Hi
Redlands for Refugees folk,
Here
are some reminders of things ahead in the next few days:
HOSPITALITY DAY
Our
next hospitality day is Saturday, June 28.
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED …
· R4R members Ella
Tickle and Lyn Moore spoke about our group with broadcaster Phil Smith on
612ABC Radio last Saturday morning, as a lead-in to Refugee Week. Went very
well. (Audio not on the ABC web site, regrettably.)
· The Uniting Church in
Victoria has produced a video reflection following the suicide of Tamil asylum
seeker Leo Seemanpillai. It’s called Turn Back the Indifference.
· The Jesuit e-magazine, Eureka
Street, often has excellent analytical articles about the asylum seeker
issue. The most recent is, “Why 71% of Australians want boats
pushed back.” Worth a read.
· Julian Burnside QC is
one of Australia’s foremost human rights lawyers, passionate about asylum
seeker and refugee rights. His web site won’t
win any design awards, but the content is excellent and very current – worth
visiting regularly. He is inviting Australians to write letters of
encouragement and care to detainees at Nauru and Manus Island: details here.
· It’s been around for a
few months now, but the “What would you do?” video and Facebook
campaign by Jewish Aid Australia is excellent, designed to put empathy into the
asylum seeker ‘debate’. Your responses by text or video are invited.
· One way to make a
personal statement about your feelings on this issue is on the Sorry
Asylum Seekers web site. It began in February 2014 to collect
photos and notes from Australians opposed to current government policies and
practices.
· Some R4R members visit
asylum seekers at the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) Centre.
Let me know if you’re interested in visiting there, and I’ll send you the
required forms and put you in touch with our folk who are involved so they can
help you.
· R4R member Tracey
Huges has invited people who are in Wellington Point for the Hospitality Day on
June 28 to stay on for a soup night with her church fellowship from 5:30 pm, at
her place in, Wellington Point. For contact details email:
redlands4refugees@gmail.com.
· Some R4R members and I
are meeting Lilly Matich, the Redland City Council’s new Community Development
Officer, next Friday, to see how Redlands for Refugees might interact with
Council and local community organisations. Will keep you posted.
· One way to keep across
this issue is to create a Google alert for
“asylum seeker” and/or “refugee”. You can choose how often, and across what
range of web sources, you’d like to receive a list of sites with new references
to those terms. That list will be sent to your designated email address. It’s a
great way to keep across breaking news, as well as mentions on blogs and sites
that you wouldn’t usually come across.
Thanks
very much for your interest and involvement. Hope to see you either at our Hospitality Day on Saturday, or our next social
BBQ (date to be advised).
_____________________________________
Pastor
David Busch
Coordinator,
Redlands for Refugees
Redlands4Refugees@gmail.com
