August, 2011 | SJ Around the Bay

Why Refugees from Iran? & 10 Essential Facts About Asylum Seekers

On the evening of 23rd August, 2011 at Fr Patrick McMaugh Hall, Asquith, listeners heard from three speakers: Phil Glendenning, and two Iranian refugees.

Phil debunked some of the false notions associated with refugees and asylum seekers as they make their way to Australia.

Mohammad (an Iranian refugee now safe in Australia […]

Mentors needed in Redfern

Are you free every week or two for an hour or so, to drop in and share a cup of tea with people who are currently homeless or disadvantaged once a fortnight or so, to listen to their busy lives, to share stories and friendship. If you are interested, please email jenny.carter(at)optusnet.com.au

Location: St. […]

Building Bridges, Not Walls: Prisons and the justice system – Suggested actions.

Sunday 21st August

The Australian Catholic Social Justice Council is now preparing for the release in September of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement. In their Statement, Building Bridges, Not Walls: Prisons and the justice system, the Bishops revisit an issue that the Christian churches together addressed over 20 years ago. It is […]

The Social Impacts of Climate Change – with Associate Professor James Goodman

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Associate Professor James Goodman, Social and Political Change Group, UTS to look at the facts about the social impacts of climate change: what is happening globally? where? why? What actions can we, as Australians, take, nationally and locally, to bring about climate […]

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Why Refugees from Iran? & 10 Essential Facts About Asylum Seekers

Mentors needed in Redfern

Building Bridges, Not Walls: Prisons and the justice system – Suggested actions.

The Social Impacts of Climate Change – with Associate Professor James Goodman

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