Upcoming Events
10 February 2010
5.30 pm Mt Nancy
Finalisation of arrangements for PAPA Meeting/Rally
Banner making
All Welcome
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12 February 2010
PRESCRIBED AREA PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE MEETING Mparntwe-Alice Springs
SALVATION ARMY HALL, 9.30 AM TILL 4 PM
Important meeting for people living in communities, outstations and town camps in Central Australia.
To discuss where people are at with the Intervention.
Some help available with transport.
Phone Barbara 0401 291 166 or Marlene 8952 5032.
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13 February 2010
“SORRY IS NOT ENOUGH”
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
2nd Anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generations
Still no compensation
Still a racist NT Intervention
Still Deaths in Custody
Less jobs, more imprisonment for Aboriginal people
Mparntwe-Alice Springs
10 am Gathering on Church Lawns in the Mall
Chaired by Neville Perkins
Speakers
Professor Larissa Behrendt, NAIDOC Person of the Year 2009, will launch “This Is What They Said”: views about the NT Intervention expressed by Aboriginal people during the NTER consultations held betweeb June and August 2009.
Richard Downs, Ampilatwatja Walk-off Spokesperson
Barbara Shaw, Mt Nancy Town Camp/Intervention Rollback Action Group
Philip Wilyuka, Titjikala
Harold Furber, Stolen Generations
Harold Jakamarra Nelson/Ned Jampitinpa Hargraves – Yuendumu
Paul McAleer, Maritime Union of Australia
Dave Noonan, CFMEU
Miguel Ociones, LHMW Union, Alice springs
Later in the day or next morning convoys leave for Ampilatwatja.
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14 February 2010
Ampilatwatja – CELEBRATION AND OPENING OF PROTEST HOUSE
Lunchtime – Honeymoon Bore
Contact:
Senate Committee Hearings: Inquiry into Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 and the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2009 Measures) Bill 2009 along with the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 (introduced by Senator Siewert).
Venue to be announced
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9-11 April 2010 Mparntwe-Alice Springs
International Indigenous Solidarity Gathering
For more information contact Barbara Shaw on 0401 291 166 or Marisol Salinas on 0413 597 315.
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19-30 April New York, USA
