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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Think about spin
This month we are asking you to think about marketing and media manipulation. You might even want to turn up to a Convention on these issues. Fairtrade and beyond We are all conscious that over-consumption is bad for the environment …
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Ben could be your cousin
Thursday, 26 August 2010 10:13 The controversial and much hyped Channel 7 documentary ‘Such is Life’ has attracted much discussion and debate. For those of us who work daily with individuals and families seeking to rebuild lives damaged by dependant …
Cooking skills put to use outside jail
Letter to Editor, Herald Sun (25-Aug-2010) HOW to cook a meal, find a stable home, make new friends: these are some of the ingredients to crime-free life after prison. At least the first is being attended to in one of …
Applications for the 2010 Connections UnitingCare Anti-Poverty Awards are closing in one week!
Established in 2004, the Connections UnitingCare Anti-Poverty Awards aim to recognise young Australians between the ages of 16 and 30 who are making a contribution to the eradication of poverty, locally, nationally or internationally. One Award recipient will receive a …
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Tagged Anti Poverty Awards, Anti-Poverty Week 2010, Connections UnitingCare
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Make Poverty History – asking for help
MELBOURNE – 2 MASSIVE STUNTS THIS AUGUST 28TH AUGUST Saturday – VIC MARKET GLOBAL HEALTH DAY JOIN OUR CARNIVAL TEAM AND get a free Make Poverty T-shirt Requirements: 30 Volunteers to join our Make Poverty History Carnival team at the …
United Church of Christ in the Philippines Member Murdered
Prepared June 2010 The way of death is persecution of the good, pursuing revenge, not pitying a poor man, not labouring for the afflicted, advocating for the rich, lawlessly judging the poor. Be delivered, children, from all this. (Didache, late …
Voting 'below the line' this election
If you are concerned about where your Senate preferences will be going with a vote above the ballot paper line this election, why not consider voting ‘below the line’. This idea produces for many images of hours wasted organising and …
Voting ‘below the line’ this election
If you are concerned about where your Senate preferences will be going with a vote above the ballot paper line this election, why not consider voting ‘below the line’. This idea produces for many images of hours wasted organising and …
Just Focus stuff
The Justice and International Mission Unit (sponsor of JustAct) has some new stuff on their website that could be of interest. Events JIM Convention Registration Form – Saturday 2 October, 2010 9.30 AM – 4.30 PM JIM Convention 2010 Poster …
Posted in Just Stuff, Uncategorized
Tagged Anti Poverty Week, Asylum seekers, Blocking child sexual abuse, Consuming Passions, Curbing Alcohol supply to children, Education in prison, Facilitation grants, Festival of Refugees, Greening the church, Internet Filter, JIM Convention, JustFocus, Murder in Philippines, Seasons of Creation, Stand up and make noise, Walk Against Warming
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Choice Quotes for the week
Where have the conviction politicians gone? The current federal election campaign is distinguished – or disfigured, to be more accurate – by the haste with which both candidates have abandoned their political convictions in order to claim the political centre-ground. …
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Tagged Corrections Victoria, Dr Mark Copland, Herald Sun, Kenneth Davidson, Norway, Scott Stephens, unions, women in prison
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