Trudy,
Didn't know who else to ask, so here goes.
I would like to organise some sort of sleep in for Reconciliation Day in
May, but I don't know how to go about it, or how to get in touch with some
local people who may be sympathetic to the cause. I would be organising this
in Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula, Vic. Do you have any idea's? Is there a
local organisation I can contact?
Thanks,
Jackie
-----Original Message-----
From: Trudy & Rod Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: RecOzNet2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, 20 April 2000 14:30
Subject: [recoznet2] Jail community learns about Aboriginal culture
>ABC News
> Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:01 AEST
> LOCAL NEWS : Orange / Dubbo
>
> Jail community learns
> about Aboriginal culture
>
> A small Aboriginal community just outside
> Goodooga is educating the prison system about
> Aboriginal culture by taking people back to
> basics.
>
> People who visit the Mercy camp spend a week
> in basic wooden huts without electricity while
> they are taught about the Stolen Generation,
> Aboriginal food and sacred sites.
>
> It has just received funding from the Department
> of Corrective Services, providing officers and
> inmates with the opportunity to make regular
> visits.
>
> Camp coordinator Elizabeth Wright says so far
> officers and inmates from Emu Plains, Ivanhoe
> and Grafton have benefited from the scheme.
>
> "I think it's a marvellous thing to the officers
> because they're learning about Aboriginal
> culture and virtually the only time they get to
> see Aboriginal people is when they're in the
> cells, so it's an eye-opener, and we feel we're
> achieving something," she said.
>
> � 2000 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
>
>
>--
>_________________________________
>Truth is a pathless land. --- Krishnamurti
>-------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------
>RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at
http://www.mail-archive.com/
>To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the
body
>of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here
>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce
>This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without
permission from the
>copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and
research under the "fair
>use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed
further without
>permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
>
>RecOzNet2 is archived for members @
http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
>
------------------------------------------------------
RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at
http://www.mail-archive.com/
To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body
of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce
This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission
from the
copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under
the "fair
use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further
without
permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
RecOzNet2 is archived for members @
http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
