Human Rights Day
Monday 10 December is Human Rights Day. The United Nations Association, supported by Amnesty International Australia (WA), the Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade and the Institute of Advanced Studies (UWA), are hosting the John Huelin Human Rights Day Lecture. It will be presented by the Governor of Western Australia, His Excellency Dr Kenneth Michael AC who is well known for more than 40 years of tireless contribution to government, business and community activity in Western Australia.
This free event will begin at 6pm at UWA's Social Science Lecture Theatre.
For more info contact: UNAA (WA) Ph: 9221 9455 or unaawa@tpg.com.au
Flyer
Human Rights Film Festival
This year the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival is coming to Australia for the first time. In Perth, films will be screened on Sunday 9 and Monday 10 December at the Film and Television Institute.
Sunday 9 December:
6pm - Opening discussion and refreshments. Ray & Peter Mickelberg will be speaking; they have been advocates for human rights since their wrongful conviction over the Perth Mint Swindle. The events they witnessed whilst in prison have kept them passionate about the issue of justice.
6.30pm - Liyarn Ngarn (62mins)
Monday 10 December is Human Rights Day. The United Nations Association, supported by Amnesty International Australia (WA), the Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade and the Institute of Advanced Studies (UWA), are hosting the John Huelin Human Rights Day Lecture. It will be presented by the Governor of Western Australia, His Excellency Dr Kenneth Michael AC who is well known for more than 40 years of tireless contribution to government, business and community activity in Western Australia.
This free event will begin at 6pm at UWA's Social Science Lecture Theatre.
For more info contact: UNAA (WA) Ph: 9221 9455 or unaawa@tpg.com.au
Flyer
Human Rights Film Festival
This year the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival is coming to Australia for the first time. In Perth, films will be screened on Sunday 9 and Monday 10 December at the Film and Television Institute.
Sunday 9 December:
6pm - Opening discussion and refreshments. Ray & Peter Mickelberg will be speaking; they have been advocates for human rights since their wrongful conviction over the Perth Mint Swindle. The events they witnessed whilst in prison have kept them passionate about the issue of justice.
6.30pm - Liyarn Ngarn (62mins)
7.35pm - interval
(10mins)
7.45pm -
short films (46mins in total):
Mr Money
(5mins)
Paper and Sand
(18mins)
Don't Panic
(5mins)
Reverie Sans
Frontiers (6mins)
Podlove:
Virtual Freedom (5mins)
How to be
Australian (7mins)
Monday 10
December:
6pm - refreshments
6.30pm -
Outta Space (7mins)
Go
Quickly (18mins)
7pm -
A Walk to Beautiful (87mins)
This is an 18+ event and you can BYO wine.
Tickets are $15 ($12 concession) . To book tickets contact Eileen Clements on 0404 239 226 or email: eileenclem@yahoo.com.au (Cash sales only). Collect tickets at event before 6.15pm. Door sales subject to availability.
To find out more about the films, to view trailers or to learn about how you can get involved with HRAFF, visit http://www.hraff.org.au/
This is an 18+ event and you can BYO wine.
Tickets are $15 ($12 concession) . To book tickets contact Eileen Clements on 0404 239 226 or email: eileenclem@yahoo.com.au (Cash sales only). Collect tickets at event before 6.15pm. Door sales subject to availability.
To find out more about the films, to view trailers or to learn about how you can get involved with HRAFF, visit http://www.hraff.org.au/
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
16 Days of Activism runs from White Ribbon Day on 25th November until International Human Rights Day on 10th December, and aims to highlight that violence against women is a human rights issue. Stalls will be held at hospitals during this period. If you can donate any time to help run a stall on any of the following days:
Royal Perth Hospital: 25/11/07 and 27/11/07
King Edward Memorial Hospital: 26/11/07
Armadale Hospital: 29-30/11/07
Charlie Gardner Hospital: 1-2/12/07
Fremantle Hospital: 7-8/12/07
Princess Margaret Hospital: 9/12/07
Rockingham Hospital: 10/12/07
Please contact Katherine Elliot of Amnesty International - email her at
katherineelliot@optusnet.com or call the Action Centre on 9476 4800.
Summer Internships with The Oaktree Foundation
The Oaktree Foundation are offering Summer Internships for young people (under 25), which provide the opportunity to work in an aid and development agency.
Activities to be undertaken by interns include the following:
- Development of strategies and resources for advocacy initiatives
- Development of communications resources for fundraising campaigns
- Development of grassroots advocacy campaigns
- Creating and updating public communications material and events
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The Summer Internship Program will begin at the Launch on Wednesday 5 December , followed by a Volunteer and Intern Retreat from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 December.
Interns will then begin working on their Intern Project during January and February . Interns are expected to attend weekly meetings with the rest of their Intern Team and Mentor. On top of this Interns will need to spend between 1 and 2 working days each week working on their Intern Projects.
The Summer Internship Program will conclude on Thursday 28 February with a Gala Dinner.
Applications must be received by 5pm Friday 23 November . You can e-mail your applications form to summerinternship.wa@theoaktree.org Applicants will be notified by Wednesday 28 November as to whether their application has been successful.Download Intern Application Kit
Download Intern Application Form
Visit The Oaktree website
Stand Up for the Burrup
Given the failure of leadership by both major parties on the issue of protecting Australia's Aboriginal culture and heritage, FARA is making Saturday Nov 17 a national day of action for the Burrup. On B-Day, and over the next ten days, FARA is determined to make the Burrup a Federal election issue.
Stand Up for the Burrup - Rockingham
Occasion: Rockingham Spring Fair
On: Saturday 17 November 2007
Time: 10.30am
Where: Old Rockingham Oval (cnr Patterson & Reid Road)
Contact: Anne-Marie 9446 9660 / 0403 169 660
Can't make it to Rockingham but still want to help save the Burrup rock art? Phone or e-mail Malcolm Turnbull or Peter Garrett demanding a clear public commitment before 24 November for:
1. World heritage listing of the Burrup
2. A halt to further industrial expansion on the Burrup.
Panties for Peace Campaign
Women have begun sending their panties to Burmese embassies around the world - and there is logic behind it! There is a superstition believed by the Burmese Generals that if a woman's underwear touches their head, that they will lose their power.
Ladies - help the people of Burma today by posting your undies to the Burmese embassy in Canberra!
Post them to either Mr Aung Soe Win or Mr Aung Myint : Myanmar Embassy, 22 Arkana St, Yarralumna, ACT 2600.
More info
Barnados Mother of the Year AwardBarnardos Australia is looking for 2008's Mother of the Year. If you know a fantastic Mum who deserves to be recognised, don't keep her a secret - nominate her today! They could be your own mum (natural, foster or adoptive), your wife, partner, sister, friend, daughter, someone in the local community - anyone who you believe is truly worthy of the title "Australia's Number One Mum".
You can nominate via the Barnardos website . Nominations open
on November 1, 2007 and close midnight, Thursday, January 31, 2008.
More info
Democracy for Burma
Join Perth's Burmese community and their supporters at 2pm on Saturday November 3 at PICA Outdoor Ampitheatre,
On September 27, more than 100,000 people took to the streets of Rangoon to demand democracy and the end of military rule. The protestors, including Buddhist monks, were attacked by soldiers and there are reports that at least 200 people including children were killed in the protests that continued over the following days.
Use your democratic right to march to help raise awareness for those who don't have the same freedoms as we do.
Learn more about Burma
Samaritans Movie Fundraiser
A Samaritans Movie fundraiser will be held at 3.40pm at Astor Cinemas on 18 November, 650 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley. Free refreshments will be provided from 3pm. This is to be a fundraising event to raise money for the Samaritans to continue their work in suicide prevention in WA.
The
movie, “The Golden Age”, stars Cate Blanchett,
who will be reprising her role of Queen Elizabeth I, and co-starring
Clive Owen and Geoffrey Rush. "'Elizabeth: The Golden Age', directed by
Shekhar Kapur, will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film
Festival in September as a Gala presentation.
The film tells the thrilling tale of one woman's crusade to control
love, crush enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the
western world. As Elizabeth's cousin Mary Stuart conspires with Philip
of Spain to topple the throne, Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth's
trusty advisor works tirelessly to protect her from the many plots and
conspiracies against her. Preparing to go to war to defend her empire,
Elizabeth struggles to balance royal duties with an unexpected
vulnerability in her attraction to Raleigh.
Tickets are $20 each or $15 for concession (including students) from
Jennie on 9381 5725.
To see a trailer go online at http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/trailers/index.htm
Colloquium 2007: Philosophical Dialogues
Call for papers
The Murdoch Philosophy Association, in conjunction with the Murdoch School of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Division of Arts, invites abstracts of 250 words for twenty-minute papers in any field of philosophy, or related disciplines.
In choosing Philosophical Dialogues as the theme of this Colloquium, they hope to encourage contributions that consider various boundaries within philosophy - either Continental/Phenomenological and Analytic, Western/ non-Western, between philosophical sub-disciplines such as ethics/metaphysics or indeed between philosophy and other disciplines.
The Colloquium will be held at Murdoch University on Friday, November 30th and is open to academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students. Papers will be refereed, and a certificate will be awarded for the best student paper.
Abstracts due before 30 October, 2007.
For further information contact:
Dr Lubica Ucnik - L.Ucnik@murdoch.edu.au
Solve your Christmas Shopping dilemmas...
Can't decide what to buy everyone this Christmas? How about a copy of the 2008 People & Planet Social Justice & Environment Diary? You'll be supporting 34 NGOs and small organisations working on social justice and environmental issues. Printed on fully recycled paper, the diary costs just $24.50 (including postage).
To find out more about the diary, the participating organisations or to order your copy, visit http://www.safecom.org.au/people-planet-diary.htm
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The Impossibility of Torture and Democracy - Public Lecture
Since the events of 11 September 2001, liberal democracies around the world, including
When: Monday 5 November 2007 at 6pm
Where: Geography Lecture Theatre 1, UWA
ALL WELCOME. NO RSVP REQUIRED
The institute of Advanced Studies will host a Postgraduate Seminar with Jenny Hocking on Tuesday 6 November 2007 - Lessons from John Howard's domestic war on terror: How counter-terrorism is undermining Australian democracy . All interested students from Perth Universities are invited to attend, as well as academics and those working in relevant areas.
Registration is essential; please visit
http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/seminars/postgrad07
for further
information.
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Walk Against WarmingIn 2006 Perth’s Walk Against Warming saw 4500 people take to the streets of Northbridge, showing our leaders that WA citizens, groups and organisations all want serious action taken on climate change. One year later, and not much has happened to reduce our emissions.
This year the Walk Against Warming will be held 2 weeks before the federal election, drawing key attention to the issue of climate change during this critial period.
This event is being organised by the Conservation Council of WA and they are inviting everyone to join them.
Date:
Sunday 11th November
Venue: Fremantle Esplanade Park
Time: 1:00pm
For more info, or to volunteer to help organise this event visit http://www.walkagainstwarming.org/?page=wa.php&s=3
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Venue: Fremantle Esplanade Park
Time: 1:00pm
For more info, or to volunteer to help organise this event visit http://www.walkagainstwarming.org/?page=wa.php&s=3
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National Conference on Racism
Murdoch University is hosting a National Conference on Racism in a Global Context from 9th – 11th Nov 2007. The conference is a partnership between Murdoch University, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission of Australia (HREOC), the Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia, the Office of Multicultural Interests, the WA Police, and the Office of Crime Prevention.
Following on from the UN World Conference against Racism (WCAR) held in Durban, South Africa, the Murdoch conference will bring together delegates from a range of backgrounds and disciplines to review and extend themes and issues raised at WCAR, and to explore experiences and effects of racism. The aim is for the participants to work together to develop practical solutions to the problem of racism in the Australian community.
Running concurrently with the conference will be a film festival, showing films that explore the themes relevant to the conference. This festival, to be held in Fremantle, will be open to the public.
We are very keen to have presentations and participation from academics & researchers, those working in the community sector, and members of the community.
If you are interested in registering for the conference, or would like more details, visit the website: http://ncrgc.murdoch.edu.au/
Stand Up, Speak Out update
The main event
organised on the 17th October, the International Day for Poverty
Eradication, was held at the Perth Foreshore, between
Contemplative,
meditative music set the proceedings of the evening, to centre people's
awareness on the reason behind the gathering, and the need to STAND UP,
SPEAK OUT. Subsequently, the Millennium Development Goals were
elucidated and presented by 8 speakers. After this, a celebratory
ceremony called "Lighting of the Incense" was undertaken nearby the
sand banks of the
The
incense
ceremony was followed by the reading and taking of the UNMC pledge,
followed by 2 minutes of celebratory silence. The silence was then
broken by Ben Harper's song –
A
Better way. This brought the event to a close.
Over 43.7 million people, in 127 countries have broken the Guinness World Record - set last year at 23.5 million - for the largest number of people to :"STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY" in 24 hours. The event took place over 16th and 17th October and saw millions of people standing up around the world to demand urgent action against poverty, inequality and in support of the Millenium Development Goals.
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JET Childcare Rally update
On Sunday October 14, the JET Action Group stood up infront of a 120 strong crowd and fought------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art in the Park
for the rights of single parents who are studying to try and improve their lives. Single parents
and students, Peta Miller and Rebekah Ozanne told how the removal of the JET Child Care Fee
Assistance has impacted on their lives.
Rebekah, who is studying for a Bachelor of Education, said, "I study hard and make good grades.
However, my son and I survive on a Centrelink income, which leaves us living only $33 above
the Henderson Poverty Line. I am hoping to finish next year, but wonder how I am going to cope
with a $4000 bill for childcare whilst I complete my School Internship".
Peta, who worked hard to upgrade her skills to get into uni, told the crowd, "I was assured by
Centrelink at the beginning of this year that I was eligible for JET and when I received a first
round offer to Murdoch I felt really proud and optimistic about the future. However, five weeks
into my studies I received a massive blow - a letter from Centrelink saying they had made a
mistake and that I wasn't in fact eligible for JET because my course exceed 12 months in
duration. I have had to pay $110 a week for my 2 year old son's childcare for the whole
semester on my credit card - a debt I am still struggling to pay back".
JET Child Care Fee Assistance had initially subsidised up to 90c in the dollar of fees charged by
Child Care Centres, ensuring that most sessions were an affordable $5, these fees have now
increased to anywhere from $50- $80 a session - an amount few students and certainly NO
single mums can afford.
If you have been affected by the new and discriminatory JET legislation please visit
http://groups.google.com/group/jetactiongroup and find out what you can do to help continue
the fight for your rights.
Beginning October 10th, free art classes are being held in parks in Kwinana with professional artists. All materials are provided.
Places are limited so RSVP to Laura on 9439 0203 or e-mail laura.robinson@kwinana.wa.gov.au for more info.
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The
United Nations Millennium Campaign, with the support of
the Art of Living
Foundation , invites your to participate in a worldwide
campaign to Stand Up
and Speak Out Against Extreme Poverty . The Art of Living Foundation are organising an event in Perth and are inviting everyone to get involved. All you need to do is turn up to help break last year's Guinness World Record for the number of people around the world standing up to call for an end to poverty.
This event is being held on Perth Foreshore (cnr Barrack St & Riverside Dr) at 5.30-6.30pm Wednesday 17th October .
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Sustainability Week
From 15 - 19 October, Sustainability Week will be held on Murdoch campus. Each day will focus on a separate theme with seminars, movies, tours and activities centred around this theme.
Mon - Sustainability
Tues - Resources
Wed - Environment
Thurs - Society & Culture
Fri - Economy
On Tuesday there will be a Green Transport Breakfast - come to uni by bus, bike or foot and you can enjoy breakfast outside the tavern from 8.00 - 9.30am (gold coin donation).
To finish the week there will be a sundowner on Friday 19th, from 4.30pm til late, at the tavern. There'll be great music, food, drinks and prizes - just $12 a ticket! All proceeds will go towards solar panels to help provide sustainable energy on campus. Get your tickets from the Guild Shop.
For more info visit: http://www.guild.murdoch.edu.au/representation/enviro/
What's on each day?
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The Fremantle Future Forum
Hosted by the Fremantle Network and the Western Australian Maritime Museum, the forum seeks to bring some of the best minds in Fremantle together to discuss what Fremantle needs to do to remain a vibrant and special urban centre.
When: Tuesday 9th October
6.00pm - Meet the candidates for the Fremantle Local Government election.
6.30pm - Refreshments & networking
7.00pm - The Fremantle Future Forum - Ian Alexander and Peter Newman
Where: The Western Australian Museum - Maritime Victoria Quay Fremantle
Refreshments will be available at the bar and finger food will be served.
Please
RSVP to
thefremantlenetwork@gmail.com
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More Language Classes
Would you like to learn Hebrew, Spanish or French?
Classes coming soon....
Contact swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au for more info
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Camping Tour to Boyagin Rock
Yelakitj M oort Nyungar present
Date: Friday 26 th October to Sunday 28 th October 2007
Cost: $100.00 p.p. (transport, activities, excursions & all meals inclusive)
For full itinery contact Simon - simon.teoh@bigpond.com
Booking deadline - Friday 5th October .
Flyer
Registration form
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Amnesty International - Peter Benenson Memorial Lecture
The WA branch of Amnesty International Australia will launch its inaugural Peter Benenson Memorial lecture on Monday 15 October , in memory of the movement’s founder Peter Benenson (1921-2005).
The lecture, this year titled “ Protecting Human Rights in
Date:
Venue: University Club,
Tickets: $25 / $20 concession
Please call the Amnesty Action Centre on (08) 9476 4800
Limited seating available
More info
Ticket Booking Form
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JET Action Group -
Rally Sun 14 October 2007
The
JET Action Group is currently looking at
the changes to childcare entitlements for sole parents who study. Under
current legislation childcare assistance is only available for those
undertaking courses of up to 12 months - this assistance should be
available to parents studying at university too.
A rally is scheduled for
14 October at 12pm
in Kings Square, Fremantle. This is a family friendly event with
entertainment for the kids. Further information can be obtained from
http://groups.google.com/group/jetactiongroup/web/get-involved-events
Sound Telegraph article
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Movie Night - coming soon!SWB will be screening weekly movies in KBLT. Times and dates to be confirmed .
The line up so far...
Blowin' in the Wind - a movie about uranium
Invisible Children - the plight of children in Uganda
Equity in Education
A Closer Walk - examines the relationship between health, dignity and human rights
If you have any suggestions for movies, e-mail swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au
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ROADTRIP!!!
SBS and Iris Pictures, with
Roadtrip Nation are seeking participants for a new documentary series
to be filmed around SBS and Iris Pictures, with Roadtrip Nation Productions are currently looking for 3 individuals to participate in a five week roadtrip around
For details check out the website – www.roadtripnation.com/apply
Applications close October 14 th .
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Rockin’ for Tabitha!
Get down to Black Betty's nightclub in Northbridge on 27th of October and help raise funds for the Tabitha Foundation.
Tickets are only $10 and for the 1st half hour drinks are free!!! If you need more tempting – they’ll also be giving away some great prizes!
All proceeds go directly to the Tabitha foundation – next year they are off to
Tickets available from Vicky at the Students without Borders office on
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Positions Vacant - Rottnest Island General StoreWe are a small, but friendly team based at Rottnest General Store on Rottnest Island. We are currently looking for people to come and join our team and fill a variety of roles over the forth-coming Summer season, including: checkout operators, shelf stackers and delivery drivers. As these are customer-focused roles, good communication skills, manners and pride in your own appearance are essential. You must be willing to work in a team, possess a mature and sensible working attitude, be hard working, adaptable and be confident in handling money. Positions are available to the right candidates. Previous retail experience is not essential, but a good work ethic and honesty are.
If this interests you, please send your resume to dons@rottnestgeneralstore.com.au for the attention of Mr Don Simpson. Please include a telephone number that we can contact you on.
Some info about Rottnest Island:
Situated in the Indian Ocean and only 10km x 4km in size, it is an ideal place to come and work. An 'A Class' nature reserve and home to the Quokka, Rottnest offers a unique working experience. Just a 30 minute ride by ferry, the island features picturesque scenery, a relaxed atmosphere and arguably some of the world's greatest beaches and bays. With an abundance of cycling routes, a gold course, family fun park and numerous snorkelling and dive spots, you will be spoilt for choice on what to do with your time off!
Students
Without Borders wins awards!!!
Congratulations to everyone who has helped to make Students Without Borders a success - SWB has won ACUMA's 2007 National Award for Best Community Outreach Program .
The 8Ball Program was ACUMA's 2007 National Award Runner Up for Best Student Development Program and also received ACUMA’s Honorable Mention .
The ACUMA Awards for excellence are an annual awards program designed to recognise excellence in the design, production and implementation of services and products by ACUMA (Australasian Campus Union Managers' Association) member organisations.
So thanks again to everyone who has volunteered their time - and a big thanks to Gerry Georgatos who created SWB and is the driving force behind it all.
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LAST CHANCE TO NOMINATE FOR DIVERSITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARDS!
Monday 24th September is your last chance to nominate for the 2nd annual Murdoch University & Guild International Students Community Development and Social Justice Awards.
If you believe you have contributed to the International Students community at Murdoch University or to the Murdoch University learning community or know of someone who has then please nominate yourself or the person.
You may have contributed to the student experience, to an event, to the dissemination of diversity, difference, inter and intra cultural awareness, to social justice, community development, to the quality of education, to improving race relations.
E-mail your nomination to murdochisa@gmail.com by the close of Monday 24th September.
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Wanna see a movie and save the world at the same time?
This is the eighth instalment in a series of energy and sustainable living documentaries presented by the Murdoch Organisation for Renewable Energy ( MORE ) in cooperation with Murdoch
University
's Office of
Commercial Services .
Where: Loneragan Lecture Theatre, Murdoch
University
,
South
St
When: September 20 th
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Two films will be shown:
'Transforming Energy' is a documentary about the hope of Alternative Energy as a solution to the problems of Global Warming and the end of cheap oil and gas. It takes us into the lives, the passion, the commitment and the hard work of the people who are on the ground now, working to create a new energy paradigm.
'Unjust Genes' is a film that promotes clarity on the issue of transgenic food through exploring how applying new biotechnology processes inherent in recombinant DNA technology can impact on food production and consumption, human health, biodiversity, corporate control of the world's staple foods and the privatisation of science and research.
No RSVP necessary. Gold coin donation welcomed to support MORE's campus-wide initiatives. Future events will be held on 11 th and 25 th of October.
All MORE events are carbon neutral!
For more information contact Darren Anderson (M.O.R.E) at events@morenergy.se or Caroline Minton (OCS) at c.minton@murdoch.edu.au
www.morenergy.se
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RED PARTY!
Featuring some of the best local DJs, the amazing Sambalicious (Brazilian carnivale band), hot African drumming troupe Akwaaba, Perth's own Fire n'Motion Fire Twirlers, stunning aerial trapeze show and circus performers. There'll also be great food by Wagamama and drinks specials - the Red Party is set to be the biggest night of the year.
Organised by the West Australian Medical Students' Society (WAMSS), the Red Party 2007 is an AIDS awareness and fundraising event, with ALL proceeds being donated to South African AIDS orphans. Tickets are available from the Guild's Second-hand Bookshop and www.redparty.org
So join us on Friday September 7th from 7pm at the Leederville Hotel and paint the town red!
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Music Industry Networking Event
V-Raw Networking is your chance to take part in a live networking forum with professionals from the music industry. Listen to and debate with them on a range of topics. This is a unique opportunity to talk to key industry figures to help make your dream job a reality.
Featuring JUSTIN BURFORD (End of Fashion), HEATH BRADBY (Fidelity Artist Management), DAVE CUTBUSH (RTR FM) and MC JAMES KERLEY (Channel V).
When: Wednesday 5th September from 6pm - 9pm.
Where: UWA - Tattersall Lecture Theatre. Free entry.
For more info visit www.myspace.com/VRAW
Come and get V-inspired!
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Forum - Women Unionists in the Media
70,000 women choose to join unions, yet on ABC TV's Stateline program not one woman was interviewed for their report on union membership.
This forum will look at what the images we see of unions in the media say to women, and also how we can influence the stories that are reported.
When: Thursday 6th September, 10am
Where: UnionsWA, 4th Floor, 79 Stirling St, Perth
MEDIA PEACE AWARDS 2007
Nominations are now open nationally for the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards 2007. “The Awards were initiated as a national program in 1978 and seek to promote media efforts to highlight social justice and humanitarian issues, raise awareness and stimulate public debate”, states Patricia Collett, UNAA Victoria Executive Director.
If you have written, published, directed, produces or broadcast a piece of work about social justice or humanitarian issues between 1 September 2006 and 1 September 2007 this is your opportunity to nominate for the 29th Anniversary of the Media Peace Awards.
The Major Award Categories are : 5pm
,
Wednesday 19
September, 2007
.
Winners will be announced at the Awards Presentation Dinner to be held at the ANZ Pavilion, Victorian Arts Centre of Friday 19 October hosted by Kerry O'Brien (ABC Television, 7.30 Report) .
Criteria & Nomination Form - Major Award
Criteria & Nomination Form - Special Award
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National CLOSE THE GAP Day
When it comes to Indigenous health the facts are clear: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders can expect to live 17-years less than other Australians, Indigenous child mortality is triple the rate of other Australian children, and Indigenous Australians experience much higher rates of chronic disease than other Australians. But we don’t have to accept these facts because change is possible.
Huge gains have been made in life expectancy for Indigenous people in New Zealand, Canada and the USA over the last ten years, with the life expectancy gap falling to six to seven years. However, Australia has failed to make similar progress on Indigenous health, which is currently the worst in the developed world.
On United Nations International Day for Indigenous people, paediatrician and former Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Stanley scrawled her name in large red letters to a petition signed by Missy Higgins, John Butler, Kathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe and more than 75,000 other Australians. The pledge is part of the CLOSE THE GAP campaign – which involves over 40 Aboriginal, medical and human rights and development agencies – and is calling on governments to close the 17 year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within 25 years.
You can be part of the solution by participating in National Close the Gap Day on Tuesday 18th September 2007. Long-term action on Indigenous health and social disadvantage will happen if enough of us stand up and say to our political leaders: “forget the politics and the quick fixes! Commit to long-term solutions by working with Indigenous communities to provide the essential services that most Australians take for granted – primary healthcare, housing and employment.”
It’s easy to be part of National Close the Gap Day . You can:
• Organise your own event at your work, home, school or community group
• Send an e-card to your local politician and friends
• Attend an event in your local area
Here in Perth, the primary action for National CLOSE THE GAP day will be held at Parliament house at 11.30, and will include a traditional smoking ceremony, and Aboriginal music and dance. Politicians will be asked to participate in the ceremony and sign a giant petition to show their support for the campaign and make a commitment to ending the Indigenous health crises.
To find out more about the campaign, go to www.oxfam.org.au/closethegap
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Red Aware Event - A Closer Walk
'A Closer Walk' examines the intricate relationship that exists between health, dignity and human rights, and celebrates human dignity whilst illustrating the harsh realities of AIDS. It also highlights the importance of the individual in fighting the AIDS pandemic.
The film, narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith, looks at the stories of men, women and children living with AIDS across 4 continents, and features interviews with individuals including The Dalai Lama, Bono and Kofi Annan.
Directed, written and produced by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer, the film features breathtaking cinematography and an original music score, as well as contributions by artists including Annie Lennox, Dido, Eric Clapton, Moby and Sade.
'A Closer Walk' will screen at Murdoch soon.
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Gulu
Walk is
coming to Perth!
Gulu Walk is a grassroots movement for peace in Northern Uganda. More than 1.7 million people have been displaced during the country's 21 year civil war, and have been forced into camps where hundreds of people are dying each week due to a lack of clean water, food and medical care.
When: 23rd September 2007 (Sunday)
Time: 3pm (arrive by 2.30pm)
Where: The walk begins at Beaufort Park (corner of Beaufort & Drummond Sts, Be dford). It will travel along Beaufort St, around Northbridge and will finish at ASeTTs (Association for Survivors of Torture and Trauma) near the corner of Beaufort & Brisbane Sts.
Register: Please register your attendance at guluwalkperth@gmail.com
The event is FREE.
Wear: Please wear something orange so that the walk makes a visual impact.
For more info visit www.myspace.com/perthguluwalk
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Pendo - A Documentary Premiere
Bent Metal Studios and Collective Pictures present Pendo - the story of Korogocho, a slum community in Nairobi, Kenya. The documentary captures the realities of life in a slum, and celebrates the resilience of youth.
The documentary premieres on Thursday 27th September 2007 at the FTI Cinema in Fremantle.
The film starts at 6pm but there is a licensed bar and all are welcome for drinks before and after the movie. Tickets cost $15 ($13 concession/FTI members).
For tickets contact Jaime Yallup at ReCreate Inc.
Phone: 9336 3438
E-mail: jaime@recreateinc.org.au
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Sustainable September 2007
Sustainable September is a not-for-profit awareness campaign that demonstrates and celebrates sustainability in action in
Western
Australia .
The
theme for 2007 is The Climate Is Right For Sustainability.
Their new website and Calendar of Events is just getting its finishing touches: www.sustainableseptember.net.au
So check it out and support some of the many activities.
You can help create a just, sustainable and prosperous
Western
Australia by registering
a suitable event that you have planned for September and they’ll put it
on their Calendar of Events. Or you can find out about becoming a
funding partner or volunteer, for this year or next.
The most important thing is to spread the word!
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PCs for Refugees
PC's for Refugees is a program run through Engineers Without Borders. The program aims to provide basic computer knowledge to refugees or migrants and it also provides recycled computers when the students don't already have a computer of their own.
At the moment there are a number of tutors and we also have a couple of computer technicians who volunteer their IT smarts when something goes wrong. As a volunteer we visit our student's home each week and run through basics on the computer, such as word processing, using spreadsheets, etc. Eventually when the student has gained some basic knowledge, the program provides them with an internet connection which is paid for by us for a year, and we start teaching email and internet skills.
"As a tutor, I believe this program is valuable as we live in such a technology run world. For example, we all know how much we use computers as part of our university studies - the uni sends a lot of important information via email, we need to do internet-based research, and all our assignments are expected to be word processed. Since tutoring as part of this program I have realised how all of these technology based tasks we do so quickly and simply on a daily basis are really overwhelming for someone that may have never used a computer before, especially someone who is also learning english as a second language", says volunteer Rachel Riley.
At the moment more female tutors are needed urgently. Although it is run as part of Engineers Without Borders it is not necessary for you to be in any way connected with engineering. And as we're teaching really basic skills there's no need to be a computer wiz or to have any IT training (that's what the computer technicians are for).
To find out more about what it's like to be a tutor, you can contact Rachel at 30271497@student.murdoch.edu.au .
To apply straight away, contact the program director, Barry Robson on pakbazza@iinet.net.au . Barry is retiring soon, so anyone interested in being program director could also email him.
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Friends of Samaritans
The Samaritans is a not-for-profit organisation providing emotional support for people who are despairing and suicidal. We need a diverse group of people who care about the work we do in reducing the suicide rate in WA.
Become a Friend of Samaritans and help by:
Interested in setting up a Friends of Samaritans Club at Murdoch to promote & fundraise for the Samaritans and most importantly, to educate the community on suicide prevention?
For more info please email Sherri at publicat@bigpond.net.au
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11th Hour
'11th Hour', Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary, takes up where 'An Inconvenient Truth' left off. Using expert advice, it outlines the position we are in now and tells us what we need to do to combat climate change.
Due out in October, the film needs much more publicity to ensure it creates a real impact. Hoyts and Reading Cinemas have confirmed that they will screen the documentary, but say that they may only show it in selected cinemas.
View the official trailer at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IBG2V98IBY
Let the major movie chains know that you want to see '11th Hour' by e-mailing: custservice@hoyts.com.au
or visiting:
www.greaterunion.com.au/help/help_nl.asp
www.reading cinemas.com.au/home/contactUs.asp
www.moviemasters.com.au/Home/ContactUs/tabid/111/Default.aspx? HeaderText=Contact+Us
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The War on Democracy
The War on Democracy is Australian writer-filmmaker John Pilger's first major feature film for the cinema, an extraordinary and illuminating documentary with Latin America at its heart. It explores people's yearning for democracy - government, for, by and of the people - and demonstrates the brutal reality of America's foreign policy of 'spreading democracy'. It also reveals the remarkable rise of true popular democracy and people power among the poorest on earth, the people of Latin America , whose grassroots movements are often ignored in the West.
Pilger conducts an exclusive interview with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and films the people of the barrios and the social movements of Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile, and those who suffered under dictatorships tolerated and encouraged by the US and the West. His interviews with ex US government officials and the head of the CIA in Latin America reveal that what happened in Latin America in the 1980s is a metaphor for how the rest of the world is being 'ordered' today, with the Middle East as its epicentre.
Above all, The War On Democracy is an inspiring and thought-provoking film, for it sees the world not through the eyes of the powerful, but through the hopes and dreams and extraordinary actions of ordinary people.
Opens nationally September 27. Showing at:
Luna Leederville - 155 Oxford Street, Leederville
View the trailer at: http://warondemocracy.net/
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Conversational Arabic
Interested in learning Arabic? A tutor class will run on Tuesdays from 1.30pm - 3.00pm and on Saturdays from 10.00am - 11.30am in the Secretariat Room in the Student Guild building. Classes start in week 6 and will be limited to 10 students. Register your interest with Vicky Edwards - swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au
$2 per class .
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Conversational Russian
We are running Russian for Beginners on Thursdays from 1.00pm - 2.30pm and Saturdays from 9.30am - 11.00am. Classes start in week 6 and cost only $2 per lesson. To enrol contact Vicky Edwards - swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au
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Farsi for Beginners
Would you like to learn Farsi? Enrol for one of our tutor classes. They will be held on Mondays and Fridays from 5.00pm - 6.30pm. Only $2 per class, with classes limited to 10 students. Starting in week 6 . To book your place contact Vicky Edwards - swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au
Congratulations to everyone who has helped to make Students Without Borders a success - SWB has won ACUMA's 2007 National Award for Best Community Outreach Program .
The 8Ball Program was ACUMA's 2007 National Award Runner Up for Best Student Development Program and also received ACUMA’s Honorable Mention .
The ACUMA Awards for excellence are an annual awards program designed to recognise excellence in the design, production and implementation of services and products by ACUMA (Australasian Campus Union Managers' Association) member organisations.
So thanks again to everyone who has volunteered their time - and a big thanks to Gerry Georgatos who created SWB and is the driving force behind it all.
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LAST CHANCE TO NOMINATE FOR DIVERSITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARDS!
Monday 24th September is your last chance to nominate for the 2nd annual Murdoch University & Guild International Students Community Development and Social Justice Awards.
If you believe you have contributed to the International Students community at Murdoch University or to the Murdoch University learning community or know of someone who has then please nominate yourself or the person.
You may have contributed to the student experience, to an event, to the dissemination of diversity, difference, inter and intra cultural awareness, to social justice, community development, to the quality of education, to improving race relations.
E-mail your nomination to murdochisa@gmail.com by the close of Monday 24th September.
More info
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Wanna see a movie and save the world at the same time?
This is the eighth instalment in a series of energy and sustainable living documentaries presented by the Murdoch Organisation for Renewable Energy ( MORE ) in cooperation with
Where: Loneragan Lecture Theatre,
When: September 20 th
Two films will be shown:
'Transforming Energy' is a documentary about the hope of Alternative Energy as a solution to the problems of Global Warming and the end of cheap oil and gas. It takes us into the lives, the passion, the commitment and the hard work of the people who are on the ground now, working to create a new energy paradigm.
'Unjust Genes' is a film that promotes clarity on the issue of transgenic food through exploring how applying new biotechnology processes inherent in recombinant DNA technology can impact on food production and consumption, human health, biodiversity, corporate control of the world's staple foods and the privatisation of science and research.
No RSVP necessary. Gold coin donation welcomed to support MORE's campus-wide initiatives. Future events will be held on 11 th and 25 th of October.
All MORE events are carbon neutral!
For more information contact Darren Anderson (M.O.R.E) at events@morenergy.se or Caroline Minton (OCS) at c.minton@murdoch.edu.au
www.morenergy.se
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RED PARTY!
Featuring some of the best local DJs, the amazing Sambalicious (Brazilian carnivale band), hot African drumming troupe Akwaaba, Perth's own Fire n'Motion Fire Twirlers, stunning aerial trapeze show and circus performers. There'll also be great food by Wagamama and drinks specials - the Red Party is set to be the biggest night of the year.
Organised by the West Australian Medical Students' Society (WAMSS), the Red Party 2007 is an AIDS awareness and fundraising event, with ALL proceeds being donated to South African AIDS orphans. Tickets are available from the Guild's Second-hand Bookshop and www.redparty.org
So join us on Friday September 7th from 7pm at the Leederville Hotel and paint the town red!
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Music Industry Networking Event
V-Raw Networking is your chance to take part in a live networking forum with professionals from the music industry. Listen to and debate with them on a range of topics. This is a unique opportunity to talk to key industry figures to help make your dream job a reality.
Featuring JUSTIN BURFORD (End of Fashion), HEATH BRADBY (Fidelity Artist Management), DAVE CUTBUSH (RTR FM) and MC JAMES KERLEY (Channel V).
When: Wednesday 5th September from 6pm - 9pm.
Where: UWA - Tattersall Lecture Theatre. Free entry.
For more info visit www.myspace.com/VRAW
Come and get V-inspired!
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Forum - Women Unionists in the Media
70,000 women choose to join unions, yet on ABC TV's Stateline program not one woman was interviewed for their report on union membership.
This forum will look at what the images we see of unions in the media say to women, and also how we can influence the stories that are reported.
When: Thursday 6th September, 10am
Where: UnionsWA, 4th Floor, 79 Stirling St, Perth
MEDIA PEACE AWARDS 2007
Nominations are now open nationally for the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards 2007. “The Awards were initiated as a national program in 1978 and seek to promote media efforts to highlight social justice and humanitarian issues, raise awareness and stimulate public debate”, states Patricia Collett, UNAA Victoria Executive Director.
If you have written, published, directed, produces or broadcast a piece of work about social justice or humanitarian issues between 1 September 2006 and 1 September 2007 this is your opportunity to nominate for the 29th Anniversary of the Media Peace Awards.
The Major Award Categories are :
- Best Print (News & Feature)
- Best Radio
- Best Television (News; Current Affairs; & Feature/Documentary)
- Best Photojournalism
- Best Online
- Promotion of Aboriginal Reconciliation
- Promotion of Multicultural Issues
- Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Women’s Rights and Issues
- Promotion of Positive Images of the Older Person
- Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Children’s Rights and Issues
Winners will be announced at the Awards Presentation Dinner to be held at the ANZ Pavilion, Victorian Arts Centre of Friday 19 October hosted by Kerry O'Brien (ABC Television, 7.30 Report) .
Criteria & Nomination Form - Major Award
Criteria & Nomination Form - Special Award
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National CLOSE THE GAP Day
When it comes to Indigenous health the facts are clear: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders can expect to live 17-years less than other Australians, Indigenous child mortality is triple the rate of other Australian children, and Indigenous Australians experience much higher rates of chronic disease than other Australians. But we don’t have to accept these facts because change is possible.
Huge gains have been made in life expectancy for Indigenous people in New Zealand, Canada and the USA over the last ten years, with the life expectancy gap falling to six to seven years. However, Australia has failed to make similar progress on Indigenous health, which is currently the worst in the developed world.
On United Nations International Day for Indigenous people, paediatrician and former Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Stanley scrawled her name in large red letters to a petition signed by Missy Higgins, John Butler, Kathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe and more than 75,000 other Australians. The pledge is part of the CLOSE THE GAP campaign – which involves over 40 Aboriginal, medical and human rights and development agencies – and is calling on governments to close the 17 year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within 25 years.
You can be part of the solution by participating in National Close the Gap Day on Tuesday 18th September 2007. Long-term action on Indigenous health and social disadvantage will happen if enough of us stand up and say to our political leaders: “forget the politics and the quick fixes! Commit to long-term solutions by working with Indigenous communities to provide the essential services that most Australians take for granted – primary healthcare, housing and employment.”
It’s easy to be part of National Close the Gap Day . You can:
• Organise your own event at your work, home, school or community group
• Send an e-card to your local politician and friends
• Attend an event in your local area
Here in Perth, the primary action for National CLOSE THE GAP day will be held at Parliament house at 11.30, and will include a traditional smoking ceremony, and Aboriginal music and dance. Politicians will be asked to participate in the ceremony and sign a giant petition to show their support for the campaign and make a commitment to ending the Indigenous health crises.
To find out more about the campaign, go to www.oxfam.org.au/closethegap
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Red Aware Event - A Closer Walk
'A Closer Walk' examines the intricate relationship that exists between health, dignity and human rights, and celebrates human dignity whilst illustrating the harsh realities of AIDS. It also highlights the importance of the individual in fighting the AIDS pandemic.
The film, narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith, looks at the stories of men, women and children living with AIDS across 4 continents, and features interviews with individuals including The Dalai Lama, Bono and Kofi Annan.
Directed, written and produced by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer, the film features breathtaking cinematography and an original music score, as well as contributions by artists including Annie Lennox, Dido, Eric Clapton, Moby and Sade.
'A Closer Walk' will screen at Murdoch soon.
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Gulu
Walk is
coming to Perth!Gulu Walk is a grassroots movement for peace in Northern Uganda. More than 1.7 million people have been displaced during the country's 21 year civil war, and have been forced into camps where hundreds of people are dying each week due to a lack of clean water, food and medical care.
When: 23rd September 2007 (Sunday)
Time: 3pm (arrive by 2.30pm)
Where: The walk begins at Beaufort Park (corner of Beaufort & Drummond Sts, Be dford). It will travel along Beaufort St, around Northbridge and will finish at ASeTTs (Association for Survivors of Torture and Trauma) near the corner of Beaufort & Brisbane Sts.
Register: Please register your attendance at guluwalkperth@gmail.com
The event is FREE.
Wear: Please wear something orange so that the walk makes a visual impact.
For more info visit www.myspace.com/perthguluwalk
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Pendo - A Documentary Premiere
Bent Metal Studios and Collective Pictures present Pendo - the story of Korogocho, a slum community in Nairobi, Kenya. The documentary captures the realities of life in a slum, and celebrates the resilience of youth.
The documentary premieres on Thursday 27th September 2007 at the FTI Cinema in Fremantle.
The film starts at 6pm but there is a licensed bar and all are welcome for drinks before and after the movie. Tickets cost $15 ($13 concession/FTI members).
For tickets contact Jaime Yallup at ReCreate Inc.
Phone: 9336 3438
E-mail: jaime@recreateinc.org.au
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Sustainable September 2007
Sustainable September is a not-for-profit awareness campaign that demonstrates and celebrates sustainability in action in
Their new website and Calendar of Events is just getting its finishing touches: www.sustainableseptember.net.au
So check it out and support some of the many activities.
You can help create a just, sustainable and prosperous
The most important thing is to spread the word!
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PCs for Refugees
PC's for Refugees is a program run through Engineers Without Borders. The program aims to provide basic computer knowledge to refugees or migrants and it also provides recycled computers when the students don't already have a computer of their own.
At the moment there are a number of tutors and we also have a couple of computer technicians who volunteer their IT smarts when something goes wrong. As a volunteer we visit our student's home each week and run through basics on the computer, such as word processing, using spreadsheets, etc. Eventually when the student has gained some basic knowledge, the program provides them with an internet connection which is paid for by us for a year, and we start teaching email and internet skills.
"As a tutor, I believe this program is valuable as we live in such a technology run world. For example, we all know how much we use computers as part of our university studies - the uni sends a lot of important information via email, we need to do internet-based research, and all our assignments are expected to be word processed. Since tutoring as part of this program I have realised how all of these technology based tasks we do so quickly and simply on a daily basis are really overwhelming for someone that may have never used a computer before, especially someone who is also learning english as a second language", says volunteer Rachel Riley.
At the moment more female tutors are needed urgently. Although it is run as part of Engineers Without Borders it is not necessary for you to be in any way connected with engineering. And as we're teaching really basic skills there's no need to be a computer wiz or to have any IT training (that's what the computer technicians are for).
To find out more about what it's like to be a tutor, you can contact Rachel at 30271497@student.murdoch.edu.au .
To apply straight away, contact the program director, Barry Robson on pakbazza@iinet.net.au . Barry is retiring soon, so anyone interested in being program director could also email him.
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Friends of Samaritans
The Samaritans is a not-for-profit organisation providing emotional support for people who are despairing and suicidal. We need a diverse group of people who care about the work we do in reducing the suicide rate in WA.
Become a Friend of Samaritans and help by:
- spreading the word on suicide prevention by
handing out publications and providing a presence at community events
- provide manpower at events
- small/large scale fundraising activities
- share your creative ideas and expertise to apply
what you are learning at uni (e.g. public relations & marketing
ideas)
Interested in setting up a Friends of Samaritans Club at Murdoch to promote & fundraise for the Samaritans and most importantly, to educate the community on suicide prevention?
For more info please email Sherri at publicat@bigpond.net.au
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11th Hour
'11th Hour', Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary, takes up where 'An Inconvenient Truth' left off. Using expert advice, it outlines the position we are in now and tells us what we need to do to combat climate change.
Due out in October, the film needs much more publicity to ensure it creates a real impact. Hoyts and Reading Cinemas have confirmed that they will screen the documentary, but say that they may only show it in selected cinemas.
View the official trailer at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IBG2V98IBY
Let the major movie chains know that you want to see '11th Hour' by e-mailing:
www.reading cinemas.com.au/home/contactUs.asp
www.moviemasters.com.au/Home/ContactUs/tabid/111/Default.aspx? HeaderText=Contact+Us
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The War on Democracy
The War on Democracy is Australian writer-filmmaker John Pilger's first major feature film for the cinema, an extraordinary and illuminating documentary with Latin America at its heart. It explores people's yearning for democracy - government, for, by and of the people - and demonstrates the brutal reality of America's foreign policy of 'spreading democracy'. It also reveals the remarkable rise of true popular democracy and people power among the poorest on earth, the people of Latin America , whose grassroots movements are often ignored in the West.
Pilger conducts an exclusive interview with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and films the people of the barrios and the social movements of Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile, and those who suffered under dictatorships tolerated and encouraged by the US and the West. His interviews with ex US government officials and the head of the CIA in Latin America reveal that what happened in Latin America in the 1980s is a metaphor for how the rest of the world is being 'ordered' today, with the Middle East as its epicentre.
Above all, The War On Democracy is an inspiring and thought-provoking film, for it sees the world not through the eyes of the powerful, but through the hopes and dreams and extraordinary actions of ordinary people.
Opens nationally September 27. Showing at:
Luna Leederville - 155 Oxford Street, Leederville
View the trailer at: http://warondemocracy.net/
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Conversational Arabic
Interested in learning Arabic? A tutor class will run on Tuesdays from 1.30pm - 3.00pm and on Saturdays from 10.00am - 11.30am in the Secretariat Room in the Student Guild building. Classes start in week 6 and will be limited to 10 students. Register your interest with Vicky Edwards - swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au
$2 per class .
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Conversational Russian
We are running Russian for Beginners on Thursdays from 1.00pm - 2.30pm and Saturdays from 9.30am - 11.00am. Classes start in week 6 and cost only $2 per lesson. To enrol contact Vicky Edwards - swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au
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Farsi for Beginners
Would you like to learn Farsi? Enrol for one of our tutor classes. They will be held on Mondays and Fridays from 5.00pm - 6.30pm. Only $2 per class, with classes limited to 10 students. Starting in week 6 . To book your place contact Vicky Edwards - swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au
Clean Energy Rally.
India protected as 'Pharmacy of the Developing World'Novartis have lost a legal challenge against India's patent law, claiming that a provision in the Indian Patent's Act that makes it more difficult to obtain a patent on modifications to existing drugs was not compliant with WTO rules. The court rejected all of Novartis's claims. If the Swiss pharmaceutical company had won, generic competition in India would be restricted as drug patents would have been granted far more widely.
Following the court's decision, MSF handed over a petition containing more than 420,000 signatures calling for Novartis not to challenge the decision due to the devastating impact this could have on access to essential medicines. A World Health Organization report, published in 2006, found that more extensive patent protection does not lead to increased development of the drugs desperately needed in developing countries. Developing countries and international agencies, like UNICEF and MSF, rely heavily on importing affordable drugs from India.
"We would like to express sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to the global mobilization against Novartis's legal challenge in India", said Dr. Christophe Fournier, International President of MSF. "Hundreds of thousands of people on six continents made this happen and were a part of helping maintain India's role as pharmacy of the developing world".