| Subject: | [youthgas] Invitation to National ReconciliACTION Youth Forum 2-3 June | | Date: | Tuesday, May 8, 2007 22:00:20 (+1000) | | From: | Sylvie Ellsmore <sylvie @...................au>
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Dear all,
Reconciliation Week (27th June to 3rd May) is fast approaching and
this year is particularly significant because it is the anniversary
of the 1967 Referendum. The 1967 Referendum saw more than 90% of
eligible Australians vote YES to count Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Australians in the national census of the population and to
give the Commonwealth Government power to make specific laws in
respect of Indigenous people.
As part of a program of events being organised across the country
during Reconciliation Week, ReconciliACTION is holding a National
Youth Forum on Saturday and Sunday 2-3 June at the University of
Technology, Sydney.
ReconciliACTION would like to invite young workers, volunteers or
members (aged 16-29 years) involved with your organisation to attend
the forum. Some support is also available for young people from
outside Sydney for travel costs to attend. A flyer with a
registration form for the Forum is attached. For more information
visit www.reconciliACTION.org.au or email recon@reconciliaction.org.au.
Young artists are invited to also submit a work to the Youth Art
Competition, to be held in conjunction with the Forum. For more
details visit the website www.reconciliACTION.org.au.
For more information about events taking place across the country
during Reconciliation Week please see below.
Regards,
Sylvie Ellsmore National Co-Convenor
ReconciliACTION Network
For a program of events taking place in NSW visit the NSW
Reconciliation Council website at www.nswrecon.com
For a program of events taking place in Victoria visit Reconciliation
Victoria at http://www.reconciliationvic.org.au
For national events and resources visit Reconciliation Australia at
www.reconciliation.org.au
Immediately preceding Reconciliation Week Sorry Day is held, on 26
May. This year is the tenth anniversary of Bringing Them Home, the
Human Rights Commission report which detailed the devastating impact
of past government policies Aboriginal child removal. For events
during Sorry Day visit the National Sorry Day Committee at http://
www.nsdc.org.au/
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