44 groups have so far endorsed the “unite to end mandatory detention” protest and march, to be held in Melbourne this Sunday June 19 (meet 12.30pm, Nicholson St entrance to Royal Exhibition Centre, Carlton). The rally has been organised by the Refugee Advocacy Network.
To add your group’s endorsement email refugeeadvocacynetwork@gmail.com
Groups supporting World Refugee Day protest
1. Act for Peace – National Council of Churches in Australia
2. Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
3. Australia Asia Worker Links
4. Australian Education Union
5. Australian Greens, Victoria
6. Australian Nursing Federation
7. Australian Services Union
8. Australian Tamil Congress
9. Australian Western Sahara Association
10. Australian Workers Union
11. Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project
12. CEPU (Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union)
13. Darfur Australia Network
14. Edmund Rice Network Victoria
15. Eritrean People’s Movement
16. Eritrean Community Support Group
17. Fitzroy Learning Network
18. Geelong Trades Hall
19. GetUp
20. Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand (GSANZ)
21. GRAIN (Geelong Refugee and Action Network)
22. Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project
23. Humanitarian Crisis Hub
24. Islamic Council of Victoria
25. Labor for Refugees
26. Maritime Union of Australia
27. Middle East Solidarity Group
28. National Tertiary Education Union
29. Queenscliff Rural Australians for Refugees (Queenscliff RAR)
30. Refugee Action Collective
31. Researchers for Asylum Seekers
32. Revolutionary Socialist Party
33. RISE (Refugees, Survivors & Ex-detainees)
34. Socialist Alliance
35. Socialist Alternative
36. Solidarity
37. Surf Coaust Rural Australians for Refugees
38. Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia
39. Tamil Refugee Council
40. Textile, Clothing & Footwear Union
41. These Machines Cut Razorwire
42. United Voice (formerly LHMU)
43. Victorian Council of Churches
44. Victorian Immigrant and Refugees Women’s Coalition