Future River at PHOTO 2024, national boycott of weapons companies associated STEM education programs, Earth-centred systems change & governance, reproductive rights & justice, sleep out for homelessness in women

Tuesday, 5 March 2024 - 7:00am to 8:30am
Stay out event for homelessness in women. Image: amwu.org.au

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7.15: Solidarity Breakfast’s Annie McLoughlin speaks with Kimba Thompson from Blak Dot Galleries and artist Peta Clancy about the exhibition at Counihan Gallery in Brunswick called Future River - an indigenous perception of the river and watercourses across Naarm//

7.30: Elise West, Director at Teachers for Peace and Executive Officer at the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and Elspeth Blunt from Teachers and School Staff for Palestine, on the launch of a national boycott of STEM education programs associated with weapons companies. Follow @teachers4palestine_vic on Instagram for updates//

7.45: Solidarity Breakfast’s Annie McLoughlin speaks with Dr Michelle Maloney from the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating Earth-centred systems change, by increasing the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred governance//

8.00: Associate Professor Ronli Sifris from Monash University's Faculty of Law on reproductive rights globally and here in so-called Australia and her new book Towards Reproductive Justice//

8.15: Mel Sik from the Australian Manufacturers Workers Union, talking about a sleep out happening on International Women’s Day to raise money and awareness for the increasing proportion of women becoming homeless in Victoria. All donations go to McAuley to help women and children at risk of homelessness//

 

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