ANTaR (ACT) Update # 26 (January 23rd, 1998)

hi ANTaR supporters, just a couple of things you may be interested in which will be happening over this long weekend: 1. Sorry Books launch, 26th Jan. 2. Dawn ceremony with the Governor General =============================== 1. Sorry Books launch, 26th Jan. =============================== Australians for Native Title are launching the "Sorry Books" on the 26th Jan in Sydney. Sorry Books will give ordinary Australians the chance to record their personal apologies fpr past wrongs done to Indigenous peoples, including the Stolen Generation and their families. People can simply sign their name and record a message. The launch will be in Sydney on the 26th Jan in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art at Circular Quay. With the help pf ANTaR, the Sorry Books will then move around the country for a national collection of signatures so that the sum of individual expressions of apology might become a national apology. The Human Rights Commission is building the Sorry Books into its program for the National Sorry Day on May 26th. The books will be separately bound and use archival paper, and will be handed over as part of the launch. If you would like to run a Sorry Book campaign please let us know. We will be getting one here and making it available, but there is the option of getting more books if necessary. ========================================== 2. Dawn ceremony with the Governor General ========================================== sponsored by ACT Heads of Churches and the Koori Commission 7.00am Monday 26th January Tent of Meeting, Blackall St Barton (off Kings Av.) 40 min ceremony followed by a BBQ breakfast provided by Rotary for which there will be a small charge Further info 6288 8948 ========================= ANTaR ACT Contact Details: ========================= Community Aid Abroad 6257 4472 (bh), or Cate Buchanan 6247 0164 (h) e-mail: antaract@interline.com.au websites: http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~kzw121/antar/ (ACT) http://www.antar.org.au (national) ANTaR - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation *****Please forward this message on to other interested people****** *****GETTING ON/OFF THIS LIST: If you would like to be included on or taken off this list please email your request to antaract@interline.com.au and it will be done. Last modified: Tuesday, 12-Sep-2000 21:05:14 EST