{"id":1322,"date":"2015-06-15T08:26:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T22:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2016-02-07T17:33:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T06:33:29","slug":"world-refugee-day-sunday-21-june-2pm-city-square-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/?p=1322","title":{"rendered":"World Refugee Day &#8211; Sunday 21 June @2pm at City Square, Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>On\u00a0Sunday 21 June\u00a0in the Melbourne CBD there will be a series of Pop-Up Protests and a Finale program protesting Australia\u2019s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Join us \u00a0to call on our politicians to STOP THE CRUELTY, and to protect, not punish refugees.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The main event is at\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2pm\u00a0in the City Square<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 the Finale program of speakers, performance and music, includes Corinne Grant, Rod Quantock, L-FRESH, Les Thomas and other musicians.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Bring a placard or banner \u2013 Stand Up and show your support for Refugees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Bring an old pair of shoes to add to the installation that will be created on the day:\u00a0 WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THEIR SHOES? (at the City Square) \u00a0<\/i><i>All shoes will be donated to charity<\/i><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>We believe we can \u2013 and must &#8211; do better:\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>It\u2019s NOT OK to lock up innocent people\u00a0<\/i>&#8211; CLOSE ALL DETENTION CENTRES<\/p>\n<p><i>It\u2019s NOT OK to hold people \u2013 including babies and children in limbo on Nauru and Manus Island in punishing conditions\u00a0<\/i>&#8211; CLOSE the camps on MANUS ISLAND AND NAURU<\/p>\n<p><i>It\u2019s NOT OK to send people back to places of torture\u00a0<\/i>&#8211; STOP DEPORTING PEOPLE TO DANGER<\/p>\n<p><i>It\u2019s NOT OK to take short cuts with life and death decisions\u00a0<\/i>&#8211; PROVIDE FAIR &amp; THOROUGH PROCESSING OF ALL REFUGEE CLAIMS<\/p>\n<p><i>It\u2019s NOT OK to turn people away when they seek our protection<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>We can welcome refugees &#8230; we can resettle &#8230; we can treat asylum seekers with dignity &#8230;.we MUST stop the cruelty<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>10am: \u00a0\u00a0<i>Stormy Waters<\/i>\u00a0on the Big Screen at Federation Square\u00a0<\/b>\u2013<b>\u00a0<\/b><i>the film highlights the contradiction in our reputation for generosity and our hostility to \u2018boat people\u2019, and calls for the humane treatment of asylum seekers. \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n12.30 \u2013 1.45pm: \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pop-Up Protests<\/span>\u00a0will be happening around the CBD &#8211; details will be posted at\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1619890454964877\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/<wbr \/>events\/1619890454964877\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>1pm\u00a0:\u00a0 Protest at the Liberal Party Offices, 104 Exhibition Street ( Refugee Action Collective)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Want to be involved in a Pop-Up Protest?\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>If you have an idea or plans for a protest, if you would like to join a Pop-Up, or if you can volunteer to be part of the support team, please email Marie at \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:trconcepts@netspace.net.au\" target=\"_blank\">trconcepts@netspace.net.au<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0 We have some pop-up actions which need additional people to make them happen.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Marie Hapke &#8211;\u00a0<i>on behalf of the Organising Group for World Refugee Day<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Refugee Advocacy Network\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>0409 252 673<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/World-Refugee-Day-poster.pdf\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To print out your own leaflets please click this link<a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Refugee-Day-Flyer-FRONT-and-BACK-A4-Blue.pdf\">Refugee Day Flyer FRONT and BACK A4 Blue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On\u00a0Sunday 21 June\u00a0in the Melbourne CBD there will be a series of Pop-Up Protests and a Finale program protesting Australia\u2019s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. \u00a0\u00a0 Join us \u00a0to call on our politicians to STOP THE CRUELTY, and to protect, not punish refugees.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 The main event is at\u00a02pm\u00a0in the City Square\u00a0\u2013 the Finale program of speakers, performance and music, includes Corinne Grant, Rod Quantock, L-FRESH, Les Thomas and other musicians.\u00a0 Bring a placard or banner \u2013 Stand Up&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived-press-releases","category-uncategorized","post-has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Refugee Day - Sunday 21 June @2pm at City Square, Melbourne - Refugee Advocacy Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/?p=1322\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adm1ncontrol\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/?p=1322#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/?p=1322\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"adm1ncontrol\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8421c2cda9cbc056a6d7a3338507e20b\"},\"headline\":\"World Refugee Day &#8211; 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