Roadside Demo Nambucca Thurs 9th
Next Market Stall - Bellingen Sat 18th March
Refugee Advice and Casework Services Appeal
Our next Roadside Demonstration: Thursday 9th March, Nambucca Heads: 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm
A final reminder that our next roadside demonstration is this Thursday in Nambucca Heads. We we will located in our usual spot, on the Pacific Highway adjacent to the Plaza shopping centre. Please come and join us if you can, even if only for part of the time. We have lots of banners and placards to share, but we do need a sizeable group of supporters to help to get our message across to passing motorists. It would be great to see a few new people. Why not give it a go?
Our next market stall: Bellingen market, Saturday 18th March from 9.00 am to 1.30 pm
A reminder that our next market stall will be at the Bellingen market on Saturday 18th March. We are seeking support from 9.00 am until 1.30 pm. Many of you will be familiar with the Bellingen market and you will know that it is a busy and lively event. It presents a great opportunity for us to talk to market-goers, give out leaflets, collect signatures on our petition, sell our refugee merchandise and collect donations for the Asylum Seekers Centre in Newtown, to whom we have donated $750 since August last year. If you can join us for an hour or two, then please let Mike know by emailing him at : mandm.griffin2@bigpond.com.
Refugee Advice and Casework Services appeal
Last week in the newsletter we wrote about the latest crisis facing asylum seekers living in Australia, as they seek to meet the sudden imposition of impossible deadlines for their applications for refugee status. It is incredibly difficult for asylum seekers to complete the 60-page application, which is in English only. They cannot do so without legal assistance, and yet, as we reported, federal funding for legal assistance has been reduced by 90% in recent times. As David Manne, the executive director of Refugee Legal explains: “These people are not refusing to apply. To understand this process means people need legal assistance, and what’s been removed is public legal assistance.These 60-day letters have created great fear and panic in the refugee community. There’s a serious miscarriage of justice here – it could mean the deportation of people to torture or death.”
In an effort to increase the level of legal support available, the Refugee Advice and Casework Service has launched an online appeal to raise funds, the details of which we posted our our RAR Facebook page on 28th February. (Our Facebook link is at the bottom of this newsletter). We know that several of our supporters have already made generous donations, which is great. Some people have suggested that we could organise a fundraising event. Ideas include a charity lunch at the Bellingen Butter Factory; a concert; or a charity auction. What do you think? Have you any suggestions that you would like to put forward? And, importantly, would you be able to help with organising an event? Please let us have your responses by email to: bellingen.rar@gmail.com. It would be helpful to have your responses in the next week or so, since we will need to move fairly quickly if we decide to undertake a fundraiser.
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