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Community Announcements 31 May 2011

Posted 31 May 2011 by Ken Norling (Vic Division)

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Wednesday 1 June
RALLY: DON'T WIND BACK THE CLOCK ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Steps of Parliament House, Spring Street, 12-1pm. The Baillieu Government is trying to make it lawful for some organisations to deny someone a job on the basis of their gender, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, parental status or gender identity. If you think this is unacceptable, join us at Parliament on Wednesday and send Mr Baillieu a message. Don't wind back the clock on equal opportunity! More information: www.facebook.com/DontWindBackTheClock and www.twitter.com/SaveEqualOpp

Wednesday 1 June
HOW DO WE FIGHT THE CORPORATIONS?
AAWL public meeting at 6pm, Evatt Room Trades Hall, Lygon St Carlton - All welcome. Global corporations plan their production, distribution and sale strategies. They also plan strategies to reduce wage and production costs and how to defeat union campaigns. How can workers coordinate internationally to defeat the corporations? Should we be concentrating on particular companies? Or particular industries? Or maybe particular disputes? What are the best strategies? Workshop discussion. Australia Asia Worker Links, 9663 7277, aawl@aawl.org.au, aawl.org.au

Wednesday 1 June
LESLIE CANNOLD TALKS FEMINISM, RELIGION AND THE BOOK OF RACHAEL
Two thousand years ago, while a young Jewish preacher from Nazareth was gathering followers among the people of Galilee, his sister swept floors and dreamed of learning to read. In Leslie Cannold's story, it is the women of Nazareth who take centre stage. Join Leslie and Chalk editor Sharne Vate as they discuss The Book of Rachael. "The church has spent millennia writing women out of history… Cannold returns them to their rightful place at the centre of one of our most powerful stories." (Sophie Cunningham) This event is part of the New International Bookshop's Underground Talk series. Entry is $5/ $2 concession. 6:30pm - 7:30pm, New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton. More info: 9662 3744, nibs@nibs.org.au, or www.nibs.org.au.

Thursday 2 June
TALK BLAK, TALKING BACK: CONVERSATIONS ON POLITICAL BLAK ART
A challenging series of conversations and visual presentations of contemporary visual art from artists who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders and who have chosen to make political and protest statements through their work. Recent media commentary and debate around Indigenous identity and history suggest that it is a vexed and sometimes litigious subject. Daniel Browning, the presenter of 'Awaye!' on ABC Radio National will MC and moderate discussions with Brisbane proppaNOW collective member Vernon Ah Kee, Melbourne artist Bindi Cole and historian and curator Tony Birch. The evening will also see the launch of the groundbreaking Artlink Indigenous: beauty and terror - a new mega-edition of Artlink, co-edited by Stephanie Radok and Daniel Browning. 6:00pm - 7:30pm, BMW Edge Federation Square

Thursday 2 June
SURVIVING CARE: ACHIEVING JUSTICE AND HEALING FOR THE FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS
You are invited to attend the official launch of this exciting new publication. Edited by Liz Branigan and Richard Hil, Surviving Care makes a significant contribution to a growing body of work that charts what happened to the former children who grew up in state care who are referred to as the ‘Forgotten Australians’. This new publication presents accounts and reflections by former care residents, advocates and academics about what governments and others have done to address the challenges this now ageing population faces. Surviving Care will be formally launched by Bernie Geary, Victorian Child Safety Commissioner. 5.30 - 7.00, RMIT Building 16, Storey Hall, level 7, Conference Room 2, 336 Swanston St, Melbourne. Wine and snacks provided, so please RSVP by Friday 27th May at the latest for catering purposes, to: liz.branigan@rmit.edu.au

Friday 3 June
THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS AND THEIR IMPACT FOR FUTURE WORLD RELATIONS
Australia’s leading experts on the Middle East will attempt the impossible. They will try to provide an explanation for the Arab Revolutions as well as look at how the events will influence future global relations at a one day conference being run by Deakin University and the University of Melbourne. 9.30am, Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre, University of Melbourne. Further information: http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/ccg/events/conferences/11-arab-context/index.php

Saturday 4 June
SAVE THE ABBOTSFORD FARMLANDS PUBLIC MEETING
The Collingwood Childrens Farm & Abbotsford Residents Association is hosting a public meeting in the Barn at the Farm at 10.30am to launch the "Save the Farmlands Campaign". The farm is once again at risk of losing farmland, forever, that will mean fewer animals for children to see, enjoy and interact with.  Your attendance and  support will undoubtably assist us to protect our precious paddocks for posterity and the viability of the farm's ongoing contribution to the well-being of the wider community. Further information is available: www.farm.org.au or http://cararesidents.wordpress.com/ or "Like" our facebook Fan Page:'Save St Mary's Paddock-Our Public Open Space For Farm and Convent" 

Saturday 4 June
BUSHDANCE AGAINST WANT
Take steps against poverty and have fun at the same time at the Bushdance against Want. Join in on easy, called dances from many nations with Centenary Bushband - Jane Thompson, James Rigby and friends. A supper of home-made soup, bread and fruit will be served at 7pm, and donations to Oxfam are encouraged. For more information, contact Judith on 5470 5747.Dance runs from 6-10pm. Cost: Single: $10, family: $25. Campbells Creek Community Centre, Elizabeth Street, Campbells Creek.

Sunday 5 June
SAY YES TO CLIMATE ACTION
Across Australia on June 5, people will be standing up & saying yes to action on climate change & a price on pollution. We have one thing the opponents of a carbon price don’t: people power. But people power is like a muscle - if you don’t use it, you lose it. Can you join us on June 5 for a fun, family-friendly rally to say "yes" to a price on pollution and clean energy? 11 am, State Library, Melbourne. It's okay if you're not a 'rally' kind of person - in fact, it's better. Our movement needs people like you to come out and show your support and speak up for a clean energy future. We'll make sure June 5 is a fun, family-friendly day, with bands, great speakers and even face-painting for the kids! http://www.getup.org.au/melbourneclimateaction

Sunday 5 June
OXFAM AUSTRALIA BENEFIT CONCERT
Oxfam Australia Dandenong Ranges Group is thrilled to present a benefit concert featuring ARIA award-winning singer-songwriter Kavisha Mazella. Known for her golden voice and lyrics of death, love and social justice, Kavisha will perform with her Italian Womens choir. Also on the bill: Bronwyn Calcutt and her a capella choir Shaking the Tree, singing wild arrangements of gospel, gypsy, folk and funk. Up-and-coming Hills choir Vokallista is the support act. To make a booking, please call Judy Wolff on 9754 7090. For more information about this exciting event, go to http://dandenongrangesoxfam.blogspot.com/. 2.30 pm, Upwey Baptist Church, cnr Burwood Highway and Darling Avenue, Upwey.

Sunday 5 June
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI FUNDRAISER
The devastation caused by the recent Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami disaster still continues. With the toll climbing to 30,000 and more than 130 kids having lost both parents, The Tote, Collingwood will host a fundraiser from 4pm. Featuring: Baseball, Minimum Chips, No Zu, Gosteleradio and Tailor Made for Small Rooms. All money raised will be donated to the Red Cross Japan & Pacific Disaster Appeal. For more info visit: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163540383706438

Sunday 5 June
SAY YES RALLY
Yes to renewable energy, yes to clean energy jobs and yes to a price on carbon. Say Yes is all about real people and real communities who know Australia will be better off with less pollution, cleaner skies and a price on pollution. Add your voice to this campaign and join thousands of others at rallies all over the country. The Melbourne rally will be held at 11am, lawns of the State Library. More info & fact sheets: www.sayyesaustralia.org.au

Sunday 5 June
DANGEROUS PLANET- CABARET FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
A night of extreme, beautiful and dangerous performance, with a massive line up of Melbourne and Tasmania's hottest performance artists of the sexiest and deadliest variety in the newly opened Funeral Parlour in Preston in honour of World Environment Day, all proceeds go to Huon Valley Environment Centre, Tasmania. 7:00pm - 11:00pm, 340 Plenty Rd, Preston. Website: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147422805330777

Monday 6 June
MAKING HISTORY: MARK MCKENNA ON MANNING CLARK
Manning Clark is a giant of Australia’s cultural landscape. His impact and influence on our history and our way of understanding our history make up a lasting legacy. Mark McKenna is one of Australia’s leading historians. Seven years in the making, his biography of Manning Clark is his most ambitious project to date. McKenna’s biography explored Clark the historian, Clark the believer, Clark the public figure, and Clark the man. It is insightful, compassionate and compelling, and McKenna discusses the book, and the burdens of biography. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Info: http://wheelercentre.com. This is a free event. Booking recommended. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=9737

Monday 6 June
DREW HUTTON FROM LOCK THE GATE CAMPAIGN AGAINST COAL SEAM GAS
Drew Hutton is a professional historian and environmental activist. He is now lead campaigner for Lock the Gate - a peaceful, non-cooperation campaign against mining companies - for Friends of the Earth. The Six Degrees collective of FOE Brisbane has been campaigning against open cut coal mining on agricultural land and environmentally sensitive areas for over two years and, more recently, calling for a moratorium on coal seam gas development. Drew will join us via Skype to discuss coal seam gas mining. Thank you to the University of Melbourne Energy Research Institute, our Zero Carbon Australia project partners for joining us in bringing you this event. 6:30pm - 8:00pm, The Wood Theatre, ECONOMICS & COMMERCE (Building 148), University of Melbourne. Entry: Gold coin donation. Contact: info@beyondzeroemissions.org. Website: www.beyondzeroemissions.org.

Wednesday 8 June
EQUAL PAY NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
Equal pay for community-based social workers. 11am. Assemble Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, then march to Parliament House. Wear Red. Organised by the Australian Services Union. Further information and campaign materials: http://www.payup.org.au/more_info/

Wednesday 8 June
THE SECRET HISTORIES OF QUEER MELBOURNE
The long awaited book The Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne grew out of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives' famous history walks. It features a dozen authors, 100 illustrations and 51 episodes from Melbourne's very queer history, including the lady squatters, homo bushrangers, the Tasty Raid, ASIO, kiss-ins, Myer windows, the floral clock, radicalesbians … and much, much more. This event will feature co-editor Graham Willett and other contributors discussing the book and swapping stories from its creation. This event is part of the New International Bookshop's Underground Talk series. Entry is $5/ $2 concession. 6:30pm - 7:30pm, New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton. More info: 9662 3744, nibs@nibs.org.au, or www.nibs.org.au.

Thursday 9 June
BOOK LAUNCH: THE CAGE: THE FIGHT FOR SRI LANKA AND THE LAST DAYS OF THE TAMIL TIGERS
Deakin University Melbourne City Centre, Level 3, 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne (the Deloitte Building), 5.30 pm for 6.00pm. The Cage is a brilliant yet harrowing account of Sri Lanka's fall into darkness. Gordon Weiss is the former UN spokesman in Sri Lanka and has written a book deeply critical of the conduct of the war in Sri Lanka, in particular how it was concluded with the deaths of around 40,000 civilians. The publication of his book coincides with the official UN report on the event, which now suggests that war crimes be investigated. Official Opening by Associate Professor Rohan Bastin, Deakin University. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP: anne.okeefe@deakin.edu.au or 03 5227 2113

Thursday 9 June
LUNCHBOX / SOAPBOX: BRUCE GUTHRIE ON 'A REQUIEM FOR NEWSPAPERS'
At the Wheeler Centre we’re keen to showcase our writers as thinkers and as artists, as people with passions and peccadilloes. So we’ve come up with Lunchbox/Soapbox: a weekly space for them to sound off on a topic of their choice. Think of it as a 20-minute piece of polemic to give lunching CBD folk something to chew on. 12:45PM - 1:15PM, The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street. Info: http://wheelercentre.com. This is a free event. No booking required.

Thursday 9 June
GRIFFITH REVIEW LECTURE - REBEL, PUBLIC NUISANCE AND DREAMER: JULIAN ASSANGE STANDING ALONE
The celebrated quarterly literary journal returns, with the proud launch of Griffith Review 32: Wicked Problems, Exquisite Solutions. UK journalist Barbara Gunnell outlines the arguments from her lead essay, exploring ‘Whistleblowers, Wikileaks and Journalism’. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Info: http://wheelercentre.com. This is a free event. Bookings recommended. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=9741

Saturday 11 June
BENEFIT: OFF THE RICHTER
Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. ALL FUNDS RASIED GO TO THE RECOVERY OF CHRISTCHURCH FROM THE EARTHQUAKES. Five Melbourne bands including; Spider Goat Canyon, Red Rockets of Borneo, Copse, Chico Flash, and Carly Fern have donated their time to perform at the event.

Monday 13 June
DOES WIKILEAKS MATTER?
La Trobe University’s Ideas and Society Program and Thesis Eleven present a special symposium exploring the ins and outs, the implications and ramifications of Wikileaks. What does it mean for journalism, for diplomacy, for governance? Chaired by La Trobe University’s Peter Beilharz, with presenters Guy Rundle, Robert Manne, Eleanor Townsley, and Peter Vale. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 3:00PM - 4:30PM. Info: http://wheelercentre.com. This is a free event. Bookings recommended: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=11027

Tuesday 14 June
NAOMI CHAZAN
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Naomi Chazan is a senior Israeli academic, an activist for peace and women’s rights, and a former member of the Knesset. In this wide-ranging conversation, she examines the issues facing the region. Info: http://wheelercentre.com. This is a free event. Bookings recommended: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=9744

Tuesday 14 June
IWDA'S MELBOURNE FUNDRAISER SCREENING OF ORANGES AND SUNSHINE
We are very excited to invite you to the Melbourne Fundraiser screening of Oranges and Sunshine – the extraordinary true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. 6:00pm for a 6:30pm start, Kino Cinema (45 Collins Street, Melbourne. $25 per person. Please RSVP by Friday 10 June. Proceeds will contribute to IWDA’s work supporting practical and rights-based initiatives that directly address poverty, oppression and gender inequality in Asia and the Pacific. And once again, Cocoa Farm has kindly donated delicious chocolates to indulge on during the film! Book your tickets online today: http://www.iwda.org.au/au/2011/05/18/oranges-and-sunshine/ or call (03) 9650 5574 to book over the phone.

Wednesday 15 June
THE BOGAN DELUSION WITH DAVID NICHOLLS
Nothing defies cultured Australia's sense of itself more than the bogan – that boorish, racist, drunken, sexist, bethonged, Barnesy-loving embarrassment out there in the back blocks. Part travelogue, part social critique, The Bogan Delusion explores the cultural and social landscape of Australia in 2011. David Nichols reveals, with searing analysis and sharp wit, that the bogan so widely feared is nothing more than a bogey: a convenient excuse for many to never venture beyond the cafe-lined cocoon of the inner city. What is believing in the bogan doing to Australia? This event is part of the New International Bookshop's Underground Talk series. Entry is $5/ $2 concession. 6:30pm - 7:30pm, New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton. More info: 9662 3744, nibs@nibs.org.au, or www.nibs.org.au.

Wednesday 15 June
TJ CLARK: THE ART HISTORIAN AND THE POET
Professor Timothy Clark is one of the world’s most respected art historians. Currently the Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of York, he is also the author of a series of books on the social character and formal dynamics of modern art. This formidable thinker, however, has more to him than might at first meet the eye. Professor Timothy Clark is also TJ Clark, poet. He talks to the Wheeler Centre about his dual intellectual life, and distractions of the mind. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Info: http://wheelercentre.com. This is a free event. Bookings recommended. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=9793

Thursday 16 June
CROSS CULTURAL WOMEN'S FORUM
The inagural Cross Cultural Women's Forum will be held on 2011 at BMW Edge, Federation Square. It is a free event. Lunch provided. Registrations essential at crossculturalforum@gmail.com. The Forum is being organised by the Greek Community in partnership with the Office of Women's Policy and Federation Square. The keynote speaker is the Former Premier, Ms Joan Kirner and three panels of women speakers. Come along and listen and present your view on what is multiculturalism in Melbourne; how women inspire multiculturalism; and discuss what's next. 10 am – 3 pm, BMW EDGE, Federation Square.

Thursday 16 June
LUNCHBOX / SOAPBOX: KATE O'REILLY ON 'ARE WOMEN FINALLY TAKING OVER THE WORLD?'
Women are being increasingly represented in the business world and the global discussion on gender equality is raging fiercely right now. But in a century where we have seen women given the vote and the right to work despite marriage and children, we still do not see women being paid equally and we still do not see any serious numbers of women at the top. So are we seeing genuine change happening? Will the changes be sustainable? And what does it mean for men? Will they be banished to the kitchen? The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 12:45PM - 1:15PM. Info: http://wheelercentre.com. This is a free event. No booking required.

Thursday 16 June
QUARTERLY ESSAY - FAIR SHARE: COUNTRY AND CITY IN AUSTRALIA
For many decades Australia was the country that rode on the sheep’s back. No more – now we are a country of mining and services. In the new QE, one of Australia’s most original and respected political thinkers, Judith Brett, looks at what this has meant for the country and the city in our politics and culture. What will be the fate of rural and regional Australia in an era of economic rationalisation, water cutbacks, climate change, droughts and flooding rain? Does urban Australia care for or understand the country anymore? The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Info: http://wheelercentre.com. This is a free event. Bookings recommended. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=9743

Saturday 18 June
PORT PHILLIP COMMUNITY Q&A ON THE 'CARBON TAX'
2 to 5pm, at St Kilda MEMO (Behind the St Kilda Army Navy Club, 88 Acland Street, St Kilda, enter from Alfred Street). SPEAKERS: John Thwaites, Professor Peter Christoff, Sue Pennicuik MLC, Mayor Rachel Powning. Australia is at the crossroads. The Federal Government and the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee (MPCCC) are finalising a major plan and legislation for effective action on climate change. There is also a lot of confusing misinformation put out there by media shock-jocks, climate change sceptics and powerful carbon-reliant industries. You are invited to this Community Alliance of Port Phillip (CAPP) forum to become better informed, and to ask the experts those questions that will help you make up your own mind on one of the most important issues facing us today.

Sunday 19 June
WORLD REFUGEE DAY - UNTE TO END MANDATORY DETENTION
The Refugee Advocacy Network is calling on all groups and individuals who support refugee rights to come together and rally on World Refugee Day, Sunday June 19, and send a clear message to the government: it’s time to end mandatory detention.12:30pm. Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton Gardens (Nicholson St entrance) then march to join the EMERGE festival in Fitzroy. For more info, visit http://refugeeadvocacynetwork.org/.