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Community Announcements 3 November 2011

Posted 3 November 2011 by Ken Norling (Vic Division)

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Wednesday 2 – Wednesday 9 November
OVERLAND SUBSCRIBERTHON
The Subscriberthon is back! We are running our annual subscriber drive, a time when we call on readers to commit to Overland by taking out a subscription, a time when you can show your support by keeping one of Australia’s oldest and most beloved literary journals in the publishing business. Subscribe online from Wednesday for a chance to win spectacular prizes, including Kobo readers, fantastic Australian fiction, nonfiction, poetry and graphic novels, wine, chocolate, coffee, t-shirts, art and more. Remember, the revolution will not be televised – it will be read in Overland. Go to https://overland.org.au/2011/10/subscriberthon-starts-wednesday/

Friday 4 November
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND POLITICS MASTERCLASS
With Roy Neel, Chief of Staff for former Vice President Al Gore, Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University, and Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne. 9.30am-4.30pm, University of Melbourne. For more information contact Professor Helen Sullivan: helen.sullivan@unimelb.edu.au

Friday 4 November
WILD THINGS FOREST FUNDRAISER
The WTFF events are a celebration not a protest, they are a canvas for Melbourne artists and lovers of forests to come together as a community and celebrate all the good work forest campaigners do for our forests. Dress up theme 'Wild Things': Think tails and scales, feathers and wings, hooves and horns, whiskers and ears!! 9:30pm. RMH the Venue, 629 Bourke St, City. Presale tickets $22; $25 at the door. Organised by Party For A Purpose, Melbourne New Folk & The Wilderness Society. For more info ph 0405 393 908 or visit http://newfolk.com.au/melbourne/

Saturday 5 November
THE VICTORIAN TRADE UNION CHOIR: WE WERE THERE!
Join the Victorian Trade Union Choir as we rejoice in 21 years of singing to celebrate and inspire the labour movement - we've sung at picket lines, to mass rallies and small protests. Whenever the union movement has needed the power of song to unite, we've been there. Hear the choir sing songs of working life and political struggle. Guest performances from interstate union choirs and a mass sing-along. Party on in the Bella Union bar, the choir's providing a light supper and lots of choir photos and memorabilia. Bar opens 4pm, Concert starts at 5pm, party and supper about 7.30pm New Ballroom Victorian Trades Hall, Corner Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton Book tickets through Bella Union www.bellaunion.com.au or on 9650 5699

Saturday 5 November
RALLY: THE 1000 WARRIOR MARCH
Calling all Aboriginal & Islander Men! Come reclaim, respect and protect!! Families, friends and supporters are asked to cheer the Warriors along or meet the Warriors at the end of the march at Birrarung Marr, on the north bank of the Yarra River next to Federation Square. 10am. Assemble at Fig Tree, cnr Gertrude & Nicholson Sts, Fitzroy. For more info ph 0413 045 536 or 0408 486 603.

Saturday 5 November
RALLY FOR REFUGEES
Following the High Court decision striking down the Malaysian “solution” and the attempt by the Labor government to ignore that, writing human rights out of the Migration Act, it is important to maintain the pressure and demand an end to offshore processing, whether it be Malaysia, Nauru or anywhere else. 12pm. State Library, cnr Swanston & Latrobe Sts, City. Organised by Refugee Action Collective (Victoria) – for more information 0413 377 978 or 0402 766 009, http://rac-vic.org/

Sunday 6 November
BOOKLET LAUNCH: PORT MELBOURNE’S INDUSTRIAL HISTORY AND LEGACY
At 11am, at Beacon Vista. Hear former Supreme Court judge Frank Vincent recall his early years growing up in Port Melbourne. Historian Chris McConville will tell the stories of the Whittaker family, MLA. J L Murphy, Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce and Prince Edward (Princes Pier is named after him). Meet with residents who were around in 1928 for the wharf strike and police shootings, recounting their childhood memories. We will be having the launch of a booklet commemorating Port’s industrial history and legacy. Come along and find out about the people and events which have given Port Melbourne such a rich history—and that deserve to be remembered in the future of the suburb.

Monday 7 November
LAW & ORDER WEEK: COMPASSIONATE BASTARD
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Despite their differences, both of our major parties profess to share a common approach to illegal boat arrivals: lock them up and send them somewhere – anywhere – else. But, after years of incarceration, most illegal boat arrivals are granted refugee status. It’s this mix of indifference and compassion that makes the issue such a divisive one. In this event, Peter Mitchell, formerly manager of Villawood Detention Centre, is in conversation with David Manne, one of Australia’s most committed refugee advocates. More info: http://wheelercentre.com/calendar This is a free event. Bookings recommended. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=14656

Monday 7 November
HOW SPAIN'S GEMASOLAR PLANT REACHES 24-HOUR SOLAR POWER
Public meeting: Santiago Arias is the Technical Director of Torresol Energy which constructed the 19.9MW Gemasolar plant in Seville, Spain. Gemasolar is the world's first plant to apply the salt thermal-storage system in a configuration with a central tower and an array of heliostats. Gemasolar reached 24 hours of uninterrupted production in June 2011. This is the baseload concentrated solar power technology modelled by the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan to supply 60% of Australia's stationary energy requirements. Arias will join us via Skype. 6:30pm. Fritz Loewe Theatre (entry via level 2), McCoy Building, University of Melbourne, cnr Elgin & Swanston Sts, Carlton. For more info ph 8383 2232 or email pablo@beyondzeroemissions.org  Entry by gold coin donation.

Tuesday 8 November
FILM SCREENING: AFGHAN WOMEN
In 2001 the US announced the liberation of women as a significant reason for invading Afghanistan. Ten years later, have women's lives changed? Join us for the showing of I was worth 50 sheep, the compelling, award-winning documentary film by Swedish filmmaker Nima Sarvestani. Join us for an evening of learning and discussion with the opportunity to be part of creating change for Afghan women and girls. 6:30pm (for 7pm start). 1000 Pound Bend Cinema, 351 Little Lonsdale St, City. $20/$15 & $25 solidarity. Bookings essential: mok@connexus.net.au All funds raised will go to support women's projects of Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan (http://www.rawa.org/index.php) & the Cooperation Center of Afghanistan.(http://www.ccamazar.org/)

Tuesday 8 November
LAW & ORDER WEEK: NAKED CITY
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Andrew Rule and John Silvester, authors and creators of the Underbelly phenomenon, discuss the truths of true crime. Andrew Rule and John Silvester co-wrote The Age’s ‘Naked City’ column for many years until Rule moved across to the Herald-Sun at the beginning of 2011. The two also co-wrote (and self-published) the Underbelly book series of true crime that was later adapted for television by the Nine Network. This event will be hosted by Rhys Muldoon. More info: http://wheelercentre.com/calendar This is a free event. Bookings recommended. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=14657

Tuesday 8 November
FILM SCREENING: URBAN ROOTS
The Big Picture - films for environmental and social justice - first Tuesday of each month (except public holidays). Screening of Urban Roots (the death of industrial Detroit and the growth of an urban environmental movement with the potential to transform not just a city after its collapse, but also a country after the end of its industrial age), plus chats with with Cultivating Community (a not-for-profit organisation that has grown out of supporting the Community Garden Program on inner- city public housing estates), plus free seeds! Popcorn and mulled wine and ace people. Entry is by donation, the proceeds of which go towards environmental action. Website: www.rosshouse.org.au

Wednesday 9 November
LAW & ORDER WEEK: A HISTORY OF BAD BEHAVIOUR
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Opium dens, illegal brothels, and men with names as colourful as their pasts: our panel uncovers Melbourne’s criminal record. Melbourne’s history is neck-deep with skullduggery, from our city origins to the wild colonial days of the gold rush to the golden age of illegal bookies and ganglands. In this session, we’ll take a forensic look at this city’s shady past. Presenters: Shane Maloney, Jeff Sparrow, LM Robinson and Andrew May. More info: http://wheelercentre.com/calendar This is a free event. Bookings recommended. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=14659

Wednesday 9 November
FILM PREMIERE: DIRT CHEAP 30 YEARS ON
An updated version of the 1980 film tells the story of how the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu was imposed on the Mirarr people in the late 1970s. The film also provides contemporary insight into the Mirarr's experience with Ranger and Jabiluka. Speakers including representatives from Gundjeihmi and the Environment Centre NT. 6:30pm. State Library Theatrette, cnr Swanston & Latrobe Sts, City (entry from Latrobe St).

Wednesday 9 November
KATHY KELLY: VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS USA & PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Described as probably the most respected leader in the American peace movement, Kathy has invested her life in search of non-military solutions to end wars, often at great personal cost. Kathy has lived in war zones, sharing the dangers with civilians in Nicaragua, Gaza, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. 6:30 pm. Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton. $15/$10). For more info ph 0408 299 981 or email Kathy Kelly tour. info@kathykellytour.org

Thursday 10 November
LAW & ORDER WEEK: ABOVE THE LAW
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Stuart Littlemore and PM Newton both have serious form, as a lawyer and police officer respectively. Now they’ve traded that for the world of fiction. Far from the glamorous world of private eyes with cigarettes dangling from the lips, these two masters of the worlds of law and order, respectively, will speak on bridging the gap between the real world and the printed word. This event will be chaired by Angela Savage. More info: http://wheelercentre.com/calendar This is a free event. Bookings recommended. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=14661

Thursday 10 November
CONVERSATIONS WITH KATHY KELLY
Pace e Bene Australia presents Kathy Kelly, an American peace activist, pacifist and three times Nobel Peace Prize nominee, in conversation along with Afghan youth peace volunteers. 7:30 pm. Collins St Baptist Church, 174 Collins St, City. $15/$10. For more info ph Dale Hess 9592 5247 or email d.hess@ozemail.com.au

Thursday 10 November
KAZ COOKE
Athenaeum Theatre,188 Collins St, 7:30PM - 8:30PM. There’s barely a house in Melbourne with a small child that doesn’t have a well-thumbed copy of Kaz Cooke’s Up the Duff or Kidwrangling adorning a bookshelf. Now, written in consultation with more than 100 medical, psychological and other practical experts, and informed by over 7,000 real women who responded to an online research survey, Kaz is back with Women’s Stuff, a definitive bible for all things woman. Join her for one big night with her former radio colleague, the incomparable Judith Lucy, to discuss confidence, body image, eating, health, hormones, bosoms, hairy bits, love, heartbreak, sex, mental health, wrinkle creams, cosmetic surgery, friends, sleep, home, false eyelashes, menopause and whatever else takes their fancy. $20 and $12 concession. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=14639 More info: www.wheelercentre.com.

Friday 11 November
SYMPOSIUM ON ABORIGINAL RECOGNITION IN THE CONSTITUTION
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM, RMIT Graduate School of Law Building 13, Cnr Victoria and Russell St, Melbourne. The RMIT Law Students’ Society presents our end of exams event facilitated by ABC journalist Jeff Waters. Join us for a discussion on Indigenous constitutional recognition is it Reconciliation, Recognition or Rhetoric? Speaking to the proposal will be the Hon Adam Bandt MP, Magistrate Ann Collins, Indigenous barrister Munya Andrews, Jody Broun Co Chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Gunditjimara Elder Aunty Joan Vickery AO amongst others, drinks and canapes will be provided. To book your spot http://rmitlss.eventbrite.com/ For more info: www.rmitlss.com

Saturday 12 November
PRE-LAUNCH-LAUNCH FOR UNDER THE HAMMER
6:30pm-8:00pm, The Sit-In, 158 Sydney Rd, Coburg. We are launching Under the Hammer’s Sit-In, an arts space that isn’t simply an arts space but a site of political struggle. We want to provide a platform for progressive artists to present, perform, debate and collaborate with a range of groups and individuals to assert activist art as a multi-platform genre. Come and discuss with us how you and your collaborators can engage with us to build this exciting project. See the space pre-renovations and help us shape it from the ground up. Performances from: Toby Halligan (Comedian with Political Asylum); Khepa Markhno (Spoken word artists); 3oB DJ set (Agency Dub Collective). Speakers include: Rose Godde (Platform Theatre); Kim Bullimore (Revolutionary Socialist Party); Van Rudd (Visual Artist); and James Crafti (Under the Hammer Collective). Drinks and snacks provided free although donations to support the project will be greatly appreciated on the night. Email underthehammerartists@gmail.com by November 10 to RSVP. More info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127368590700082

Sunday 13 November
JOIN THE BACKWARDS MARCH AND CALL ON THE PREMIER TO STOP TAKING VICTORIA BACKWARDS!
In just one year Premier Baillieu has taken Victoria decades backwards on the environment: Cattle trampling our national parks; new wind farms blocked; CO2 emissions target ignored; Endangered species habitat logged; new coal-fired power station approved; green wedges threatened; Westernport destruction fast-tracked. Premier Baillieu said he would 'fix the problems, and build the future', but when it comes to our environment his government has created new problems and is threatening out future! 1-2:30pm. Parliament House, Spring St, City. Organised by Victorian National Parks Association, The Wilderness Society, Environment Victoria & Friends of the Earth.

Thursday 17 November
PROTEST AT BHP BILLITON AGM
10:30am. Melbourne Convention Centre, 2 Clarendon St, South Wharf, City. For more info call Latin America Solidarity Network 0425 539 149.

Thursday 17 November
LUNCHBOX / SOAPBOX: NINA FUNNELL ON THE TEEN SEXTING PANIC
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 12:45PM - 1:15PM. Lunchbox/Soapbox is a simple idea: an old-fashioned Speakers’ Corner in the middle of the city, in the middle of the day. Nina Funnell is a researcher in the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the University of NSW. This is a free event. No bookings required. More info: www.wheelercentre.com.

Thursday 17 November
THE CENTENARY OF WOMEN VOTING IN VICTORIA
EVENT POSTPONED – please contact Marg Lewis lewis@gcom.net.au for further information.

Friday 18 November
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN NATURAL DISASTERS
Diamond Valley Oxfam with the support of Eltham Bookshop present a discussion with Anouk Ride (journalist) and Diane Bretherton (peace pyschologist) about their new book, Community Resilience in Natural Disasters. Told through the voices of community leaders, this book analyses how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively and negatively to their response, promoting debate on the role of aid and the media in times of crisis. Entry by gold coin donation to the East Africa Food Crisis Appeal. 7.30 pm, Eltham Living and Learning Centre, 739 Main Rd, Eltham.

Friday 18 – Sunday 20 November
COMMONGROUND FESTIVAL
Commonground Festival is an intimate new community music festival, celebrating the social change movement. Just one hour north of Melbourne on beautiful regenerated bushland of the Commonground Resource Centre. Featuring: The Band Who Knew Too Much; Flap!; The Tiger and Me; The Shivering Timbers; The Stetson Family; April Maze; Beth King; Stephen Pigram; The Grenadines; The Nymphs; Sun Hyland Band. Plus workshops on activism, co-housing, working collaboratively and greenthumb garden action. Visit https://www.groupwork.com.au/commonground/festival to find out more and to purchase tickets. Funds raised support Commonground and their work resourcing the social change movement.

Sunday 20 November
PEACEFUL LAW REFORM RALLY TO LEGALISE CANNABIS
There will be several live music acts performing throughout the day, including Mr DNA and AOI (hip hop) Jahmakn'It'Funky (reggae) & acoustic sets by Jamal Moyle and Armado. Speakers: The Australian Sex Party, Greg Denham (LEAP Australia), Brett Lothian and more to be announced. 1pm. Flagstaff Gardens, Between William & King Sts, City (200 metres from Flagstaff Station lawn).

Wednesday 23 November
QUARTERLY ESSAY - MAN-MADE WORLD: CHOOSING BETWEEN PROGRESS AND PLANET
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Is the world split between those who want to save the planet and those who want to save themselves? In Quarterly Essay 44, Andrew Charlton exposes the rift that will shape our future: progress versus planet, rich versus poor. Across the globe, economists and environmentalists are locked in a struggle over who has the right response to climate change, population and food security issues. In this groundbreaking essay, Charlton argues that our descendants will only thank us if we find a way to preserve both the natural world and human progress. This is a free event. Bookings recommended. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=14666 More info: www.wheelercentre.com.

Thursday 24 – Friday 25 November
THE 150 YEARS’ CRISIS: REVISITING TERRITORIAL SEPARATISM IN WORLD POLITICS
The Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights, Deakin University, is sponsoring a workshop offering a contemporary overview of the secessionist phenomenon. The themes of the workshop include (re)investigation of the causes of territorial separatism, (re)assessment of peace processes as well as (re)consideration of the role of justice in resolving secessionist cases. Deakin University Melbourne City Centre, Level 3, 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne. TO REGISTER www.deakin.edu.au/ccdhr asap as there are limited places Enquiries: Ph: 03 5227 2113 Email: ccdhr@deakin.edu.au

Friday 25 November
NOT1MORE EVENT - WHITE RIBBON DAY
Remembering Victims of Family Violence Homicide. White Ribbon is the only national violence against women prevention campaign. 12:00pm - 2:30pm: official lunch hosted by White Ribbon Chairman Andrew O'Keefe and Melbourne Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle. Melbourne Town Hall – contact Wendy.Sturgess@whiteribbon.org.au. 2:30pm - 3:00pm: Walk Against Family Violence. Join support services, sports stars, celebrities and Victoria Police in their annual Walk Against Family Violence. Info: Gaewynne.old@aus.salvationarmy.org. 3:00pm - 6:00pm: Not1More - Performances from leading Indigenous musicians and other top performers, Federation Square. 6:00pm - 10:00pm: BRAVE (Bands Rock Against Violence Events), Transport Bar - Federation Square.

Monday 5 – Tuesday 6 December
SAFE AT HOME, SAFE AT WORK CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP
The Domestic Violence Workplace Rights & Entitlements Project and Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse invite you to their inaugural Conference and Workshop. The Conference will bring together advocates from the fields of domestic violence and workplace relations, employers, unions, academics and policymakers to discuss domestic/family violence prevention in the workplace context, through enterprise bargaining and labour law reform. Robyn Dale, an experienced trainer and Project Officer at the Domestic Violence Workplace Rights & Entitlements Project will facilitate the workshop component of the conference. The workshop is open to all conference participants. Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. For all enquiries regarding the Conference and Workshop, please contact the organisers: Ludo McFerran: (02) 9385 1806 / 0412 231 058, ludo.mcferran@unsw.edu.au, Robyn Dale: (030 9663 4555 / 0414 706 148, robyn@urcot.org.au