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Diary of coming events - with
contacts where they are known. Visit also the TCGL
events diary
2008
International
Day of Peace – Sunday 21 September.
No activities are known for Hobart.
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Regular events
Hobart Peace Coalition, open discussion
Last Sunday of each month 2 pm, 6 Victoria St. All welcome.
Women in Black
Town Hall steps vigil
Second
Thursday of each month, 12:30-1:30.
Fourth Thursday of each month, 4:30 - 5:30.
Contact: Anne McConnell.
6239-1494.
WILPF at Women Tasmania,
140 Macquarie
St.
First Thursday 2:30. Contact:
6223-6152
UNAA at
International House,
monthly, Second Friday, 1 pm. Secretary[_at_
]unaatasmania.org
Anti-Poverty
Coalition, Hobart
Third Tuesday of each month. 5:15 pm at International
House, 4 Battery Square. Linley Grant
MAPW discussions over lunch
First Tuesday monthly, 12:30 - 2.
Timeless Way, Hunter St
Hobart
Jenni Bond:
6231-3551.
Pause
for Peace -
interfaith gathering
Second Tuesday of each month.
Noon - 1 pm. Fifty and Better Centre, 108 Bathurst Street, Hobart.
Terry Sussmilch, 0438 069 728
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2008 Diary, with major
events
Palm Sunday weekend:15-16 March
Peace rallies throughout Australia
Hobart Rally Saturday 15 March
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
commemoration
6
- 9 August
Eliminate nuclear weapons
Collaborate with Medact.
UN
International Peace Day
21
September
Celebrating peace
United Nations Day
24
October
Human Rights Week
Around
10 December
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Past events this year (Links will not
be maintained) [ see also archives of previous
years]
Israel/Palestine
Forum. Christian
perspectives on this key conflict.
Sunday 3 August 3 pm GA Wood Hall, Scots Church Bathurst St. Speakers:
Professor Peter Boyce, Dr Lyndsay Farrall. Tas Council of Churches. Contact
Ian 6223-1172.
Abolish
nuclear weapons.
Wed 6 August 12:30 "Target X" display Town Hall Elizabeth/Macquarie St
corner; Silent vigil; 1:15 Hiroshima
commemoration speech by the Lord Mayor.
Sat 9 August 3 pm. Public Forum: Abolish nuclear weapons - is it
possible? Town Hall Conference Room (Underneath the Town Hall; enter from
Council offices car park off Ellizabeth St). Speakers from Mayors for
Peace, UNAA,
MAPW, WILPF,
ALP, Greens, Liberal, Socialist Alliance.
Discussion. Contact: Barry
or Ian: 6223-1172.
Action
against gun violence
June 2-9.
The Global Week of
Action Against Gun Violence highlights the international campaign
to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms. The Week of Action is to raise
awareness, campaign for better gun laws and push for stronger regulation of
the international arms trade.
Earth Hour 2008
29 March, 8 pm. It grew out of the Sydney Earth Hour that happened on 31
March 2007
Cluster bombs ban
- Global Day of Action.
April 19 actions to promote the May 19-30
Dublin Diplomatic Conference where states will agree to adopt a draft
convention banning cluster munitions. Visit the Wellington
Conference and read the Conference Declaration (PDF:54 kB).
Peace
rallies - Palm Sunday weekend
Saturday 15 March. 12:30 pm. Hobart Peace Rally, Parliament
House lawns. Download PDF(266kB) or image(24kB) of poster. Download a handbill (500kB) with
speaker details and links. Contact Duncan
(0419 406 875).
Australian
cities mostly have rallies on Palm Sunday.
March
15-22. End Iraq
occupation - activities
International campaign led by UK Stop War Coalition.
2007:
Human
Rights Week - Sun 2 December to Tue 11 December
Download
a programme.
Sun 2 Dec. 2:00 pm "Corruption, Human Rights & the
future of Democracy"
discussion All Saints Church 339 Macquarie St. Contact Tasmanians for
Transparency 6239-1054.
Mon 3 Dec 5:15 - 7:30 HRW launch & Awards presentation. Parliament
House Hobart.
Contact Santi
6233-4841.
Thurs 6 Dec 2 pm - 4 pm. "Action Plan to stop Violence Against
Women" Amnesty Forum @ Amnesty Office, 130 Macquarie St. Contact Annalisa
Rigby 6221-1000.
Fri 7 Dec 12:30 Human
Rights march from ABC Roundabout to Parliament House lawns. Contact: Alison (03) 6224
1888.
Sat 8 Dec 6:00 Annual Dinner & Rainbow awards. Waterfront
Restaurant, 4 Cambridge Rd
Bellerive. Contact Julian
Punch 6239-6606.
Mon 10 Dec. 2:00 "1967 - 2007 How
have Aboriginal Australian life chances changed in this period?".
140 Macquarie St.
WILPF & UNAA Contact Margot Roe 6223-6152.
Mon 10 Dec. 5:30 "A Charter of Rights for Tas? The ACT
experience". Hilary Charlesworth. Internat Commission of Jurists
& UTas @ Law Society 28
Murray St Hobart.
Alison (03) 6224
1888.
Tue 11 Dec 10:30 - 12:00. "Discrimination - Have yur questions
answered". RSPV 11 Dec. Santi
6233-4841.
United Nations Day
Wednesday 24 October, UNAA Luncheon. 1:00 pm sharp: Parliament
House Hobart. $25 ($20 conc.). RSVP by 19 Oct. Karen Robson (03)6233
2641. Speaker: Pat Turner The Federal Government’s Response to the
Children are Sacred Report in the Northern
Territory. Download
a PDF flyer.
To
share or not to share -
Are Oxfam
and like minded aid organisations relevant in the 21st century? Panel
discussion + questions.
Wednesday 24 Oct 7:30 pm Centenary Theatre, University, Grosvenor
Crescent Sandy Bay
Andrew Hewitt, Oxfam Director
Abel Gutteres, Timor Leste Consul General
Gwynne MacCarrick, Human Rights Lawyer
Liam Correy, Youth Activist.
Anti-Poverty
Week
October 14-20
Stand up against
poverty
17 Oct. United Nation’s International Day for
the Eradication of Poverty. Join an
event.
Art
Auction -
for landmines victims
Tue 16 Oct 5 -6:30 pm upstairs 6
Victoria St (Sirens). Gagebrook Primary School fundraiser for Cambodian
children. Drinks & nibbles.
"Reconciliation:
Truth, Justice & Healing" - Debra Hocking
Sunday 14 October, 2:30 pm Quaker Meeting House, Boa Vista Rd, North Hobart. Tasmanian Peace Trust
Lecture 2007. Gold coin donation.
Quiz night - UNYA and AIIA
Friday 12 October 2007, 7pm. Upstairs, Soho Hotel (Formerly
Bridie's) $50 per table of 10, or $5 per person for smaller groups. Contact:
Matt Banks (j.matthew.banks@gmail.com) - 0438630998
Indigenous
poverty - a forum
with Graeme Mundine & others
Friday 20 July, 7:30 pm. Hobart
Church of Christ 4 Goulburn St. Contact Tas Council of Churches: 6234-2543 tcctas@bigpond.net.au
Talisman
Sabre war game
18-24
June peace Convergence is
gathering a group of people to go to Shoalwater Bay in Queensland
where a national gathering of peace activists will witness and
protest about the obscene and destructive war "game".
Fair Trade Fortnight
28 April - 13 May. Watch for events.
Contact: Yvonne James 0428 687
749.
Tents for Peace concert:
Sat 28 April, 7:30 PM. St David's Cathedral, $15, $25, $50. Contact
Anna Crotty 6234-7427.
Fair Trade Fiesta 29 April following the
Walk, Noon - 3 PM Parliament House lawns.
Mon. 7th May 6.30, State Cinema, N Hobart - Fair Trade
Film night, with special guest speaker Guillermo Vargas, coffee
farmer from Costa Rica; and of course coffee.
Children's
Rights Breakfast
- Support Bahay Tuluyan.
Wed 25 April, 7:30 AM. Black Buffalo Hotel North
Hobart. Tickets $20, phone Helen 6223-1025 or 0400-824-261.
Stories from the streets of Manila.
Walk
Against Want Register
now!
Sun 29 April, Hobart & Launceston
Help with planning, etc, contacts:
Hobart
– Matthew Hamilton hobartwalk2007@gmail.com
& Penny O’Brien.
Launceston – Meg Hoggett M.Hoggett@anglicare-tas.org.au &
Ros Lewis.
Landmines
Awareness Week -- Book launch
Wed 4 April, 5:30. Hobart bookshop 22 Salamanca Squ.
"A Path is made by walking it - Reflections on the Australian Network to
Ban Landmines, 1991-2006" Ed. Patricia Pak Poy. ANBL & MIVAC - Gillian.
Palm
Sunday Peace Rally for abolition of nuclear weapons
1 April 2007. War is futile. "Don't be nuclear
fooled!"
12 Noon: gather at Franklin Square for walk to Salamanca lawns for Rally at 12:30. Download poster (A4) + A6 flyers (4 on second page).
Speakers: Ald Rob Valentine, Dr Gerry McGushin, Senator Christine Milne,
Andrew Wilkie, Margaret Reynolds.
Launch of ICAN - International
Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
7:00 pm Peace Service, Penguin Uniting Church. Flyer.
Healing
& Social Justice
Wed 21 March, 7:30 pm. Quaker Meeting House, 5 Boa Vista Rd, North Hobart.
Dr Kathy Galloway -
feminist theologian & writer on social justice. Roslyn Hunt 6225-5127.
End Iraq
occupation - 4th
anniversary of invasion
1,000,000 killed, only their sandals remain. Download poster.
Sat 17 March, 12:30 Parliament House lawns Hobart.
Join with us in protest, "boots & all"! - Bring
your shoes to symbolise the lives lost. Speakers: Lisa Singh and Linda
Seaborn. Contact: Duncan
0419 406 875.
Download flyer front and back (Iraq Balance Sheet).
Peace
Forum with Fr John Dear - leading US peace activist.
Iraq and the Gospel of Non Violence.
Sun 11 March 2007,
2:00 pm. Church of Christ 8 Goulburn St. Sponsored by Pace et Bene and the
Tas Council of Churches <tcctas"AT"bigpond.net.au>,
6234-2543. Download Flyer.
International
Women's Day Breakfast
8 March, 7:00 am. Rydges Conference Centre, Argyle St, North Hobart.
Margaret Reynolds (Executive Officer, ACROD Disability Services, Tasmania), former
Senator and Minister for the Status of Women. The impact of poverty and
disadvantage on Tasmanian women. $20. RSVP Zonta 5 March 6272 2604
War is
obsolete: "Peace & War in the 21st Century".
Sat 3 March, 7:30 pm Law Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania.
Brian Walker and Daphne Sanders from Preparing for Peace.
Contact Lyndsay Farrall <lyndsayfarrall"AT"mac.com> Download Flyer.
2006:
"Bombies" - award-winning movie.
Thursday, 16 November, 6-8pm, Sirens Restaurant 6 Victoria St Hobart.
Gold coin donation. Drinks available. MiVAC (Mines Victims and Clearance Trust.
G20
Convergence in Melbourne
Nov 17-19. Highlight the need to eliminate poverty.
White Ribbon Day - to eliminate violence against
women.
Sat 25 Nov. - Wear a white ribbon.
Human Rights Week Dec 3 - 10. <Download full Programme>
Sunday
3 Dec, 12 noon - 3pm. MiVAC Barbeque.
Soundy's Park, corner Burnett & Argyle Streets, N.Hobart. *free* Music,
balloons, kid's entertainment too! Tas
State Pollies Sausage
Sizzling Competition. Rob
& Merle Woolley 6264 1485
Thursday 7 Dec 5.30 - 7.30pm. Tasmanian Awards for Humanitarian Activities
2006 & Launch of "Age - coming to a body near you".
Hobart Town Hall (by invitation: Contact Santi 6233 4841, Robert 6228 4391).
Friday, 8 December 12.30 pm. Human Right March (Amnesty
International): ABC Roundabout near the Fountain. March down Liverpool St, Murray
St to Parliament lawns.
Speakers: The Hon.Justice John Dowd AO QC (President International Commission
of Jurists), Councillor Scott Shaw, Simon Cocker (Unions Tasmania), Clare Wiseman (Tas President-
Amnesty). Contact Alison Wiss
6224 1888
Candle Day Contact: Sarena
Lowery Evenhuis 6233 3320. Followed by launch of Multicultural Youth
Poster by Lisa Singh MHA.
Anti-Poverty
Week Contact:
Linley Grant
Oct 15 - 21. Organised by the Anti-Poverty
Coalition and TASCOSS
Oct 15-16. Stand up against poverty - join this international
event. Find out more.
Oct 17. 12noon. Elizabeth
Mall: Eradicate
Poverty Day Scavenger Hunt.
Oct 20. Concert.
United Nations Day
Tuesday 24 October,
12 noon Luncheon at Parliament House Hobart.
6:30 pm UN Day talks, Burbury Theatre, University. "Can
the UN hold firm in an age of terror" - Ruth Russell. "The
inhumane legacy of wars" - Sister Patricia Pak Poy.
International
Peace Day -
celebrate and work for peace.
Thursday 21 September.
11:45 gather at Parliament House lawns for:
Noon: 1 min silence. Then Walk for Peace to:
12:30: Peace Service at the Town Hall, led by leaders of world faith
traditions.
Organised: UNAA Tas:
Pym Trueman 6229-4269; and Terry Sussmilch 0438 069 728.
Lebanon - Israel: Peace Rally
Stop the bloodshed. Ceasefire now.
Saturday 12 August. Noon at Parliament House lawns Hobart.
Speakers: Fatima Ali; Greg Barnes; Tim Matton-Johnson; Duncan Meerding; Sabri
Samson. Organised: Socialist
Alliance and Peace Coalition.
Duncan: 0419
406 875.
Make
Poverty History
stall at Salamanca
Sept 2. [details to come]
Hiroshima,
never again! Commemorations
in Hobart
Sat. 5 Aug
11:00 am Silent Vigil. Parliament House lawns. Womens
International League for Peace and Freedom Contact:
6223-6152
Sat 5 Aug 7:00 pm Exhibition opening by Bob Brown. Theatre above
Sirens Restaurant 6 Victoria St. Speakers + night of entertainment. Hobart Peace Coalition
Exhibition
viewing: 4th, 5th, 6th Aug 3 pm - 10 pm.
Sun 6 Aug 6 - 10 pm. Movie night. Hiroshima
- Chernobyl - Australia ... Theatre above
Sirens Restaurant 6 Victoria St.
Contact: barry"AT"writingsonthewall.net
6224-8061
Launceston: Mon 7 Aug 11:00 - 2:00.
Shadows of the bomb; paper crane folding; "Control Arms"
petition. University Refectory Newnham. Contact: 6334-8005
Friday 19 May. Terry Hicks: -
Human Rights Issues in the War on
Terror
7.30 pm. Stanley Burbury Theatre, University
of Tasmania Organised: Amnesty International. Contact: 6223 3245
Fax 6223 3290 Entry by donation.
Unity for Peace
- National Peace Activists Conference
May 26-27, Melbourne.
$20 waged, $10 unwaged; $50 delegates. Contact 0418 316 310. Details and
flyer.
May
1-4 Philippine "Street Children" will visit Hobart
They are with the Director of Bahay Tuluyan. They are
available for school and community visits. Contact Mary: 0410 593 521.
Thurs
4 May. Make Poverty History - Breakfast
7:30 am. Black Buffalo Motel (Cnr Federal/Letitia St), $20 or $15.
Contact: Jonathon Pyefinch 6228
7604.
· Patricia Hopkins, a Tasmanian nurse who has spent six months
volunteering at Nyakibale Hospital in south-west Uganda.
· Marc Pequero, a former street child of the Philippines who has spent eight years with
Bahay Tuluyan (BT) and currently teaches children on the streets of Manila.
· Rachiel Neverio, head of the Children's Council for a BT Centre in
the Philippines
and who has stayed with BT since she was ten.
Bahay Tuluyan, a Filipino NGO that provides shelter, education, and care for
street children in the Philippines,
is visiting Tasmania.
During this week they are conducting an advocacy tour, "Kids Views
2006" based on the United Nations Charter on the Rights of the Child.
For information on the tour: Mary Blake on 0410 593
521
Mothers'
Day Sunday 14 May.
A call of women for peace.
Make
Trade Fair
Tue April 11, 1 - 1.45pm. Fair trade information session: Engineering
Lecture Theatre, Univ of Tas, Contact: Todd Houstein, Engineers Without
Borders Tasmania, 6226 2094. More info on Fair Trade from TCGL.
Tue 11
April: Volunteer Experiences - three stories
6:30 pm. Quaker
Meeting House Boa Vista Rd, North Hobart.
"Gold coin donation". Speakers: Claire Buxton (Guyana), Helen Hortle (Broome,
WA), Mary Blake (Philippines). Contact Helen
or Mary: 0410 593
521.
Chernobyl - 26
April - 20th anniversary.
Watch for the poster display "20 years 20 lives".
Palm
Sunday 9 April, Peace Vigil
5 - 6 pm. Franklin
Square Hobart.
"Light a candle" for a peaceful world, on this traditional day of
peace gatherings.
Wednesday
8th March International Women's Day
Breakfast at Hotel Grand Chancellor, 7.15 –
8.45 am. Guest speaker Judy Horacek.
Tickets: $27.50 from RHH Research Foundation, 6222 8088 Fax: 6222 7930,
research.foundation{AT]dhhs.tas.gov.au
Women Tasmania 140-142 Macquarie St Hobart. 6233 2208
Broad Horizons Global Premiere 9 pm, 6
Victoria St Hobart
New radical women’s film festival [Details below]
Bookings: Heidi Douglas, ph 0401092 570. Entry $5; $3 concession.
Thurs
9th March 5.30-7pm
IWD Soiree
Women Tasmania
140-142 Macquarie St,
Hobart.
Hear K'nyaw Paw, a Karen Woman refugee who has been responsible for training
at the Karen Young Women's Leadership
School.
Gold coin Entry. Raffle, drinks, nibbles. RSVP Women Tasmania Mon 6 March-03 62332208
Supporters: International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) and Amnesty.
Friday
17 March: Iraq
Occupation - 3
years now. How many more?
4:30 pm gather at Franklin Square
with banners and leaflets.
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