Create to Advocate Art Exhibition, Micah Challenge and Make Poverty History proudly present:

Create to Advocate 08
Art Competition and Exhibition

Parliament House, Canberra
6 October – 2 November 2008


In 2008 every second child in the world lives in poverty; and 10 million children die each year from preventable and curable diseases.
Speak out through art to make poverty history!

Create an artwork that expresses your vision to end global poverty. Entries should reflect upon and speak out on achieving the Millennium Development Goals, themes include: child health, global primary education, empowering girls, clean water and climate change! Works can be in any medium, including paint, pencil, photography, multimedia, sculpture and textiles. Works can be in any medium, including paint, pencil, photography, multimedia, sculpture and textiles.

Selected artworks will be exhibited at Parliament House, Canberra for the month of October 2008. Micah Challenge prizes awarded at the official opening on Tuesday, 14 October, 2008.

Entries close: Friday 29 August 2008.
For more information and an entry form, see
www.micahchallenge.org.au <http://www.micahchallenge.org.au/> or www.makepovertyhistory.org.au <http://www.makepovertyhistory.org.au/>


If you wish to order hardcopies of the postcard flyer or in joining the artists email list, contact janemc@tear.org.au <mailto:janemc@tear.org.au>

If you would like a speaker to visit your church or art group and run a presentation or workshop on Create to Advocate 08 please contact Jane McGeough, for Melbourne, janemc@tear.org.au  or Carlyn Chen for Sydney, Carlyn@tear.org.au

Fair Trade Fortnight is the biggest global celebration of fairtrade and it is about to hit Melbourne. Starting 3 May, Fairtrade Fortnight features a range of events including the exclusive ‘Fashion Fights Fair’ fashion parade – hosted by enigmatic singer/songwriter, Claire Bowditch, and directed by former Japanese Vogue stylist Leeyong Soo. The parade, on 9 May at BMW Edge will include a number of fashion garments made from Fairtrade Certified Cotton and breaking new ground in the fashion industry. The parade will also feature recycled, organic carbon neutral and NoSweat accredited labels. Tickets at $15 at the door or book online www.ftf08.com

Another major Fair Trade Fortnight Event is the Fairtrade Latte Art Challenge, gracing Melbourne Central Station 6 May 8am -12pm it features 10 elite international baristas. Pick up the exclusive Fairtrade Palpitations- coffee lovers guide to fairtrade cafes in Melbourne at the Latte Art Challenge or any of the other events. FREE during the Fortnight. 

For full event details and bookings please see www.ftf08.com.  

Fairtrade fortnight is a environmentally conscious event. Please forward this email on to friends and family and help us spread the word!

Events Calender Melbourne

3 May

Black Gold Screening

Kino Dendy Collins Street

7PM Tickets $15 at the door

9 May

Fair Trade Morning Tea

The Atrium, Federation Square

10AM-12PM

9 May

Fair Trade Markets

The Atrium, Federation Square

12-10PM FREE

9 May

Fashion Fights Fair

BMW Edge, Federation Square

8-10PM Tickets $15 at door, bookings www.ftf08.com

 
16 May

Education Day- Knowledge and Passion.

Fitzroy Town Hall, 201 Napier Street

10AM – 3PM FREE, bookings www.ftf08.com

Moving beyond refugee detention
22 April, 6:30pm
RMIT Kaleide Theatre, 360 Swanston St, Melbourne.

The Refugee Action Collective has organised a public meeting to discuss what has changed and what hasn’t in refugee policy under the new Rudd government.
And, how we can go forward from here. Speaking at the meeting will be Anna Samson (National Policy Director, Refugee Council of Australia), David Manne (Coordinator, Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre), and Pamela Curr (Campaign Coordinator, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre).

Further information available from www.rac-vic.org

An evening of film & music for indigenous rights

Friday, April 18 — Noise Bar, 291 Albert St, Brunswick

6pm. Film screening: Lousy Little Sixpence. In NSW, in 1909, the Aborigines Protection Board planned to break up Aboriginal communities by forcibly removing their children and hiring them out as servants to white employers. The title of this powerful documentary comes from the wages that were to be paid to the children. Many never saw that ‘lousy little sixpence’. Through old newsreels, archive film, photographs and interviews with elders, the film weaves a moving account of a hidden history which reveals the early struggle for Aboriginal land rights and self-determination.

7.30pm til late: Music from The Brolga Boys and Special Guests. Door entry $15/$10. Delicious plates of Mediterranean food available ($7). For info ph 9639 8622.

Socialist Alliance and Green Left Weekly

Young people around the country are being asked to talk online to federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick next week when she takes part in the e-Festival of Ideas as part of National Youth Week. Commissioner Broderick will co-present a panel, Reworking Feminism – What does gender equality mean in the 21st Century, as part of the five day festival of live and free-flowing discussion on contemporary issues around democracy, media, arts and social change.

Call for film submissions from Triumphant! International for Australia’s 2nd Annual Refugee Film Festival. Film submissions should be no longer than 10 minutes in length and should be submitted in DVD format. Entrants are encouraged to sub­mit a written transcript of the film in English so that films can be translated into other lan­guages for the benefit of refugee communities. The festival will take place on the evening of Thursday 19 June at the Pitt St Congregation Uniting Church in Sydney. The film festival will screen as part of 2008 National Refugee Week and further screenings will take place around Australia. Web site here …