Out & About
“Today we are standing in Brisbane’s Anzac Square next to the stunning memorial to Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women,” say Uncle Milton Walit and Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
International
A side event to the 57th UN Human Rights Council titled “Human Rights in Indonesia,” hosted by the World Council of Churches and partner organisations, will address the dire human rights situation in West Papua, with ongoing violations that include extra-judicial killings, internal displacement due to armed conflict, restrictions on civil liberties, and a growing number of cases of land grabbing
Midwife and tertiary educator Josie Greaves visited Masig and Poruma islands, two low-lying islands in the Torres Strait, in May 2024 with Archbishop Jeremy Greaves, Aunty Dr Rose Elu and Justice Enabler Peter Branjerdporn to witness the impacts of climate change on peoples’ islands, cultures, livelihoods and spirituality
Meet Stephen Harrison from Anglicare Southern Queensland and find out about his faith journey, secret skill, his thoughts on Reconciliation, what makes him nostalgic, what local Anglican inspires him the most, what encounter recently surprised him, and how your parish or ministry can support Anglicare Sunday
“I have shared something of my culture here with you — how muiy (fire) gives physical and spiritual strength to my people. I have shared this from the warmth that I have for you in my heart. I encourage you to similarly share with someone this NAIDOC Week something of your culture, speaking from the warmth in your own heart. What keeps your pride in your culture burning?” asks Aunty Dr Rose Elu
“Seeing for myself just how serious the issue is in some places and the damage that has been done and the struggle for people to get people to listen and particularly Government to commit to proper funding to help with the…seawalls and sandbags and to do that properly…We saw the coastal erosion and heard stories about where the beach used to be and the houses that are no longer there because the land has become so eroded. In a couple of places we saw where the bones of ancestors had been washed out to sea,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves in his 4MW Radio interview with Aunty Jen Enosa
“In short, Australia’s pursuit of unity and prosperity and willingness to subordinate human rights to achieve those ends raises serious questions about who we are and what we value,” said Prof Renee Jeffery in her 2023 Human Rights Day address on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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