Events for the Heart and Mind – 24 September
In this edition:
Discovering Balance – An international conference on prison reform, restorative justice, and human rights; Beyond Occupation? Examining the New Reality in Israel and Palestine; Anti Poverty Week; Christ & Culture; The Law of the Land.
October 2-4 Discovering Balance – October 2nd – 4th
An international conference on prison reform, restorative justice, and human rights.
The 2nd – 4th October 2008, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
Discovering Balance will include presentations and workshops from activists, researchers, academics, and community and government representatives exploring a wide range of issues including penal reform, victims’ rights, restorative processes, Indigenous justice, and rehabilitation.
Conference Themes and Plenary Sessions – Prisoner rehabilitation; Victims’ rights and restorative processes; Human rights in custodial settings; Indigenous Australians and the criminal justice system; Restorative prisons; Restorative justice processes and juveniles; Restorative processes and human rights in a punitive society; Prison reform, the media and the public.
More information and registration forms can be found at http://irjpr.net.au/conference/
Beyond Occupation? Examining the New Reality in Israel and Palestine
A talk by Dr Sara Roy, senior research scholar at Harvard University’s Centre for Middle Eastern Studies
Social Sciences Lecture Theatre
University of Western Australia
6.30pm Thursday October 9th
Entry by donation
Drinks and nibbles will be provided
co-hosted by Friends of Palestine WA and the Centre for Muslim States and Societies
Anti Poverty Week
Find out about activities near you, access resources, get useful contacts, and see how you can join in
Anti Poverty Week 12- 18 October by visiting http://www.antipovertyweek.org.au/index.html
Christ & Culture
Book now for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission’s conference on Indigenous theology and spirituality. The theme is Christ and Culture and it will be held 16 – 20 February 2009 in Ballina, NSW.
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The Law of the Land
ECCWA has produced a DVD to introduce to all newcomers to this country, details of the legal and justice system in Australia. This DVD has been produced in 13 languages, including English. The non English languages are Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cantonese, Dari, Dinka, French, Kirundi, Mandarin, Somali and Swahili. The DVD is a very good production and covers the essential areas of law that people would be exposed to whilst living in this country.
We have a substantial number of copies of the DVD and would like to see them distributed as widely as possible. Obviously there are mailing costs involved and we would prefer it if you are able to call by to pick them up. Please let us know how many copies you would like to get and we can set them aside for you. There is no cost for the DVD. Contact ECCWA on 92275322.
