Free the Refugees Solidarity Tour
Woomera 2001
Friday September 21 - Sunday September 23
GET ON THE BUS
Join the Refugee Action Collective trip to Woomera Detention Centre in
South Australia to protest at the imprisonment of refugees and asylum
seekers, as we go into an election where neither of the major parties
offers a decent alternative to the current system of gross human rights
violations.
In the tradition of the Freedom Rides, defy the government tactic of
using fear and remoteness to divide those of us living in Australia from
those seeking peace and freedom, who would join us.
Buses will be leaving from Melbourne and Sydney at this stage, and
hopefully from Adelaide, Canberra, and other places as plans progress.
The itinerary is as follows:
Friday 21 September:
Leave in the afternoon from Melbourne's own Maribyrnong Detention
Centre, for a bus ride to Woomera in South Australia.
Saturday 22 September:
Arrive in Woomera for breakfast. Protest, activities, etc at Woomera
Detention Centre for the morning, into the afternoon.
Bus to Adelaide in the afternoon. Tentative plans for a public meeting
in Adelaide to help build a refugee activist group there, and to discuss
the day.
Spend the night in accommodation, which we will be planning in either
billets, backpackers etc, or perhaps a church or school hall.
Sunday September 23:
morning rally and speakout in Adelaide, and bus back to Melbourne
arriving in the evening.
In the days following the trip we will organise a public meeting or
rally to highlight the experience.
Register via email [EMAIL PROTECTED], or phone Judy 0418 347 374
The cost will be about $100 per person (including accommodation), but we
will be fundraising to subsidise. Volunteers who would like to help
organise things, please contact us (see details below), or come to our
regular meetings Tuesday 6pm at Trades Hall, cnr Lygon and Victoria Sts.
Please forward this email to any contacts you have.
Thanks all
Simon O'Neill
Refugee Action Collective
www.vicnet.net.au/~rac-vic
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
0418 347 374
Refugee Action Collective - Victoria
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.vicnet.net.au/~rac-vic/
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