Initiatives of Change Australia offer a weekend workshop – Life Still Matters – life direction and leadership program is for people from diverse backgrounds and cultures, who are aged 35 and over, from 2 – 5 November 2018.
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Perth: An Interfaith Evening of Prayer for Peace: Civilian Victims
St George’s Cathedral Perth will conduct An Interfaith Evening of Prayers for Peace on October 24, 2018. The Guest Speaker will be the Governor of Western Australia, Hon. Kim Beazley, AC.
Perth: Borderless Gandhi Exhibition
Borderless Gandhi presents Mahatma in Colour was launched at Perth Airport on Monday by Citizenship and Multicultural Interests Minister Paul Papalia. The exhibition promotes peace, equality and nonviolence through digitally restored images from the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. The exhibition runs from Tues 2 Oct to Fri 9 Nov at Parliament House & Perth Airport.
Victoria: Remembrance Day Event
A World at Peace with Itself: Elusive dream or achievable goal? is a public event to remember the past and reimagine the future hosted by the Islamic Council of Victoria on Sunday 11 November at 2pm.
Op-Ed: The New Nazis: How the meme-rich world of the internet is a threat in Australia
Everyone’s Nazi these days, it seems. Bothered by punctuation mistakes? You’re a grammar Nazi. Like to protest hate speech? A leftist Nazi.
Nazi is most often used in our society to describe a person intolerant of the beliefs of others. It’s become a confusing term, with some even believing that Nazis were actually socialists (for what it’s worth, they weren’t).
Victoria: Launch of the annual ‘Gesher’ Journal 2018
Gesher is the annual journal of the Council of Christians and Jews Victoria. The Council of Christians and Jews in Victoria invite you to the 2018 Launch of the annual ‘Gesher’ Journal on Wednesday, 31st October 2018 at 7.00pm. The Guest Speaker is Dr Nick Dyrenfurth.
Queensland: Climate Change and Faith in the Pacific Islands
The Centre for Interfaith & Cultural Dialogue invites you to a seminar on Climate Change and Faith in the Pacific Islands. The seminar is being presented by Dr Patrick Nunn from the University of the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday, 6th November.
Queensland: Griffith Interfaith Centre plays key role in G20 Interfaith Forum
Griffith University’s Centre for Interfaith & Cultural Dialogue was among the key collaborators at the 2018 G20 Interfaith Forum, which closed in Buenos Aires on Friday (Sept 28). Centre Director Dr Brian Adams (pictured) was in the Argentinean capital for the fifth annual staging of the forum. “It is an honour to have spoken for the Forum organisers,” Dr Adams said.
Australia: The Man Box
An Australian first study by Jesuit Social Services’ The Men’s Project involving 1,000 men aged 18 to 30 has shown that young men who comply with society’s pressures to be a ‘real man’ report poorer mental health, are twice as likely to consider suicide, more likely to commit acts of sexual harassment and experience and perform acts of violence and bullying.
NSW: Buddhist Special Religious Educator’s Course
Buddhist Connection – the Buddhist Council of NSW, will conduct training for Special Religious Education on the weekend of 20-21 October, 2018
Durga Puja celebrated in Darwin
On October 13, 2018, another cultural and religious initiative by the Indian community at Darwin. The occasion was the Durga Puja, first time celebrated at this magnanimous scale. The Puja & Durga society of Northern Territory was the organising body but a beautiful amalgam of all cultures and regions was witnessed at this beautifully managed event.
South Australia: 2018 Catherine Helen Spence Oration
The Unitarian Church of South Australia invites you to attend the inaugural Catherine Helen Spence Oration to be delivered by Prof. Marion Maddox at the Unitarian Meeting House, 99 Osmond Terrace, Norwood on Friday 26th October, commencing at 7pm .
