now part of the Dept of Foreign Affairs) working in the Pacific\, on Humanitarian  Assistance and United Nations programs and finally as the Gender Adviser. She is a long time member of WILPF Australia and was President for eight years.  She was a member of the Steering Group of the Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women Peace and Security which organized and hosted the Annual Civil Society Dialogue on Women\, Peace and Security bringing together government and civil society representatives to report on the  implementation of the National Action Plan on Women\, Peace and Security\, 2012-2018. \nMargot Pearson\, WILPF Australia \n“I have been a member of WILPF Australia both in Canberra and in Sydney\, and was on the WILPF Australia Board\, for sometime with the last 5 years held the position of Vice President. I am currently on the Management committee of WILPF NSW as Treasurer. As well I have been involved in various campaigns with other groups such as ICAN\, and worked on WILPF Australia’s campaign to address militarisation in Australia. This includes a research initiative funded by WILPF International and now concluding with our report ‘Militarisation in Australia: Normalisation and Mythology’.” \nLudmilla Kwitko\, WILPF Canberra \nDr Ludmilla Kwitko has worked on women\, peace and security and gender\, international aid and development issues over the last 30 years\, with donors\, governments\, multilateral organisations\, and civil society\, as a practitioner\, educator\, policy analyst and researcher. Ludmilla is currently Associate Professor (Honorary) at the Gender Institute\, College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University\, and is convening the Women\, Peace and Security 2021 Webinar Series. \nShe also participates in civil society activities and is a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Australia (and is currently WILPF Australia Asia-Pacific Liaison); member of the Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women\, Peace and Security\, and was previously on the NATO Civil Society Advisory Panel on Women\, Peace and Security. Ludmilla has participated as a civil society representative on the Australian Government’s Inter-Departmental Committee on Australia’s First National Action Plan on Women\, Peace and Security on behalf of the WPS Coalition. \nVisit the following link for more information: WILPF Australia – Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/women-rights-peace-and-security/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T035052
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SUMMARY:PEN Sydney International: Freedom to write freedom to read
DESCRIPTION:We take for granted the right to publish and say whatever we want but that’s not a given in so many places. \nAround the world writers are persecuted for courageously pursuing their craft. \nPEN International works to protect them and to free them from prison. In this lively conversation you’ll learn about and hear the work of Uyghur poets being held in Chinese detention camps\, Iranian writers currently in prison\, young women under threat in Afghanistan and the work that PEN Sydney is doing to support them. \nCases we have taken on include Australians Yang Hengjun\, Kylie Moore Gilbert and internationally Afghan journalists and writers in Myanmar. \nSpeakers –  \nFatimah Abdulghafur – Uyghur poet \nMansour Razaghi – Kurdish journalist \nMark Isaacs – author of The Kabul Peace House \nDragana Zivancevic – Translation and Linguistic Rights \nHost – Claudia Taranto – ABC journalist \nVisit the following link for more information:\nPEN Sydney – Freedom to Read. Freedom to Write. – PEN International Sydney\nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/freedom-to-write-freedom-to-read-pen-sydney-international/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T163000
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SUMMARY:Afghanistan: Prospects for peace
DESCRIPTION:What sort of a future dare we imagine for Afghanistan and its people? If we step beyond the confines of the Western democratic project\, of political Islam or other similar totalising ideological projects\, what could Afghanistan become? Join our all-Afghan panel as we ask one of the most pressing questions of the day. \n \nThe initially relatively peaceful transition of power to Taliban in August 2021 has deeply ambiguous consequences for both the Afghan state and the Afghan people. Western responses to the unfolding situation are often framed through militarised and geostrategic lenses\, while an Islamist knowledge perspective struggles to overcome its own limitations by re-creating the very hegemony that it seeks to undo. Both perspectives risk reproducing a sort of ‘fundamentalism.’  \nRegardless of the framing\, the Afghan people and the Taliban must grapple with the cultural and material consequences of Afghanistan’s traumatising encounters with different visions of the world. The visions have taken different articulations\, including Soviet socialism\, European humanism\, transnational ‘fundamentalist’ Islam and two decades of Western statebuilding. These encounters have contaminated local perspectives\, leaving a lasting impression on Afghan perspectives about what is possible and what is not. A legacy of these encounters is the continuation of violent conflict\, as exemplified by the war in the Panjshir valley. \nWith a focus on a critique of both the Western occupation and Taliban ‘fundamentalism’\, this wholly Afghan panel aims to transcend the usual discourse for a more productive engagement: imagining achievable\, grounded and alternative pathways towards a peaceful future for Afghanistan. \nModerated by Senator Mehreen Faruqi. \nDr Mehreen Faruqi is the Greens’ senator for New South Wales. She is a civil and environmental engineer and life-long activist for social and environmental justice and against racism and misogyny. In 2018\, Mehreen became Australia’s first Muslim senator. She is the Greens’ representative on aid and development. \nThe panel: \nMujib Abid\nMujib Abid\, University of Sydney alumnus (Master of Peace and Conflict Studies) and PhD candidate at the School of Political Science & International Studies at University of Queensland. His research focuses on histories of encounters with modernity in Afghanistan\, with a particular focus on modernist enactments of power and embodied subaltern experiences\, resistance and tradition. Mujib brings in (and critiques) a postcolonial/decolonial sensibility to his work. He currently teaches as a Sessional Academic at the University of Melbourne. \nSalma Abid\nSalma Abid is studying a Masters in International Relations at İstanbul Kultur University after completing her undergraduate studies in political science in Kabul. She is the founder of Bahaar – New Spring For The Female Voice\, an online platform which publishes Afghan female voices and that offers feminist social commentary. She is also a writer\, and is particularly interested in exploring the intersection between feminism and Islam. \nMohib Iqbal\nMohib Iqbal is an economist on the World Bank programs in Afghanistan. He has previously worked with the Institute for Economics and Peace as Senior Research Fellow. Mohib’s research focuses on the economic impacts of war and the dynamics of the war economies including the role of foreign aid. Mohib holds a master degree in development economics from Australian National University.  \nZarlasht Sarwari\nZarlasht Sarwari is a PhD candidate and researcher in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University (WSU). Her research examines how long distance nationalism plays out in the Afghan diaspora in Australia\, particularly how it impacts upon identity construction and notions of belonging. Emerging themes in her work highlight the impact of geopolitical forces on the trajectories and narratives of individuals\, generational differences in the construction of an imagined homeland and the simultaneity in connection and belonging to Australia and Afghanistan. Zarlasht holds a double degree in Bachelor of Social Science and Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University and an Honours degree in Politics and International Relations from University of Western Australia. She has formerly worked with the Department of Premier & Cabinet (WA)\, the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at UWA and University of New South Wales. Zarlasht currently works with the Challenging Racism Project at WSU\, developing Bystander Anti-Racism training for organisations across Australia. \nJawed Nader\nJawed is a Scientia PhD Candidate at UNSW Sydney since 2019\, where he researches the impact of social media on societies in conflict. Previously he worked with the Government of Afghanistan and civil society organisations in Afghanistan and the UK. He served as Director of the Afghanistan Land Authority (2009–11) and the Director of the British & Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group (2012–19). \nFarkhondeh Akbari\nFarkhondeh Akbari is a PhD candidate at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on diplomatic actors and peace settlements with non-state armed actors\, looking at the cases of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. She obtained a bachelors and masters in International Relations from La Trobe and the University of Melbourne and an advanced masters in Diplomacy from the Australian National University. Farkhondeh has worked at Afghanistan’s Independent Directorate of Local Governance\, the United Nations Headquarters and Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. Profile link: http://bellschool.anu.edu.au/experts-publications/experts/farkhondeh-faroo-akbari
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/afghanistan-prospects-for-peace/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T133000
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SUMMARY:Law\, Justice and Diplomacy
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by the Sydney Peace & Justice Coalition which emerged during the 2002-03 campaign against the invasion of Iraq; and Australians for War Powers Reform which is also a response to the Iraq Invasion. \n \nPanellists include former Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon\, Peter Murphy\, Alison Broinowski \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/law-justice-and-diplomacy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T035052
CREATED:20210824T100604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T100654Z
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SUMMARY:Reconnecting Communities in Conflict
DESCRIPTION:The project is aimed at building trust and mutual understanding between the Sydney communities from the Great Lakes region\, which were damaged by years of conflicts in the region. Reconnecting and re-establishing the cultural and social values of good neighbourhood that existed between the Great Lakes of Africa communities.   \nThis presentation is to provide information about the workshops both content\, process and outcomes. \nOrganisation: GLAPD \n \nThis event is hosted by the Great Lakes of Africa for Peace and Development – Sydney \nPanel: Patricia Garcia and Abe Quadan \n \nVictoria Sharp\, World Peace Flame Global Ambassador\, will light the Peace Flame and talk about the significance of the Peace Flame in generating peace discussion youth peace education program. \n\n\n\nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/facing-the-wrong-enemy-reconnecting-communities-in-conflict/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210922T090000
DTSTAMP:20260417T035052
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SUMMARY:Australian book launch of The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World\, with author Séverine Autessere
DESCRIPTION:Séverine Autesserre is an award-winning author\, peacebuilder\, and researcher\, as well as a Professor of Political Science at Barnard College\, Columbia University. She is the author of The Trouble with the Congo\, Peaceland\, and The Frontlines of Peace\, in addition to articles for publications such as Foreign Affairs\, International Organization\, and The New York Times. She will share how the book came about\, and what her key findings are\, followed by Q&A with the audience. Watch Séverine’s TED Talk “To solve mass violence\, look to locals” here You can also find her author talk on “The Frontlines of Peace” with Oxford University Press here.  For more information about the author go to https://severineautesserre.com/ \n \nDr Wendy Lambourne\, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies\, University of Sydney\, will deliver the Acknowledgment of Country and welcome participants on behalf of the organisers\, HandUp Congo\, University of Sydney and the Great Lakes Agency for Peace and Development. Wendy has spent around 25 years researching transitional justice\, peacebuilding\, trauma healing and reconciliation from the perspective of local communities recovering from mass violence\, including in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa and those from a refugee background who have settled in Australia. \n \nOur moderator\, Dr Michael Nest\, is the award-winning author of four non-fiction books\, all of which have themes of conflict and mining. The third book\, Still a Pygmy\, is a collaboration with Congolese activist Isaac Bacirongo\, the first Indigenous Twa (Pygmy) to ever publish his memoir. His most recent book\, Cold Case North: the search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett (2020)\, investigates the disappearance and presumed murder of two Indigenous activists in Canada. Michael’s ‘day job’ is improving accountability and transparency\, and preventing corruption\, in government and the mining sector.  \nThe word “peacebuilding” evokes a story we’ve all heard over and over: Violence breaks out\, foreign nations are scandalized\, peacekeepers and million-dollar donors come rushing in\, warring parties sign a peace agreement and\, sadly\, within months the situation is back to where it started—sometimes worse. But what strategies have worked to build lasting peace in conflict zones\, particularly for ordinary citizens on the ground? And why should other ordinary citizens\, thousands of miles away\, care? \nIn The Frontlines of Peace\, Séverine Autesserre\, award-winning researcher and peacebuilder\, examines the well-intentioned but inherently flawed peace industry. With examples drawn from across the globe\, she reveals that peace can grow in the most unlikely circumstances. Contrary to what most politicians preach\, building peace doesn’t require billions in aid or massive international interventions. Real\, lasting peace requires giving power to local citizens. \n \nThe Frontlines of Peace tells the stories of the ordinary yet extraordinary individuals and organizations that are confronting violence in their communities effectively. One thing is clear: Successful examples of peacebuilding around the world\, in countries at war or at peace\, have involved innovative grassroots initiatives led by local people\, at times supported by foreigners\, often employing methods shunned by the international elite. By narrating success stories of this kind\, Autesserre shows the radical changes we must take in our approach if we hope to build lasting peace around us—whether we live in Congo\, the United States\, or elsewhere. \nGet Your Copy of The Frontlines of Peace\, 30% Off with Promo Code: ASFLYQ6 here or through Gleebooks in Sydney. \nThere will be a follow-up event as part of Raising Peace on Sat 25 Sep from 8.30-10am\, Peacebuilding in Practice: Africa and Beyond\, where a panel of expert commentators will review the lessons from Severine’s book and respond to audience questions.  \nBoth events will provide an opportunity for participants to make connections for future actions to support peacebuilding in the Congo\, including becoming directly involved in supporting HandUp Congo or other like-minded organisations such as the Great Lakes Agency for Peace and Development (GLAPD). \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/australian-book-launch-of-the-frontlines-of-peace-an-insiders-guide-to-changing-the-world-with-author-severine-autessere/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210921T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210921T193000
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SUMMARY:United Nations Peace Action Webinar
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations Association of Australia (NSW) brings you a webinar on the United Nations’ role in maintaining international peace and security. \nIt will cover a range of topics\, including: \n\nThe UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights\nUnited Nations principal organs\nThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\nDepartment of Peace Operations\nAction for Peacekeeping (A4P)\nDepartment of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs\nHow can young people can contribute to peacekeeping?\nAnd more!\n\nAbout the Speaker… \nTim Ford lives in Sydney and the NSW Central Coast. He retired from the Australian Army in 2003\, following an extensive 40-year career in the Australian Defence Force and the United Nations. \nFrom 1998 until 2002\, Major General Ford served in a number of high-ranking United Nations peacekeeping appointments including as the Head of Mission of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) in the Middle East\, and as the Chief Military Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at UN Headquarters\, New York. He continued to assist the UN and other regional organisations as an adviser on peace operations and as a mentor for the UN Senior Mission Leadership (SML) Course until 2010. \nTim was Chair of the of the US based Peace Operations Training Institute from 2010-2017 and is the author of their course “Leading Within UN Peace Operations”. \nFrom 2005\, Tim was the Chair of the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial Project. This national memorial on Anzac Parade\, Canberra was dedicated on 14th September 2017\, the 70th anniversary of Australian peacekeeping. \nTim is currently the Vice President (Operations) of the United Nations Association of Australia (NSW Division). He continues to write and present about UN peace operations in a range of forums. \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/united-nations-peace-action-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210921T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210921T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T035052
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SUMMARY:Informal Festival Meetup
DESCRIPTION:We’d love you to drop in to mingle and chat with other Festival attendees. Share your stories and hopes for a peaceful future and yarn about what you have experienced in the Festival so far. \nGet a ticket now or just drop in – we will share the links to all Festival attendees. \n \n  \nThere are four catch-up sessions over the course of the Festival: \n– Sunday 19th: straight after Ecopella at 4.30 \n– Tuesday 21st: 3 PM \n– Thursday 23rd: 2.30 PM \n– Sunday 26th: straight after the Forum at 4.15PM
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/informal-festival-meetup/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210921T131500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210921T143000
DTSTAMP:20260417T035052
CREATED:20210719T054056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210828T125956Z
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion on the UN Day of Peace Theme
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations Association of Australia (NSW) will be conducting a panel discussion on the International Day of Peace focused on the official UN theme for the Day: \nRecovering better for an equitable and sustainable world \nAs we heal from the COVID-19 pandemic\, we are inspired to think creatively and collectively about how to help everyone recover better\, how to build resilience\, and how to transform our world into one that is more equal\, more just\, equitable\, inclusive\, sustainable\, and healthier. In the UN Secretary General’s message for the Day\, Mr Antonio Guterres said: “Peace is the foundation of that recovery. The global vaccination effort cannot advance amidst armed conflict. Nor can we build a sustainable\, resilient\, peaceful world while we are at war with nature. Recovery efforts offer an opportunity to transform our relationship with our planet and our environment.” \nFurther information about the UN theme is shown here. \nOur multidisciplinary panel features (click the link for bios): \n– Steve Killelea AM\, Founder & Executive Chairman\, Institute for Economics and Peace \n– Professor Joel Negin\, Head of School\, Sydney School of Public Health \n– Leanne Smith\, Director\, Whitlam Institute & Former Chief of Policy and Best Practice for the United Nations Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support \n– Louise Tarrant\, Chair\, Australia reMADE & Board Member\, Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Climate Action Network \nThe panel will be moderated by Geraldine Doogue AO\, journalist and radio and television presenter\, ABC Radio National \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/international-day-of-peace/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210921T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210921T124500
DTSTAMP:20260417T035052
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SUMMARY:Opening address: Ambassador Vargas from Costa Rica - the Peaceful Strategy
DESCRIPTION:The keynote address for Raising Peace will be delivered by His Excellency\, Mr. Armando Vargas Araya\, Ambassador for Costa Rica. \nAmbassador Vargas will be introduced by Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees AO.  \nStuart Rees is Professor Emeritus of the University of Sydney\, founder\, inaugural Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation\, awarded the Order of Australia ‘for service to international relations’\, recipient of the Jerusalem ( Al Quds ) Peace Prize and author of the recent Policy Press book ‘Cruelty or Humanity’ nominated for the British Academy’s ‘book of the year for contributions to multiculturalism and world peace.’  \nCosta Rica has managed for 72 years without a standing army\, instead operating on principles of trust\, peace and non-violence. Ambassador Vargas will elaborate on how Costa Rica has developed its peaceful strategy overtime\, how this strategy is dealt with at the International level and the desire of Costa Rica for maintaining and improving this strategy in the future. \nThis talk will be followed by a short Q and A\, an opportunity for you to ask questions. \nSee The Canberra Times Costa Rica abolished its military. Other countries can too | The Canberra Times | Canberra\, ACT \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/ambassador-vargas-from-costa-rica/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210920T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210920T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T035052
CREATED:20210724T075136Z
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SUMMARY:The Urgent Need for a “Killer Robot” Ban
DESCRIPTION:The Urgent Need for a “Killer Robot” Ban \nSafeGround\, as lead organisation of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots – Australia\, hosts this session on the dangers of fully autonomous weapons\, or ‘killer robots’ the international efforts to introduce a new treaty to address the weaponization of AI and the Australian context. Join us for presentations and discussions with various voices calling for an urgent ban to stop humanity crossing a red line.  \nIncreasingly autonomous weapons are being developed in arsenals around the globe. The use of AI in weapons introduces moral\, ethical\, legal and security concerns. There is an urgent need for regulation in this area and specific prohibitions on fully autonomous weapons or “killer robots”\, also referred to as lethal autonomous weapons systems. Weapons which use AI and would delegate decisions of life and death to a machine are recognised as morally irreprehensible.  \n \nThis session will look at the dangers but also provide an update on the international momentum towards effective regulation in this area\, and a new treaty – including the civil society movement and the UN process which is reaching a critical moment. This session will also highlight the Australian context – as a major developer of weapons in this area it is imperative to rule out what is unacceptable and yet the Australian government is showing no such initiative. The position asserted globally seeks to minimise regulation along with just a handful of countries.  \nLearn about the issue of autonomous weapons\, what is happening globally\, the role Australia is playing and what needs to be done to ensure humanity doesn’t cross a threshold to an even more dangerous future. There will be presentations and time for questions/discussion.  \nFor more information on the issue and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots – Australia visit: \nhttps://safeground.org.au/what-we-do/campaign-to-stop-killer-robots/ \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/ending-threats-to-humanity-nuclear-weapons-and-killer-robots-how-to-guide/
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SUMMARY:The Road to a Nuclear Free Future
DESCRIPTION:Part of ICAN’s Ban School\, this session will focus on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons\, zooming in on the campaign in Australia and looking ahead to map the movement that wins. \nWe’ll talk political advocacy\, local government\, superannuation funds\, education and more. \nVisit the following link for more information:\nhttps://icanw.org.au/banschool \nYou can also register directly HERE! \nMARGARET PERIL\, Quit Nukes: Nuclear Weapon Free Finance. Hear about how you probably have superannuation invested in nuclear weapons\, and how to change that. \nDARYL LE CORNU\, lecturer\, curriculum consultant and textbook writer. He’ll talk to us about how education is key to future free of nuclear weapons. \nJEMILA RUSHTON\, Campaigner and leader of our work to bring cities and towns on board. Now with 37 councils on board\, we aren’t waiting for the federal government. \nGEM ROMULD\, Director and leader of our work to bring parliamentarians on board. We’ll hear an update on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and how we will get Australia to join the ban. \nFacilitation: DR MARGARET BEAVIS\, ICAN Australia Co-Chair. \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/the-road-to-a-nuclear-free-future/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210920T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210920T160000
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SUMMARY:Militarism and its Consequences
DESCRIPTION:Anti-militarism activists and an academic will explain how they feel about Australia’s military posture\, its engagement in warfare\, and the costs and consequences of its alliance with the USA. They will discuss the militarisation and ‘securitisation’ of society\, and consider whether these take the nation towards a peaceful future\, internally and internationally. Nuclear risks\, risk reduction and ‘no first use’ will also be covered.  \nIPAN is a network of groups that came into being soon after the announcement that US marines were to be stationed in Darwin. It seeks a truly independent foreign policy for Australia and has been conducting a people’s inquiry into the Australia/US alliance. \nAABCC has demonstrated long-standing opposition to the presence of all foreign bases (particularly US bases) on Australian territory. \nWILPF(NSW) is one of the oldest peace groups in Australia\, its opposition to war dating back to 1920. It brings a feminist perspective to the analysis of root causes of war and conflict\, and emphasises the gendered impacts of conflict and war. \nPND  is an organization dedicated to eliminating the threat of nuclear war. As a group it has been active since 1960 and has a significant presence in the world’s disarmament movement. \nThe Australia Institute is one of the country’s most influential public policy think tanks. Based in Canberra\, we conduct high impact research that combines rigorous fact-driven material with cutting-edge communication strategies. \nFeaturing:- \n\nAllan Behm (Australia Institute)\nDenis Doherty (Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition)\nBevan Ramsden (Independent and Peaceful Australia Network)\nMargot Pearson (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom) –“I have been a longstanding member of WILPF Australia both in Canberra and in Sydney.  I was a member for some years on the WILPF Australia Board as Vice-President and am currently on the Management committee of WILPF NSW as Treasurer. I have also worked with members of WILPF Australia on WILPF’s campaign to address militarisation in Australia. This includes a research initiative funded by WILPF International and now concluding with our report ‘Militarisation in Australia: Normalisation and Mythology’.”\nJohn Hallam (People for Nuclear Disarmament)\n\nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/disarmament/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210919T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210919T173000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Happy Hour 19th September
DESCRIPTION:We’d love you to drop in to mingle and chat with other Festival attendees. Share your stories and hopes for a peaceful future and yarn about what you have experienced in the Festival so far. \nGet a ticket now or just drop in – we will share the links to all Festival attendees. \n \n  \nThere are four catch-up sessions over the course of the Festival: \n– Sunday 19th: straight after Ecopella at 4.30 \n– Tuesday 21st: 3 PM \n– Thursday 23rd: 2.30 PM \n– Sunday 26th: straight after the Forum at 4.15PM
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/sunday-happy-hour-19th-september/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210919T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210919T163000
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SUMMARY:Ecopella: Songs for environment\, peace and protest.
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy listening to a selection of songs from Ecopella\, a NSW based choir of people passionate about the environment\, peace\, social justice.   \nFor information:   miguel@ecopella.org \n \nVisit the following link for more information:  https://miguelheatwole.bandcamp.com/ \nSee Raising Peace YouTube here! \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/ecopella-songs-for-environment-peace-and-protest/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210919T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210919T153000
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CREATED:20210826T080520Z
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SUMMARY:Faith and Peace:  How faith inspires to work for peace
DESCRIPTION:People of faith from the Christian tradition and from other faith traditions will speak about how their faith inspires them to work for peace. After short talks\, there will be breakout rooms to talk further with a faith leader about their and others’ faith journeys. \nSpeakers on the panel: \nRev Dr Chris Walker is a Uniting Church Minister who served in a range of roles from local church Minister\, to being principal of the theological college in SA\, to serving as national consultant for theology and discipleship for the Assembly of the UCA. Among the books he has written is Peace Like A Diamond: facets of peace (Spectrum\, 2009). This book is out of print\, however\, Amazon has a kindle edition for just $3.99. He represented the UCA at the WCC international ecumenical peace convocation in Jamaica in 2011. He has a long standing concern for peace expressed in writing and activism. www.revdrchriswalker.wordpress.com \n \nVenerable Thubten Chokyi is a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition and Senior Resident Teacher at Chenrezig Institute\, in the Sunshine Coast\, QLD. She is also the International Director of Liberation Prison Project supporting men and women in prisons worldwide on their spiritual journey to transform their minds and lives through Buddhist practice and study.  Ven Chokyi is a longterm member of the Womens Interfaith Network and Interfaith forums on the Sunshine Coast. She is the Chair of the Australian Sangha Association serving Buddhist monks and nuns nationally. \n \nGill Burrows\, see photo above\, Born in England\, mother of four adult children and grandmother of ten\, Gill and her husband live in Sydney.  Gill has a deep interest in learning how to live the nonviolence taught by Jesus who said Love one another and Love your enemies.  In this time of endless wars and increasing militarism\, when will be see that violence does not bring lasting peace? Trained as a scientist\, Gill understands the urgency of our intergenerational responsibility to care for the earth\, our common home\, so eloquently described by Pope Francis in his 2015 writings ‘Laudato Si’.  Gill was one of the founding members of Pace e Bene Australia an organisations seeking to foster the spirituality and practice of active nonviolence https://www.paceebene.org.au/.  Gill is also a member of Pax Christi NSW\, ARRCC – Australian Religious Response to Climate Change\, IPAN – Independent and Peaceful Australia Network and Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends against gas and greed. \n\nMr Zia Ahmad is the Editor-in-Chief of the Australasian Muslim Times (AMUST) and a Trustee of Islamic Foundation for Education and Welfare (IFEW) as well as Australian MEFF Consortium (organisers of Multicultural Eid Festival and Fair\, MEFF). Zia is professionally a Biochemist\, BAppSc (Biomedical Science)\, MAppSc (UTS) having retired in mid 2013 after more than 40 years of active service at the School of Molecular Bioscience\, University of Sydney. Ziaul Islam Ahmad\, originally from Azamgarh\, UP\, lived in Aligarh\, Delhi and mostly in Kashmir\, arriving in Australia from India at the age of 18 in 1971 together with his parents and 5 siblings. While trying to settle as new migrants in a new country\, he and his family\, led by his father Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad\, were closely associated with pioneering efforts to establish Muslim Community and Islamic educational and daawah activities in Australia as well as interfaith dialogues and multiculturalism promoting understanding and harmony in the Australian society. \nPeter Griffin\, born 1950  in Queensland. He grew up in Sydney in a Roman Catholic family. Standard middleclass education and after one year as a seminarian (1969)\, took to a wide variety jobs and occupations until marrying in 1981.Working life since then as a cleaner/storeman and for the last twenty years as a Community Support Worker (Disability and Aged Care.). Since the early 80’s Peter has taken an increasing interest in Peace and Social Justice\, mainly under the banner of Pax Christi\, an international peace movement founded in Europe in 1945 as a reconciliation movement bringing together French and Germans after World War II. \nMargaret Parker grew up in Ireland\, in the Catholic Faith and trained in England as a nurse and midwife. On her arrival in Australia\, she became a member of the Paulian Association and went to Papua New Guinea as a Lay Missionary volunteer. Margaret was introduced to the Brahma Kumaris at a retreat in the Southern Highlands and adopted their philosophy and lifestyle. She has been active in their meditation centres in Wollongong and the National Headquarters in Sydney. She was a member of the Illawarra Women’s Interfaith Network in Wollongong and has participated in Prayer Vigils and Prayer Services for the UN International Day of Peace for several years. \n \nWies Schuiringa\, see photo above\, has been a member of the Religious Society of Friends\, Quakers in Sydney for more than 30 years. She grew up in the Netherlands in a Mennonite family\, a liberal Christian church that is one the “peace churches”. Wies is a retired social worker. She worked in several organisations in front line positions and in the latter half of her career in management positions. She now holds voluntary positions with the Quakers\, the NSW Ecumenical Council and with other organisations. Pacifism and peace have been part of Wies’s thinking her whole life\, especially growing up in the aftermath of WW2 and then the threat of the cold war with nuclear weapons. “There is no way to peace – peace is the way.” \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/faith-and-peace-how-faith-inspires-to-work-for-peace/
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210919T110000
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SUMMARY:The Third Harmony Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Third Harmony tells the story of nonviolence\, humanity’s greatest (and most overlooked) resource.\n“To be nonviolent is be an artist of your humanity\,” says Palestinian nonviolence leader and founder of the Taygheer Movement\, Ali Abu Awwad\, in a new documentary about the power of nonviolence and a new vision of human nature. Drawing on interviews with veteran activists like Civil Rights leader Bernard Lafayette\, scientists like behaviorist Frans de Waal and neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni\, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal\, political scientist Erica Chenoweth\, futurist Elisabet Sahtouris\, and others\, this 44-minute documentary will help the general public\, often at a loss to understand the protests occurring in many cities\, to better grasp just what nonviolence is and how it works. The film also delves into the important role that nonviolence plays in the wider struggle to develop a new theory of human nature\, how every one of us can add to our personal growth and fulfillment while benefitting society through the use of this time-tested power. \nThis discussion forum is chaired by Dr Keith Suter\, website here\, and featuring Emeritus Professor Michael Nagler\, further information here\, the writer and director of the film The Third Harmony\, and also Ray Minniecon\, see The Forgiveness Project. \nSee also: https://mettacenter.org/thirdharmony/ \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/film-the-third-harmony/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210918T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210918T200000
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SUMMARY:Walking together - Yarning led by First Nations and non-Indigenous folk
DESCRIPTION:Led by Nicole Laupepa and including Antar and WRN   \nSession 4 – Yarning – Walking Together – an interactive session led by First Nations colleagues and settler Australians – exploring how we continue to ‘walk together’ for peace with justice in the nation of Australia. \nPanelists –  \nMichelle Aleksandrovics Lovegrove – Facilitator \nNicole Laupepe \nYaama gara nginda\, Ngay gayrr Nicole. I come from the lands of the Gomeroi people\, the people of the red sands and black soils. I come from the murri gubbi clan of the kaputhin moiety of the madhaa skin group. I am an experienced and passionate community advocate for social justice and cultural diversity. I am currently a senior Leader for Youth Off The Streets\, my expertise includes early intervention\, child protection\, out of home care\, homelessness\, domestic and family violence\, alcohol and other drugs\, and criminal justice. \nJacqui Parker \nWith 20 years’ experience as a facilitator and trainer\, Jacqui has designed and delivered an array of programs and workshops to groups and individuals in both the community and private sectors. Much of Jacqui’s work involves sharing her skills and toolset with leaders\, CALD and Indigenous causes and communities. Her conviction in the Uluru Statement From the Heart guides her to instill confidence in non-Indigenous Australia to accept the invitation in accepting the invitation to walk together. She has taught and worked with many organisations including the Australian College of Applied Psychology\, UNSW Medical facility\, The Forgotten Australians\, The National Justice Project\, Playgroups NSW\, Carers NSW\, Settlement Services International and currently Youth Off The Streets. As a mediator for the Conflict Resolution Network\, Jacqui enables practical approaches to Conflict Management and Culturally Responsive Practice by prioritising relevant and interactive activities and training that ensure essential outcomes are achieved. Jacqui Parker jacqui.parker@pobox.com Ph 0418 667040 \nMichael West \nMichael West supports the embracing and understanding of diversity\, believing appreciation of diversity\, brings greater opportunities both here in Australia and throughout the world\, this is achieved through culturally respectful engagement. Everyone has an intrinsic value\, it’s upon us\, the individuals\, the communities and society to support and develop capabilities to enable the achievement of dreams and aspirations. \nPaul Wright \nPaul Wright has nearly 2 decades of experience working in both Government and non-government sectors – covering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs\, health\, immigration and social services. Paul studied politics and international relations at the University of Canberra and has a Masters of Strategic Studies from the Australian National University. Prior to running ANTaR\, Paul was the Executive Officer for the Close the Gap Campaign Secretariat and the National Health Leadership Forum at the Australian Human Rights Commission. \nRemo Giuffre – remo@tedxsydney.com \nRemo Giuffré is a creative strategist and author (General Thinker\, 2014) with a long track record as an entrepreneur\, retail merchant and brand builder. He founded the iconic REMO General Store in 1988; and co-founded the General Thinking network in 2001. He also enjoys a long and ongoing association with the TED organisation in New York\, and\, since 2009\, has been CEO & Founding Licensee for TEDxSydney\, an annual flagship TEDx event that has become Australia’s leading ideas forum and the gold standard for TEDx events globally. His most recent initiative is REMORANDOM a community sourced curation of Everything Interesting; a selection of ideas\, stories and observations designed to inform and entertain. \nMich-Elle Myers \nMich-Elle Myers is a former wharf labourer and is now the National Women’s Officer for the MUA. She is also the Vice President of the Australian Labor Party and is a passionate supporter of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. michelle.myers@mua.org.au – 0401202667 \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/walking-together/
LOCATION:Online
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210918T170000
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SUMMARY:Yarning with Mother Earth - caring for country\, led by Uncle Bruce and First Nations colleagues
DESCRIPTION:First Nations and environment:   \nSession 3 Yarning with Mother Earth – caring for country. An interactive Panel discussion led by Bruce Shillingsworth. \nPanelists –  \nMichelle Aleksandrovics Lovegrove – Facilitator \nMichelle is a Ngarrindjeri woman born in Port Augusta\, South Australia and brought up in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. Her family and heartland community is Raukkan on the banks of Lake Alexandrina near Lake Albert and the mouth of the Murray River. Michelle is a journalist\, broadcaster and communicator who has worked across Australian commercial media outlets\, the ABC\, NITV and a decade with SBS. She currently works in Land Rights as Senior Communications Officer for the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council. \nBruce Shillingsworth \nBruce Shillingsworth is a First Nations artist and rights activist. The Muruwari and Budjiti man has been prominently campaigning for just management of the river system. And as part of that\, he launched the Water for Rivers campaign earlier this year. \nVictor Stefansen \nVictor is one of the founders of Firesticks. Through a series of workshops Firesticks Alliance has worked to define the values and objectives underlying cultural burning to inform our on ground activities. The responses ranged across the natural\, spiritual\, economic\, educational and social domains and encompass values that are both similar and different from mainstream environmental management. This is to be expected as cultural burning is based on an understanding that a reciprocal arrangement exists between people and Country. This is often summarised in “healthy people healthy Country”. That is\, healthy people with knowledge\, authority and capacity are required to manage the Country. In return a healthy landscape is required to support the physical\, mental and spiritual needs of the people who are the managers. In practice this means Firesticks invests in people\, in communication pathways\, education and in on ground land management work to create a resilient social and ecological landscape. \nDr Anne Poelina (Wagaba) \nDr Anne Poelina is a Nyikina Warrwa woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. An active community leader\, human and earth rights advocate\, film maker and a respected academic researcher\, with a second Doctor of Philosophy (First Law) titled\, ‘Martuwarra First Law Multi-Species Justice Declaration of Interdependence: Wellbeing of Land\, Living Waters\, and Indigenous Australian People’\, Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine\, Master of Education\, Master of Arts (Indigenous Social Policy)  Signatory to the Redstone Statement 2010 she helped draft at the 1st International Summit on Indigenous Environmental Philosophy in 2010. Anne is a 2011 Peter Cullen Fellow for Water Leadership. In 2017\, she was awarded a Laureate from the Women’s World Summit Foundation (Geneva)\, elected Chair of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (2018)\, Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow with Notre Dame University and a Research Fellow with Northern Australia Institute Charles Darwin University. She holds membership to national and global Think Tanks. Dr Poelina is a Visiting Fellow with the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University\, Canberra Australia Water Justice Hub to focus on Indigenous Water Valuation and Resilient Decision-making. \nSee website:  www.martuwarrafitzroyriver.org \nORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6461-7681  \nPersonal website: www.majala.com.au \nLisa Viliamu Jameson \nLisa Viliamu Jameson is a Sāmoan Australian community campaigner and creative producer. She is an organiser for the Queensland Pacific Climate Warriors and campaigner for 350 Australia\, a non-profit organisation moving Australia beyond fossil fuels. Lisa currently campaigns for the landmark Torres Strait Climate Justice case ‘Our Islands Our Home’. She is also the creative director of ‘Conscious Mic\,’ a collective of artists\, cultural practitioners and creative producers\, who identify as Indigenous\, Pacific Islander and culturally diverse artists based in Brisbane. \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/mother-earth/
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210918T143000
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SUMMARY:Uluru Statement from the Heart & truth telling\, led by Thomas Mayor
DESCRIPTION:Uluru Statement: Truth Telling: led by Thomas Mayor\, facilitator \nSession 2 – Uluru Statement from the Heart with Thomas Mayor\, facilitator \nThomas Mayor is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. As an Islander growing up on the mainland\, he learned to hunt traditional foods with his father and to island dance from the Darwin community of Torres Strait Islanders. Following the Uluru Convention\, Thomas was entrusted to carry the sacred canvas of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. He then embarked on an eighteen-month journey around the country to garner support for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations voice\, and a Makarrata Commission for truth-telling and agreement-making or treaties. Thomas’s journey continues\, both in person and through the pages of his book; Finding the Heart of the Nation: The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice\, Treaty and Truth. The book is his gift to the campaign for Voice\, Treaty and Truth. Like the Uluru Statement from the Heart\, he hopes that all Australians will accept it. \nPanelists –  \nDean Parkin \nDean Parking is a Quandamooka man who lives on Country. He is the director of From the Heart\, the leading campaigning organisation for a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament\, as called for in the Uluru Statement from the Heart. \nCraig Cromelin \nCraig Cromelin is an Aboriginal man of Ngiyampaa and  Wiradjuri heritage. Born and raised in and around Murrin Bridge. As a 16 year old\, I poked my head in the door at one of a number of community discussions\, held at the same  time  one summer evening. The result of that night 41 years ago\, ultimately  lead me on a wonderful journey  of community  governance and  politics\, design and development\, and discovery’. \nNicole Laupepe \nYaama gara nginda\, Ngay gayrr Nicole. I come from the lands of the Gomeroi people\, the people of the red sands and black soils. I come from the murri gubbi clan of the kaputhin moiety of the madhaa skin group. I am an experienced and passionate community advocate for social justice and cultural diversity. I am currently a senior Leader for Youth Off The Streets\, my expertise includes early intervention\, child protection\, out of home care\, homelessness\, domestic and family violence\, alcohol and other drugs\, and criminal justice. \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/uluru-statement/
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210918T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T035052
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SUMMARY: Yarning led by a team of First Nations colleagues
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to country by Nathan Moran\, Chief Executive Officer of the MLALC \nThe Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council is a significant organisation in our community\, we seek to become the most highly visible and most recognised Aboriginal organisation in the Sydney Metropolitan Region. Metro’s continued existence and strength is an important symbol and a vital ongoing resource to its members. We do this as a tribute and as a reminder of the struggles and achievements of Elders and those who have gone before to fight for land rights and justice for our people. \n \nYarning with First Nations People: led by Bruce Shillingsworth and Nicole Laupepa \nSession 1 – An interactive YARNING led by a panel of First Nations colleagues – covering a wide range of topics; The Voice to Parliament\, Truth telling\, Treaty and the matter of peace and justice in Australia – guided by the Uluru Statement From The Heart. \nPanelists –  \nThomas Mayor – facilitator \nThomas Mayor is a Torres Strait Islander man born and raised on Larrakia Country in Darwin. A former wharfie\, he is the National Indigenous Officer at the Maritime Union of Australia. Thomas is a published author of four books\, the most recently published is Dear Son – Letters and reflections from First Nations fathers and sons. \nCarol Vale \nCarol is the founder of Murawin. At Murawin we have a passion for strengthening cultural competencies and professional capabilities . Our core values of inclusiveness\, cultural safety and  respect underpin every aspect of our work. Our people consist of a talented team of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal professionals who bring an extensive range of experiences in policy development\, project management\, evaluation\, social research and stakeholder engagement across a myriad of areas including Aboriginal Affairs\, Child Protection\, Disabilities\, Health\, Education\, Justice and Urban Design sectors. We are passionate about breaking cycles that perpetuates disadvantage. Our team works across numerous portfolio areas and locations with our clients to engage\, challenge and assist groups journey towards action to developing practical responses to their ‘wicked’ problems. We are committed to closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage and facilitating opportunities that strive for economic and social empowerment. \nShane Charles \nShane Charles is an inspirational Aboriginal leader with a solid track record across a range of sectors including education and training\, justice and cultural heritage within both Aboriginal and mainstream organisations. Shane effectively manages complex partnerships and brokering solutions between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal parties\, including locally and internationally. As a passionate\, multiskilled advocate for reconciliation Shane enjoys sharing his cultural knowledge as a Traditional Owner of Wurundjeri\, Boon Wurrung and Yorta Yorta. \n(Waskam) Emelda Davis \n(Waskam) Emelda Davis is founding chairwoman for Australian South Sea Islanders (Port Jackson) (ASSIPJ) a social justice and community development not-for-profit. Emelda has extensive working experience in capacity building for Indigenous\, ASSI\, Pacific and CALD communities. Her expertise covers media\, education\, training\, arts entertainment having worked for federal and state government agencies as well as grassroots organisations. More recently in 2020 Emelda was awarded the NSW Premiers Medal – Settlement Services International Human Rights Award\, completed a Masters by Research in ASSI oral history ‘Children of the Sugar Slaves – Black and Resilient’ with University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and is a 2021 candidate for Team Clover City of Sydney Council elections. www.assipj.com.au \nNathan Moran – CEO Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council \nNathan is a proud Biripi Dhungutti Goori who has worked in both government and non-government with & for Aboriginal communities of NSW for over 25 years. Previously working with NSW AECG\, NSW Department Education\, Biripi LALC\, NSW Aboriginal Land Council\, TAFE NSW and Aboriginal Housing Office NSW. He has served as Director or Board member on a number of identified and mainstream organisations including Mid North Coast Regional Aboriginal Land Council\, Association Resource Cooperative Housing(NSW)\, Redfern All Blacks\, Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance and Werrin Medical Service. Has Qualifications in Property Management\, Social Housing\, Business Administration\, Finance Governance\, Diplomacy\, Training & Assessment\, Designing Training & Assessment systems and Coaching. He is a former UTS law student\, Lloyd McDermott squad member\, UNSW & UN South East Asia Aboriginal Leadership Program graduate\, AIATSIS Aboriginal Leadership Program graduate and Koori Radio Volunteer Broadcaster. Nathan is passionate about 1st Nations Lore\, Culture & Heritage\, Arts\, History Politics and Sport\, and is committed to achieving equity in human rights for Australia’s 1st Nations on par with or better than other 1st Nations people in former comparable British colonies such as NZ\, Canada\, South Africa or USA. https://metrolalc.org.au/ \nAdrian Russell Wills – please see https://yellowcreativemanagement.com/adrian-russel-wills/ \nAdrian is a Wonnarua man originally from Bourke NSW who is committed to explore the outsider\, the fringe dweller\, the rebel. Adrian comes from a strong line of ancient storytellers who maintained their culture\, law and language through song\, dance\, and remarkable visual art which stands among the oldest in the world. Adrian sees his role as a writer / director purely as an extension of those ancestors before him. His point of distinction is that he explores stories that take an audience beyond what they would naturally seek out\, confronting and challenging them to go beyond their own experience. Adrian boasts an extensive career writing and directing for film and television in particular the documentary 88\, looking at the Bicentennial celebrations of the British colonisation of Australia. \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/first-nations-yarning/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Film: The Third Harmony
DESCRIPTION:Not Sold Out!    This event’s capacity has been increased!    If you missed out the first time\, please try to register again!\n\n\nFrom The Third Harmony website: \n“The Third Harmony tells the story of nonviolence\, humanity’s greatest (and most overlooked) resource.\n“To be nonviolent is be an artist of your humanity\,” says Palestinian nonviolence leader and founder of the Taygheer Movement\, Ali Abu Awwad\, in a new documentary about the power of nonviolence and a new vision of human nature. Drawing on interviews with veteran activists like Civil Rights leader Bernard Lafayette\, scientists like behaviorist Frans de Waal and neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni\, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal\, political scientist Erica Chenoweth\, futurist Elisabet Sahtouris\, and others\, this 44-minute documentary will help the general public\, often at a loss to understand the protests occurring in many cities\, to better grasp just what nonviolence is and how it works. The film also delves into the important role that nonviolence plays in the wider struggle to develop a new theory of human nature\, how every one of us can add to our personal growth and fulfillment while benefitting society through the use of this time-tested power.  \nDirected and produced by the respected nonviolence scholar and author\, Michael Nagler\, co-founder of the Peace and Conflict Studies Department at U.C. Berkeley\, the viewer is given the deep awareness that nonviolence is a serious field of study\, or in the words of Mahatma Gandhi\, “Nonviolence is not the inanity people have taken it for.” This is echoed by Tiffany Easthom\, Executive Director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce in the film\, when discussing the power of unarmed civilian protection as a tool in the nonviolent toolkit: this is not about being “peace activists who hope that unicorns and rainbows will rule the world one day. This is hard work.” Changing the story that makes violence of all kinds seem practical in our world is hard work. But it’s certainly time for this change to happen. The Third Harmony contributes to that important effort. \nSeveral of the more successful films on the “new story\,” the emerging narrative about human meaning and purpose\, have touched on nonviolence\, but this is the first to explain in depth the interdependence of these two defining trends of human civilization in our time\, which drew documentary industry leader Steve Michelson of the Fund for Sustainable Tomorrows into the project as Executive Producer along with Thomas Eddington\, Ryah Alohalei Ki\, and Lou Zweier as well as Sarah Gorsline who edited 35 hours of interview to make this film possible.  The presentation is supported by animations throughout and original music by composer Jim Schuyler.  As Minister Kristin Stoneking\, former Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation\, U.S.\, said\, “I just want to watch it over and over.” The film was accepted among 600 applicants to the United Nations Association film festival in October\, 2020.  \nThe film’s impact will be enhanced by the already-released book\, The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature (Berrett-Koehler\, 2020) and a board game\, Cosmic Peaceforce: Mission Harmony Three\, all available at the Metta Center for Nonviolence. \nMetta is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Petaluma\, CA.  It has been working since 1982 to “help people practice nonviolence more safely and more effectively” and has special consultative status at the United Nations.” \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/film-the-third-harmony-2/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Raising Peace - Welcome To Country
DESCRIPTION:It is time to raise the profile of peace!  \nThe current turmoil in international affairs and the climate crisis pose unprecedented risks and dangers. The need for open discussion about the need for peace\, and ways to achieve it\, has never been greater. A panel of speakers will set the tone for ten days of events that will cover the many topics that arise when the word ‘peace’ is mentioned.  \nAunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor\, a Darug/Yuin Elder\, academic\, cultural activist and spokesperson for environmental social justice and human rights issues will deliver the Welcome to Country. \nSpeakers:- \nKeith Suter (‘Global Directions’ think-tank) will moderate the session. \nDavid Shoebrdge (MLC\, The Greens) will speak about Peace\, Justice and Human rights \nAlison Broinowski (Author and ex-diplomat) will speak about ‘War Powers’ legislation \nDavid Brophy (Sydney University) will speak about Australia/China relations \nRita Warleigh (IVP) will talk about International Volunteers for Peace and Raising Peace \nTickets from: Eventbrite
URL:https://www.raisingpeace.org.au/event/introduction-to-raising-peace/
LOCATION:Online
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