Hana: the audacity to be free, Weapons out of Classrooms, Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action, Fighting Islamophobia and for a Free Palestine

Tuesday, 18 June 2024 - 7:00am to 8:30am
The cover of Hana Assafiri's memoir, Hana: the audacity to be free

7:12am / Hana Assafiri from Moroccan Soup Bar speaks about her memoir Hana: the audacity to be free – covering humour, education, working in womens refuges (Part 1)

 

7:30am / Elise West, Executive Officer at the Medical Association for the Prevention of War as well as Director at Teachers for Peace is back on the show to talk about the ever increasing influence of weapons in school's programs and why it is crucial that we ban weapons from classrooms. You can follow the work of both organisations www.mapw.org and www.teachersforpeace.com.au respectively. 

 

7:40am / Hana Assafiri from Moroccan Soup Bar speaks about her memoir Hana: the audacity to be free – covering Moroccan Soup Bar and how it was run, Speed Date a Muslim and the importance of open dialogue (Part 2)

 

8:00am / Serena Joyner is the CEO of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action - an advocacy group founded and led by people impacted by climate-fueled bushfires. Living in the Blue Mountains with her volunteer firefighter husband she has witnessed the impact of loss and threat to her community from bushfires, and seen first hand the impact of climate change on lives and communities. Serena joins us on the show to discuss the Coalition's climate policies in light of Peter Dutton's recent statements. You can follow their work at https://bushfiresurvivors.org or @bushfiresurvivors4climate on Instagram.


8:15am / A speech from this Sunday's Weekly Free Palestine Rally in Naarm: Rita Manessis, one of the founders of Greek Australians for a Free Palestine, also a member of Menzies for Palestine, and NTEU Latrobe Staff for Palestine, Rita herself has been the target of racist islamophobic anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian attack.