Reconciliation Events Calendar

sponsored by
ApologyAustralia

Australian Capital Territory

Please confirm date/venue with organisers before attending.

In the A.C.T., you can

• Visit Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ACT) for their current activities.
• email Australians for Reconciliation or phone them at 1800 060 266.
• Find out what's happening nationally.
• Check out Reconciliation in the ACT

Have a listen to an extract from Sorry Song.

You can listen to, download the sheet music or get a CD by visiting this page. http://www.sgalliance.org.au/ssng.htm

Date	Event	Time & location	Contact
Thur May 18	Historian Dr Peter Read presents a forum on the Stolen Generation and Bringing Them Home	6pm at Canberra Workers' Club, Childers St Civic	Contact: David McDonald at Racial.Respect@ozemail.com.au or website Bimonthly Public Forum organised by Racial Respect
Sat May 20	Green Left Weekly May dinner Theme: Racism No! End mandatory sentencing. An evening celebrating the 400 issue of GLW Speakers incl: Audrey Kinnear from the stolen generations	7.30pm at Pensioners club Cnr Marcus Clarke St & Barry Drive. $20/$15 concess./ $12 high school	Tickets: james vassilopoulos on 6247 2424 or email canberra@greenleft.org.au
Sun May 21	Ecumenical Church Service including music stick ceremony A Service of Commitment to the Journey of Healing led by Canberra South Side Churches. Part of the ACT Events for the Anniversary of Sorry Day.	7:00pm at Canberra Baptist Church, Currie Crescent, Kingston	Contact: Canberra Baptist Church ph 6295 9470, office@canbap.org.au or website.
Mon May 22	AIATSIS Seminar Series Language and identity: the Ngalia experience. Kado Muir, AIATSIS	12:30pm at Macintosh Room, AIATSIS, Acton House, Marcus Clarke Street	Contact: Felicity van der Zwan 6246 1157, felicity@aiatsis.gov.au or website.
Thur May 25	Conference "Are we bringing them home? 2000" Organised by Canberra Journey of Healing Network	8.45am-4.30pm at Havelock House, 85 Northbourne Avenue (Cnr Gould St) Turner [Gregory's Map 20: C7]	Info: Ricki Dargavel, Ph/fax: (02) 6258 9102, email: dargavel@spirit.com.au or Nicky Coles ph (02) 6247 1025 or email: ncoles@pcug.org.au or go to website.
Fri May 26	Journey of Healing: second anniversary of Sorry Day. Vigil to remember the survival of the stolen generations.	6am to 9am, behind the National War Memorial in Remembrance Nature Park. Includes social celebration, free barbecue, entertainment, Glebe Park, 12:30pm.	Organised by Canberra Journey of Healing Network: website.
May 27-June 3	Week of Prayer for Reconciliation 2000 The vision of the Council of Aboriginal Reconciliation is for "a united Australia which respects this land of ours; values the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander heritage; and provides justice and equity for all." People of faith are called to help shape this vision and bring it to reality . . .		Info: AFRA (02) 62317884, (02) 62965428 Freecall 1800 804 330 e-mail: mopar@cyberone.com.au or Peter Lewis National Coordinator of the Advisory Group on Faith Communities (03) 9416-4262 fax (03) 9416-4264
Sun May 28	"Corroboree 2000" walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.		Buses organised by Australians For Reconciliation (ACT) [AFRA] Contact: Flora, Rosemary or Rupa on (02) 62317884, (02) 62965428 Fax 6231 7884 E-mail: mopar@cyberone.com.au Coaches will leave Canberra - from Civic, Woden and Belconnen at 5.45am to go to "Corroboree 2000" in Sydney. Lifts to the coach departure location can be arranged. Return trip leaves Sydney at 6.15pm arriving Canberra at 10.15pm Cost $22 per person Corroboree 2000 organised by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation [CAR], and is supported by AFRA and endorsed by the National Sorry Day Committee [NSDC]
Tues May 30	Ecumenical Church Service for the Week of Reconciliation Part of the Events for the Anniversary of Sorry Day Speaker - Pat Turner (former CEO of ATSIC)	7.30pm at Melba Uniting Church, Conley Drive, Melba	Contact: Fr. Ivor Vivian ph. 6254 1516 or go to website.
Thurs June 1	Sacred Run 2000 (Australia) We will embark on an 88 day spiritual relay run covering close to 11,000km starting in Sydney. The purpose of this run is to connect with the Indigenous people of Australia . . .	8:00am from Sydney, then around the country. See Aug 23 - 25 below.	website. or ACT contact: Katrina Fanning: Ph:6207 1667
Mon June 5	Steps for Reconciliation Workshop 1: "Can reconciliation advance without an apology? Contemporary issues and how these affect us."	9am to 5pm at the Canberra Workers Club, Civic	To assist with planning contact Neil Macdonald president of AFRA on 62625792 (ph/fax) or Email nhaley@coombs.anu.edu.au. Organised by AFRA
July 19 - 28	HR Working Group on Indigenous Populations - Geneva.
Wed Aug 9	International Day of the World's Indigenous People		website.
Wed 23rd Aug: Wallaga Lake to Canberra Thur 24th Aug: REST DAY Fri 25th Aug: Canberra to Moss Vale	SACRED RUN - AUSTRALIA 2000 for earth and life - for future generations Passes through Canberra		ACT: Katrina Fanning: katrina_fanning@dpa.act.gov.au Ph: (02) 6207 1667 SACRED RUN WEBSITE: website.
Sat/Sun Sept 2/3	Steps for Reconciliation Workshop 2: "Walking and talking the Land"	9am-5pm Venue tba	Anyone interested in participating - at any level - contact Flora Macdonald on 6296 5428 or email mopar@cyberone.com.au
Sat Oct 7	Steps for Reconciliation Workshop 3: "Old and New Australia"	9am-5pm Venue tba	Contact Pauline Quinane if you wish to be involved - 6295 7312 (wk), 6255 3171 (hm), Email pqppmfa@spirit.com.au
Oct 16 - 27	Working Group on the draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples established in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/32 - Geneva		website.
Tues Oct 17	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty		website.
Sat Dec 2	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery		here and here.
Jan 8 - 26, 2001	58th session of UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in New York.		The Complete Text of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD): website. UN General Guidelines Regarding the Form and Content of Reports on CERD: website.