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Melbourne: GADRC Conference: The Way Ahead
24 October 2015 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Grandmothers Against Detention of Refugee Children
Conference: The Way Ahead
- WHEN: 24th October, 2015. 10 am to 4pm
- WHERE: Melbourne Town Hall (Swanston Hall, Lower Town Hall) cnr Swanston and Collins Streets, Melbourne CBD.
Program Includes:
· Welcome: Dr Gwenda Davey AM
· Review of what we have done, collectively and in our electorates across the country.
· Panel of Speakers
– Professor Louise Newman AM, Director of the Centre for Women’s Mental Health at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
– David Manne, Human Rights lawyer, Executive, Director of the Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre
– Sister Brigid Arthur, co-ordinator Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project working for asylum seekers in detention and in the community
– Pamel Curr, Refugee Rights Advocate, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
· Brainstorming – Ideas for the Way Ahead
· Prioritized list of Actions
· Welcome: Dr Gwenda Davey AM
· Review of what we have done, collectively and in our electorates across the country.
· Panel of Speakers
– Professor Louise Newman AM, Director of the Centre for Women’s Mental Health at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
– David Manne, Human Rights lawyer, Executive, Director of the Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre
– Sister Brigid Arthur, co-ordinator Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project working for asylum seekers in detention and in the community
– Pamel Curr, Refugee Rights Advocate, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
· Brainstorming – Ideas for the Way Ahead
· Prioritized list of Actions
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Closing date 30th September 2015
