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| Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture: Saving Public Protest from Apathy, Police and Bad Laws |
Do you value the right to protest? Too often this right is treated with apathy, curtailed with bad laws, weakened and sidelined. Is it fair to say protests should not disturb the public? Isn’t that the point of public protest - to create a public disturbance to draw attention to an issue? Is it time to stand up for the right to public protest?
The guest speaker for this year’s Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture is Ruby Hamad. Ruby is a vegan, feminist, Sydney-based writer and filmmaker. She tweets, blogs, and tutors in Online Media at the University of Sydney. Her work has appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, New Matilda, and more.
She will be joined Jenny Leong, Greens candidate for state seat of Newtown, and Therese Doyle, Greens Newcastle Councillor, who will MC the event.
Click here for more information about the event.
To RSVP, email senator.rhiannon@aph.gov.au.
About Juanita Nielson
Juanita Nielsen, publisher of the independent paper NOW and active campaigner against high-rise development in Kings Cross, disappeared in July 1975. It is widely thought that Juanita was kidnapped and murdered because of her stand against over development and local corruption. A coronial inquest found that Juanita was murdered. Her murderers were never brought to justice. The films Heatwave and The Killing of Angel Street cover what happened to Juanita.
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