{"id":4747,"date":"2025-04-26T17:27:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T07:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2025-04-26T17:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T07:28:33","slug":"2025-palm-sunday-action-for-justice-and-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/?p=4747","title":{"rendered":"2025 Palm Sunday Action for Justice and Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"863\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tile-for-social-media-Palm-Sunday-2025-Melbourne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tile-for-social-media-Palm-Sunday-2025-Melbourne.jpg 863w, https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tile-for-social-media-Palm-Sunday-2025-Melbourne-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tile-for-social-media-Palm-Sunday-2025-Melbourne-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tile-for-social-media-Palm-Sunday-2025-Melbourne-228x111.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 1000 people attended the Palm Sunday action for Justice and Kindness in Melbourne.\u00a0 Comedian and social justice advocate Tom Ballard was MC for a rich program with refugee speakers, special guest Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs, students and faith representatives, with music by<br>Sebastian, Eldalkatur, Melbourne Drumming Circles and Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information stalls included&nbsp; Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project, Free West Papua, Mayoral and Councillor Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum, Palestine Australia Relief &amp; Action (PARA), QAIM Foundation, Refugee Advocacy Network, SisterWorks, and Women for Change.&nbsp; And food by Egyptian Tummies !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see more photos at the links here\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/14z1HJZ4n_8TYFCtFdC4qefxDI7HogvaM?usp=sharing\">Melbourne Palm Sunday 2025 Photos by Paul Dunn LRJ<\/a>.\u00a0 Let Paul know if you want any high res photos &#8211; contact by <a href=\"mailto:pauldunnphotography@outlook.com\">email here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Photos were also taken by Sumi \u2013 full set here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/VdYj5RsJ8fTKQdFR7\">Melbourne Palm Sunday 2025 photos by Sumi<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Sumi can be contacted by <a href=\"mailto:sumivig591@gmail.com\">emailing here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Both Paul Dunn and Sumitra Vignaendra would appreciate being credited if their photos are being use online.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 1000 people attended the Palm Sunday action for Justice and Kindness in Melbourne.\u00a0 Comedian and social justice advocate Tom Ballard was MC for a rich program with refugee speakers, special guest Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs, students and faith representatives, with music bySebastian, Eldalkatur, Melbourne Drumming Circles and Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Information stalls included&nbsp; Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project, Free West Papua, Mayoral and Councillor Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum, Palestine Australia Relief &amp; Action (PARA),&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9192194,"featured_media":4748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","post-has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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