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Oxfam Community Aid Abroad
Diamond Valley Group
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Next Meeting
Friday 10th June
Michael Gordon
News Editor at The Age
Many of you will have read Michael's recent features in The Age, dealing with asylum seekers on Nauru. Michael is the only journalist ever given access to these people and was able to talk to them freely and to photograph them. We are extremely pleased that he has agreed to come and talk to our group and that at last we will get some truthful insights into their conditions.
We will be able to "swap stories" so to speak, with those of us who have been writing to these asylum seekers. If you have letters from asylum seekers you have been writing to or other material, please bring them along.
As Michael has also been covering the recent Reconciliation meeting in Canberra, it will be a chance for some feedback on this subject too.
Definitely an evening NOT TO BE MISSED.
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Winter Solstice Dinner
7:30pm 18th June 2005
Diamond Creek Bowling Club
Who's coming? If members haven't told us they are coming please let us know before the June meeting. Numbers are looking promising, but some confirmations are still coming.
At the June meeting we need commitments of what you can bring of the following items: candle holders, serving dishes, carving dishes, carving knives and forks, serving spoons/tongs, pre and after dinner nibbles and puddings.
If you cannot come to the meeting but can provide some of the above please call us prior to the meeting. Someone is also needed to buy and prepare the vegetables.
On the day, we need all hands on deck from 4pm at the Diamond Creek Bowling Club.
Stephen Lavender--9439 2063.
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Make Poverty History
White Wrist Band Days
1 July, 10 September, 10 December 2005
Wearing a white MakePovertyHistory wrist band is your opportunity to show your support for eradicating poverty. Join people around the world and wear your wrist bands in the lead up to three important meetings of world leaders that will determine the future of the battle to eradicate poverty - the G8 (richest nations) meeting, the UN special conference on Millennium Development Goals and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting.
White wrist bands are available from Oxfam shops online from our web site at www.oxfam.org.au for $2
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Bouquets
Floral Tributes and Chocolates (in name only) to all the magnificent people who helped make our Tsunami Bookfair such a huge success--$10,124 plus. (Will we ever be able to live up to this record ?). To all those who helped collect and sort books, to those who gave books, and to the setup team, the sales team, the clean up team and the take away team--THANK YOU !
It brings such feelings of satisfaction and delight to see it go so well, and create such a result.
Nearly forgot--Special thanks to the Advertising Team especially John K and his email and contact with the media, Don for signs, and Rod for not just one, but two VW advertising vehicles, so that not matter in which direction you were heading, you would see a sign.
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Eltham Bookshop Book Launch The Marsh Birds
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
(at the Gathering Space) Main Rd Eltham
7:00 pm Wednesday 13th July
This is the story of a young Arab boy who became an asylum seeker. It is a journey into the inner world of this boy, and an indictment of the heartless refugee system in Australia that devastates and eventually destroys him.
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