Walk Together - 25th October - Welcome to Australia

[boris1gary]

What a great idea, some postive action after weeks of negative, hateful words and actions. Click on the link for times and places.

http://walktogether.welcometoaustralia.org.au/

Walk Together takes place on Saturday 25 October.

In cities and regional centres all over Australia, you’re invited to join this celebration of diversity and present a picture to our leaders and media of the Australia that is possible. An Australia that recognises in its public debate, media conversation and legislation that we are all common people with common dreams. Equally deserving of freedom, fairness, opportunity to contribute, welcome and belonging.

We are common people with common dreams.

We believe Australians are a welcoming, generous and compassionate people. We believe an Australia where prejudice is unpopular and cruelty hurts at the polls, is possible. An Australia that recognises the equality and dignity of all people - no matter who you are, where you’re from or how you arrived here – and extends our values of fairness and friendship to everyone. We dream of a nation that celebrates diversity, made up of communities where people of our First Nations, asylum seekers, refugees, international students, skilled migrants and every other human being can experience the joy and security of belonging.

[softail-joanie]

In cities and regional centres all over Australia, you’re invited to join this celebration of diversity and present a picture to our leaders and media of the Australia that is possible. An Australia that recognises in its public debate, media conversation and legislation that we are all common people with common dreams. Equally deserving of freedom, fairness, opportunity to contribute, welcome and belonging.

We are common people with common dreams.

We believe Australians are a welcoming, generous and compassionate people. We believe an Australia where prejudice is unpopular and cruelty hurts at the polls, is possible. An Australia that recognises the equality and dignity of all people - no matter who you are, where you’re from or how you arrived here – and extends our values of fairness and friendship to everyone. We dream of a nation that celebrates diversity, made up of communities where people of our First Nations, asylum seekers, refugees, international students, skilled migrants and every other human being can experience the joy and security of belonging.

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Be careful, you almost have me wanting to move there. Don't seem anything like here.

See something- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up0uamWkdi0

say something- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LszSUBZZfEY

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[bluecat*dancing]

What  a brilliant idea. I'll be going to the Melbourne one.

[boris1gary]

Flygalfunfactor,  funny and sad at the same time. I just watched a doco on the kkk, I thought they were well over. The spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Centre hit the nail on the head - they are a terrorist organisation and have been from almost the very beginning. I don't think they would be legal here, at least I hope not. 

[pct001wine]

What a great idea. I'm down for the Adelaide event.

I guarantee you won't see any "If you don't love it, leave" t-shirts.

Wonder how many whingers are going, no, they'll be busy spamming the boards with messages of hate and division.

[karliandjacko]

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@pct001wine wrote:

What a great idea. I'm down for the Adelaide event.

I guarantee you won't see any "If you don't love it, leave" t-shirts.

Wonder how many whingers are going, no, they'll be busy spamming the boards with messages of hate and division.

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I wouldn't mind sending a few of those shirts to Abbott, Corperson, Hockey and Abetz since they seem to hate Australians with passion.

[cherry*135]

Thanks for that info boris.

The other day I went for a walk around the Harbour/Blowhole area, it was a lovely sunny day and it was nice to see lots of residents & tourists out enjoying themselves.. lots of different nationalities, backpackers, families having picnics & bbq's. Took some photos for the step thread while I was there.

[boris1gary]

Don't forget - 

[purplecarrot-top]

Will try to make it to the Brisbane March.

[boris1gary]

What a lovely day, all walked through town together - a mix of ages then down to the beach and back up to one of our parks. Speakers, dancers and of course lots of food. One of the speakers was from the Democratic Republic of Congo who had spent some years in a refugee camp in Uganda,  I was surprised and ashamed that refugees are treated so much better in such a poorer country than ours. Hopefully that was the first of many Walk Togethers to come.