TANDERRUM (Kulin for ceremony) is a celebration of the ground we stand on and of the people whose ancestors walked it before our time. TANDERRUM will formally open the 2015 Melbourne Festival on 8 October, 6pm, Federation Square, Melbourne.
Victoria
Victoria: Nonviolent Interfaith Leadership Program
Pace e Bene invites applications for the 2015 Non-violent Leadership Program. They have extended deadline for applications to 30th September 2015.
Victoria – JCMA Friendship Walk
The Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia (JCMA) will be engaging in its JCMA Friendship Walk on Sunday 11 October 2015 from 2:00pm to 4:30pm commencing from St Peters Eastern Hill, 15 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne.
Victoria: Statement on Syrian and Iraqi Humanitarian Crisis
The Faith Communities Council of Victoria (FCCV) has issued the following statement in response to the Syrian and Iraqi Humanitarian Crisis:
Victoria: Lost in Translation, an Interfaith Forum
This forum is an opportunity to contextualize some of the issues that community leaders, service providers and law enforcement bodies face with regards to religious beliefs and will take place at the Walker St Gallery, Dandenong on Saturday, 5 September.
Victoria: For God's Sake – Who Speaks for God?
The Council of Christians and Jews (Victoria) invite you to a Luncheon Club talk on For God’s Sake – who speaks for God? Passion, tolerance and extremism, on Wednesday 30 September 2015, 12:00 pm to 1:00pm at the City Sukkah in “old City Square”, Swanston Street in front of Starbucks and the Westin Hotel.
Victoria: Wake Up for Peace
The Brahma Kumaris Australia invite you to participate in Wake up for Peace – an event to celebrate the UN International Day of Peace on Monday 21 September 2015 at 7:45am, at Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne.
Victoria: A Conversation about Refugee Protection
The major political parties have joined together to convince us that asylum seekers must be prevented from coming to Australia. At this forum an Australian Lawyer will have a public conversation with lawyers involved in the Asia-Pacific Refugee Rights Network about the practical ways in which refugee protection in the region can be improved.
Victoria: Ecological Aspects of War – Religious Perspectives
Ecological Aspects of War is a one day symposium to consider intersections between war and ecology, through the lenses of religious social teachings and sacred texts, representative of the multi-cultural and inter-faith constitution of contemportary Australian society.
Victoria: Local Lives – Global Matters, Castlemaine
Local Lives – Global Matters is a three day conference in Castlemaine exploring the broad themes of local economies and livelihoods, equitable, redemocratised societies, social and ecological justice and the spirituality that connects us to the land and each other.
Victoria: Community Forum on Homelessness
The Ballarat Interfaith Network, in partnership with the Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council, will conduct a Community Public Forum on Homelessness, Friday, 21 August, 2015 at Eastwood Leisure Complex (20 Eastwood St, Ballarat) at 6.15pm.
Victoria, Tasmania: Disability Action Plan
Faith communities internationally, and increasingly in Australia, are responding to the needs of people with disabilities and their families, who wish to participate in worship and social activities. The Victorian and Tasmanian Synod of the Uniting Church invite you to The Disability Actional Plan 2015 – 2018 on September 25.
