Leftlink Newsletter for Monday, February 02, 2004 Issue: 5 Below are links to the news articles submitted to Leftlink over the day. Calendar items are for the coming week.
About the Events: Calendar events are posted to the email list each week, and each event is only posted once. Remember, to add your event, go to http://www.leftlink.net/calendar/ and add it. Events added in this way appear immediately on the site, and are automatically added to this email.Events this week: Event Date: Feb 03, 2004 Seminars - Melbourne - Refugee Health - A Clinical Perspective: Medical Association for Prevention of War presents: Refugee Health: A Clinical Perspective An evening seminar to raise awareness of clinical issues in Refugee Health. SPEAKERS: Dr Timothy Lightfoot, Physician Dr Fran Bramwell, author of Refugee Health Handbook for GP's Dr Sonia Grover, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Dr Beverly-Ann Biggs, Infectious Diseases Physician Dr Natasha Davidson, Paediatrician This event has been approved for 5 CPD points by the RACGP. Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040203&viewtype=details&eid=37&print= Event Date: Feb 04, 2004 NIBS - Did the Cars Eat Melbourne?: NIB event: 'Did the Cars Eat Melbourne?' Acclaimed social historian Graeme Davison -- author of the new book "Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts", talks about the impact of the automobile on Melbourne and ways of alleviating it. Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040204&viewtype=details&eid=6&print= Event Date: Feb 08, 2004 Fundraisers - RAWA Film Night - Veronica Guerin: RAWA film fundraiser: VERONICA GUERIN Despite media reports to the contrary, life in Afghanistan is still dire for women. They are in need of our help. The women of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) rely on international financial support to continue their lifesaving work and below are details of a fundraising showing of Veronica Guerin, with a great performance by Cate Blanchett on Sunday Feb. 8th, for RAWA. We cordially invite you to join us and if you can pass this information on, it would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks and warm wishes Onnie Wilson ............................................. A fundraising screening for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) of the acclaimed film VERONICA GUERIN with a stunning performance by CATE BLANCHETT SUNDAY FEB 8TH, 6.OOPM FOR 6.30PM screening Cinema Como: Cnr Chapel St & Toorak Rd, South Yarra In the mid 1990's, one of Ireland's top journalists, Veronica Guerin of the Sunday Independent, confronted head on, the powerful drug lords feared in Dublin. Her articles painted a vivid picture of a dangerous world that many in the country had not yet focused upon, making her a sworn enemy of the city's underworld. Her efforts cost Guerin her life but galvanised the Irish public to bring about change, halting the underworld's destructive endeavours. Veronica Guerin is a strong tribute to one of Ireland's heroes: a woman who refused to be intimidated in her pursuit of justice. All funds raised are in aid of The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040208&viewtype=details&eid=41&print= Event Date: Feb 08, 2004 Meetings - Medicare - Unitarian Church: Dr. Tim Woodruff will be the guest speaker at the Unitarian Church. The subject is MEDICARE. Service commences at 11:00 am. The Church is located at 110 Grey St. East Melbourne (Plenty of parking at the rear) All Welcome. Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040208&viewtype=details&eid=48&print= Event Date: Feb 09, 2004 - Feb 10, 2004 Conferences - From Rhetoric to Reality - Making Human Rights Work: "FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY: MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS WORK" RMIT University, 2004 The conference will provide an opportunity to engage with the practice of human rights in our own communities. Over two days, service providers, educators, advocates and service users will come together in workshops, facilitated discussions and plenary sessions. The conference will build the capacity of participants to make human rights work in their everyday practice. Keynote speakers include Paul Hunt, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health; Marcia Rioux, Director of Disability Promotion Rights International and Professor of Health Policy at York University, Canada; Krishanti Dharmaraj, Executive Director of WILD for Human Rights, San Francisco (to be confirmed); and Jim Ife, Chair of the Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University of Technology. Sponsored by RMIT University Community Advocacy Unit, Victorian Department of Human Services, VicHealth and the Human Rights Alliance of Australia. Further details from http://advocacy.tce.rmit.edu.au Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040209&viewtype=details&eid=33&print= Event Date: Feb 09, 2004 - Mar 02, 2004 Meetings - Organising Meetings for International Womens' Day Rally: International Women's Day is fast approaching, the theme for this years rally is Women Against War, Racism & Sexism. Please help spread the word, and forward this email and its details on to as many people as possible. All are welcome to attend the rally. If anyone is interested in getting involved the collective mts are on Monday evenings 6.30pm @Trades Hall in the Evatt Room. Find out more. : http://www.leftlink.net/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20040209&viewtype=details&eid=49&print= Please forward as appropriate. All browsers of the site can read the news articles and add calendar events. If you want to receive this newsletter directly, please subscribe at http://www.leftlink.net/ For more information, please visit the Leftlink web site at http://www.leftlink.net. Please do not reply to this email. 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