Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission will be speaking at this function about the potential a Human Rights Act has for Australia.
“Where the Olive Trees Weep” Screening Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice. We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira […]
Friends Peace Team - Asia West Pacific invites you to the 2024 Regional Justice and Peace Training on 24th June to 2nd July in Peace Place, Pati, Central Java, Indonesia.
"The Trust Fall: Julian Assange examines the significance of the insights that WikiLeaks shared with the world, the subsequent behaviour of multiple governments, the extraordinary personal risk taken by Assange, and broader questions of press freedom and public interest." From the Alliance Against Political Prosecution: “Julian’s final appeal against extradition to the US is on 9-10th July […]
Aletia Dundas, a Friend from NSW with a wide range of experience with Friends' work in the Middle East and at the United Nations will join us to share her insights. The session will be held at the Turner Meeting House and via Zoom.
Friends are warmly invited to attend the Vigil for Peace and to bring a chair if they wish to sit comfortably, although benches are available.
A webinar highlighting the current crisis in Gaza and Palestine as a whole, with a focus on aspects of colonisation, resistance, and the struggle for liberation.
Webinar discussion of the US economic, political and military domination of Australia and the impact on democratic rights.
This is a major event in Canberra this year is a Community Climate Gathering, MC'ed by the ABC's Alex Sloan, along with music from Black Cypress and The Cashews.
Yearly Meeting 2024 will be held from Saturday 6th July to Saturday 13th July close to Adelaide at the West Beach Parks complex, near the foreshore at West Beach. It will be a hybrid event.
This Backhouse lecture asks the question: what might disability, difference and normality mean for Friends in the twenty-first century?
Please join MAPW ACT branch at this day of action event at 5.30 pm on Friday 11 July in Garema Place, to call for far stronger action from the Australian government for the health of the people of Palestine.
