Land rights and sovereignty will be the theme of key Aboriginal activists
speaking at a major public meeting in Melbourne next month.
Monica Morgan of the Yorta Yorta Nation in Victoria/NSW, Murrandoo Yanner
from Queensland, Michael Mansell from Tasmania, and Marjorie Thorpe and
Margaret Gardiner from Victoria will speak at "Speak Loud for Land Justice"
on Thursday, December 9.
The meeting will take place at Storey Hall, RMIT, Swanston St, city,
starting with entertainment by Lou Bennett at 7pm. Entry by gold coin
donation.
The meeting has been dedicated to the late Ron Castan QC, who led a number
of key native title legal fights. Lawyer Bryan Keon-Cohen and UN activist
Michael Gorton will also speak. Victorian Trades Hall secretary Leigh
Hubbard is being invited.
The meeting has been organised by The Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal
Corporation, the Koori-Gubbah Club (Monash Uni), Trade Unionists for Land
Rights, Defenders of Native Title, Students for Land Justice and
Reconciliation (Melbourne Uni), and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Support and Liaison Unit (RMIT).
For more information contact Monica Morgan on 0418 123 609 or David Glanz
on 0418 316 310 or Jacqui Geia on 0427 527 894.
Please forward this message to appropriate addresses or lists.
LL.VL
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