Sustainable WA Splish
Sustainable WA is working on a proposal to conduct WA’s Biggest conversation about sustainability. This will be an experience that blows people off their feet, that will see over 100 people involved at some point, that honours and uses “Open Space Technology” principles and pulls people towards the future.
The idea is “The Big Splash… for sustainability” and will be an event happening later in the year. However, they are holding a smaller Open Space conversation THIS FRIDAY, asking anyone who wants to help organise, or contribute ideas, to come along and get the creative juices flowing.
The Splish (A Little Splash)
When: Friday 29 May, 4:30-8:00pm
Where: Tuart Room, Mt Claremont Community Centre, 107 Montgomery Avenue, Mt Claremont
RSVP to Bryce Martin on ambria@westnet.com.au or call or sms him on 0401196829
Seeking Asylum in Australia: What Happens to Rejected Asylum Seekers?
Public Lecture by Phil Glendenning
Where: Curtin University Bank West Lecture Theatre
When: Thursday 25th June
Time: 7:00pm (Come early to see the display of ASeTTS’ services and SBS documentary A Well Founded Fear from 5:00 to 7:00pm)
Cost: Gold Coin Donation Continue reading ‘Seeking Asylum in Australia: What Happens to Rejected Asylum Seekers?’
Health not a commodity but a right, also in times of influenza A
By Juan Michel (*)
What do you think about when you hear the word “health”? A doctor with a stethoscope, lab testing tubes, coloured pills? Wrong answer, grassroots health activists say. You should be thinking first of clean drinking water, nutritious food, a safe work environment and essential health care made accessible at the community level. Yes, even in times of influenza A.
A large spectrum of grassroots health activists – nearly one hundred sponsored by the World Council of Churches (WCC) – gathered in Geneva in mid May to press these issues within the global public health discussion. From 18 to 22 May they are participating in the 62nd World Health Assembly, the annual gathering of the World Health Organization (WHO).
In addition to preparedness for the possible influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, the WHO assembly is discussing two resolutions that are crucial in its longer term strategy to revitalize primary health care and to address the social determinants of health. A timely approach in a world where diarrhoea kills nearly two million children every year.
Social determinants of health are factors with high impact on public health, namely: access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation, adequate supply of safe food, nutrition and housing, healthy occupational and environmental conditions and access to health-related education and information. They are social because they are largely shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources in the society. Continue reading ‘Health not a commodity but a right, also in times of influenza A’
Palestinian Christians want a Peace Lamp in every Church
By Emma Halgren (*)
Its population may be dwindling, but the Palestinian village of Taybeh is striving to maintain normality in the midst of conflict, and hope in the midst of oppression.
Taybeh, 14 kilometres north east of Ramallah, is one of the few predominantly Christian villages in Palestine. Like villages all over the West Bank, it is suffering as many of its people decide to emigrate, seeing no other choice given the economic and physical hardship they suffer under Israeli occupation.
In the 1960s the town had a population of 3,400. The population today is 1,300. Unemployment stands at around 50 per cent.
But for Father Raed Abusahlia, priest of the Latin (Roman Catholic) church of Taybeh, the grim situation only adds urgency to efforts to empower the local people spiritually and economically, as he explained to an ecumenical delegation visiting the village in March. Continue reading ‘Palestinian Christians want a Peace Lamp in every Church’
Annual Silent March against Domestic Violence
Approximately 300 people gathered in Stirling Gardens, Perth, for the 19th Annual Silent Domestic Violence Memorial March. Organized by the Women’s Council for Domestic and Family Violence Services (WCDFVS) the rally and march was an opportunity to honour the memory of victims of domestic and family violence.
‘I suffered violence, and so did my children, but by the grace of God I got out’ Noongar Elder Doolann Leisha Eatts told the gathering delivering a ‘welcome to country’ with her husband Walter. ‘Domestic violence affects people of all nationalities. As Noongar elders it is good to see so many different people coming together on this issue’ Ms Leisha Eatts added. Continue reading ‘Annual Silent March against Domestic Violence’
Events for the Heart and Mind – 27th May
In This Issue: Taize Pilgrimage to Thailand; Brother David Steindl-Rast; Dayspring Men’s Spirituality Retreat.
Continue reading ‘Events for the Heart and Mind – 27th May’
National Sorry Day 2009
Come along and join in this important event which commemorates the history of forcible removal of Aboriginal children and its effects on Aboriginal families and communities. It is also a time for all of us to commit to working together to ensure proper reconciliation in this country.
When: 12-2pm, Tuesday 26th May 2009
Where: Wellington Square, East Perth
What: Great music, interesting speakers and a free sausage sizzle.
Hosted by the Bringing Them Home Committee (WA), a member of the National Stolen Generations Alliance, and proudly supported by Lotterywest.
Jubilee Sunday
On May 17, Jubilee Sunday, we will remember the Gospel challenge, to love one another as Jesus loved.
The Scriptures tell us the Spirit of God has called us to be good news to the poor, to forgive each other’s debts, to heal the broken, to announce freedom to all those who are imprisoned by suffering, to proclaim Jubilee. Right now, there are millions of people in the world oppressed by extreme poverty because their countries are caught in a debt cycle not of their own making.
Remember the Jubilee on Sunday May 17th.
The Tree of Truth website has resources for your church, school or group to use, including a fact sheet, bulletin insert, liturgy and ideas for churches and schools.
e waste
As we are all aware E waste is an emerging problematic waste. There are many metals and other materials that can be extracted out of these components, however it is also a very expensive process to do so. And with the accelerating rate of computer development, redundant computers and related equipment literally end up on the scrap heap. This is a waste of resources and is also costly to send to land fill.
So if you have any old and unwanted computers and related equipment that needs to be turfed out, see the WasteNet website and have e-waste properly recycled at no cost to the individual.
2009 Interfaith Conference
The Abrahamic Alliance & Initiatives of Change presents The 2009 Interfaith Conference
When: Sunday 21 June, 1.30pm-5.00pm
Where: The Boulevard Centre, 99 The Boulevard, Floreat
Cost: $5 donation payable at the door.
Afternoon Tea Provided
In this time of global crisis, it is time to take a personal step and be involved: Do YOU want to make a change? Do YOU want to be involved? How can WE be agents of change in OUR local community setting?
Conference Theme: How can the Faiths of the World help move us away from violence and towards peace?
Invited Speakers: Aviva Freilich, Law Lecturer, University of Western Australia; Brendan McKeague, Facilitator of Non-Violence Workshops; Associate Professor Sameena Yasmeen, Director, Centre for Muslim States & Societies, University of Western Australia.
For more information, contact Ita Goldberger, 0417 090 425, Adis Duderija, adisduderija@hotmail.com or Revd Hollis Wilson, wilsonh@ststephens.wa.edu.au
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