Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Sydney: Welcome Refugees Rally and March – 19 April

Close Manu and Nauru
Peace, no racism
Rally and march 1pm Sunday 19 April
Belmore Park

Speakers include:

  • Ged Kearney, President ACTU
  • Dr Sue Wareham, Medical Association for the Prevention of War
  • Kyol Blakeney, President Sydney Uni SRC
  • Lydia Shelly, Islamophobia Register
  • Shokufa Tahiri, Hazara refugee


For more info phone Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713 Peter Murphy 0418 312 310, Penny Howard 0402 355 205

Endorsed by: Arab Council Australia; Asylum Seekers Centre; Australian Kurdish Association—Sydney; Australian Progressives; Australian Services Union - NSW & ACT; Australian Tamil Congress; Benedictine Abbey, Jamberoo; Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group; Bosco Social Justice Group Engadine; Cana Communities; Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes (NSW); Carmelite JPIC; Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay; Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace; ChilOut; Columban Mission Institute; CPA (M-L); Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education; Evatt foundation; GetUp; Grandmothers Against Detention of Refugee Children; Hazara Youth Perspective Organisation; Independent Education Union; Josephite Justice office; Labor for Refugees (NSW); Marist Asylum-Seeker Refugee Service; Maritime Union of Australia; Mercy Sisters (Parramatta Province); Metropolitan Community Church; Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice and Peace Centre; Mums 4 Refugees; National Tertiary Education Union (NSW); National Union of Workers (General branch); NSW Ecumenical Council; NSW Ecumenical Council Council Peace and Justice Commission; NSW Greens; NSW Nurses and Midwives Association; NSW Teachers Federation; Pax Christi Australia (NSW); Presentation Sisters (Wagga); Refugee Action Coalition; Refugee Council of Australia; Search Foundation; Socialist Alliance; Solidarity; Sydney Peace & Justice Coalition; The Grail (NSW/ACT); Unions for Refugees; Unions NSW; Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; Women and the Australian church

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