in the lead up to the may day protest...
REFUGEE ACTION TEACH IN
SATURDAY APRIL 27 (rego from 9:30am)
@ TRADES HALL,
corner of Lygon & Victoria Streets
$5 or $3 donation for entry
participants include:
- refugee speakers
- TONY BIRCH, indigenous academic, writer & historian
- PAMELA CURR, greens vic + fairwear campaign
- SHERRON DUNBAR, refugee worker
- CAM WALKER, friends of the earth
- ANDREA, no one is illeagal
- a range of RAC activists
- trade union representatives
9:30AM - REGISTRATION
10:00AM - PANEL
BEHIND AUSTRALIAN RACISM & NATIONALISM
includes indigenous and refugee speakers looking at the context
of current refugee policies & a rich history of resistance to
racism in Australia
11:15AM - WORKSHOPS (subject to change) including
- ALTERNATIVES TO MANDATORY DETENTION
should we replace detention centres with "reception centres"?
what other alternatives are there?
- OPTIONS TO TEMPORARY VISAS
there are now over 8,000 people on tpv's in Australia. What
implications has this had? With some of these coming to an end
in October what are the implications for the refugee rights
movement and the sanctuary network?
- PACIFIC SOLUTION- OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND?
What are the implications of government strategy; winding back
some detention centres while stopping refugees reaching
Australian shores. How can we respond?
- REFUGEE ACTION COLLECTIVE INTRO, Q & A SESSION
everything you ever wanted to know about refugee rights and
RAC but were to scared to ask...
12:30PM - LUNCH
1:30PM - PANEL
REFUGEES + GLOBALISATION
Featuring a panel of refugee, union & environmental activists
2:30PM - FINAL SESSION, an open dialogue
STRATEGIES + TACTICS TO BUILD THE CAMPAIGN
with half an hour in small groups, then an 'all in' session this
final session will be open to discuss such topics as:
- implications of the Woomera protests?
- what alliances should RAC prioritise?
- what should be our main focuses in the next period?
- what are concrete ideas for future actions?
- how can we involve more people in the campaign
be sure to bring your ideas and have your say...
SPEAKERS TO BE CONFIRMED, STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS...
RAC (VIC) PH 9659 3505. www.rac-vic.org
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+ ALSO DONT FORGET TO JOIN THE RAC CONTINGENT AT MAY DAY, M1
Community Blockade of Casselden Place from 7am, May 1, Wed.
(includes dept of immigration & other Federal Gov offices)
Followed by UNITY MARCH through city.
also supported by: m1 Collective, the Construction Forestry, Mining &
Energy Union, Friends of the Earth, the Australian Manufacturing Workers
Union & many more...
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