End Child Slavery Event - Australia Wide
On Friday 16 May 2008 (THIS FRIDAY!), join the movement as Australia stands up to end child slavery.
The Global Night Shift is one national event held simultaneously in six cities. In Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide, thousands of young people will unite with the vision to end child slavery.
Come to PERTH CONCERT HALL, 7pm - 10pm, and hear passionate speakers, short films and great artists!
FEATURING fire dance troupe Fire ‘n’ Motion!
Tickets are $30 at www.bocsticketing.com.au and all profits go to the End Child Slavery campaign and The Oaktree Foundation’s work in India to build schools for children in poverty-stricken regions of India.
To find out more, you can email endchildslavery@theoaktree.org.
Watch: http://www.vimeo.com/752118
Visit: http://endchildslavery.theoaktree.org/
Buy Tickets: http://www.bocsticketing.com.au/get_events_info.asp?id=NIGH08
Read: Xander’s Blog and sign up for Freedom Friday’s
Do you want to get a person?
A friend of mine sent me a link to this article today: It talks about a new book that Benjamin Skinner has written A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery.
Read this: Article
There are lots of books about now, talking about similar things. It certainly seems like people want to make sure that we don’t forget that the slave trade hasn’t actually been abolished.
I watched a video recently which is along similar lines. This one especially has a huge emphasis on the fact that WE can end slavery. There ARE things that we can do to bring about its end.
Watch this: Slavery in the New Global Economy
Speaking of things we can do; FREEDOM Day is coming up in WA. We’re screening “The Jammed”. If you haven’t seen it, or even if you have, get along and bring all of your friends. It’s on the 19th of April (NB: New Date) in the Evening at Perth Fortress Corps of The Salvation Army. There will be fairly traded tea and coffee served and some nibblies provided by a great organic food company.
Go here: The Jammed Website
p.s. read James Thompson’s blog.
