Maribyrnong Detention Centre Visit – 12 September
Please visit the Facebook event to register, or alternatively, please email detention@crossingborders.org.au Find out about the Detention Centre Visits Program
Climate, Health and Change – Double Movie Night!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1898905517042117 You’ve heard about climate change – the science, the facts, how it all works. The melting polar caps. The extinction of exotic species in the Amazon. Boo hoo. But have you considered that climate change is now being described as the greatest health threat of the 21st century – that it impacts resources and…
2017 Refugee Health Symposium a Success
As the Education team, we are passionate about promoting the cause of refugee asylum seeker welfare and aim to contribute to greater awareness of the treatment of those in asylum. By holding education seminars featuring key speakers throughout the year, we endeavour to help educate others on the reality of the refugee crisis and the…
Crossing Borders 2017 Welcome Event
Let Them Stay: Empty Hashtag, or Opportunity for Change?
Come along to our first education event of the year, where we will discuss the future of #LetThemStay and refugee policy in Australia. With speakers including: – Tasneem Chopra, Corss Cultural Consultant – Lachlan Marshall, Refugee Action Collective – Dr. Joanne Gardiner, Refugee Health Fellow It’s an opportunity not to be missed! When: Wednesday, 27th…
2016 Welcome Event
Come along to our 2016 Welcome Event to find out more about who we are and what we do! When: Tuesday 15th March, 5:30pm – 7pm Where: Gryphon Gallery, Mezzanine Floor, 1888 Building, University of Melbourne Parkview campus
HOME
This is a project run over 2014 by the Arts Centre Melbourne, culminating in January 2015 as an exhibition of thousands of tiny wooden houses scattered across the Arts Centre lawn. It explores and celebrates our notions of home and what this may mean to us as individuals, families and communities. Crossing Borders is working with…
BBQ
Fundraising BBQs are a great way to raise money for our various programs and the charities we support. Keep your ears out in the bulletin and on our Facebook page for our next BBQ – after all you can never have too many cooks!
AFRAM Involvement
Shared Meals
Each month we run a meal share at the two “Sanctuaries” run by Baptcare, which are the current homes of some local refugees and people seeking asylum. One is in Brunswick on the third Tuesday of the month and the other is at Preston on the fourth Thursday of the month. 6pm until around 7.30pm….