This community event calls for justice, respect and kindness, and for communities in which everyone can feel safe and respected, including refugees and people seeking asylum.

This event is in the long tradition of calling for peace and social justice on Palm Sunday.  

1pm:   Gather on Princes Bridge with banners and placards

1.30pm:   Walk to Lower Terrace, Birrarung Marr (near the ‘Angel’ sculpture)

2pm - 3.30pm:   Main program - speakers, music and stalls at Lower Terrace, Birrarung Marr

The event will affirm the strength of our multicultural and diverse communities. Everyone in Australia  should be able to be confident that we will be treated fairly, and that their human rights will be respected, by the government, and by other community members.   We want Australia to remain a welcoming place for all, and especially for those who come here to find safety.   We must not allow fear and division to tear at the rich fabric of our multicultural society.

We will also be calling for the fair treatment of refugees and people seeking refugee protection.    

Speakers will include Alice Pung (author “Growing up Asian in Australia”), and Cr Mohamed Semra, (now Mayor of Maribyrnong), a young Sudanese Australian who arrived as a child refugee.  The program will also include musicians and refugee speakers.

To view the Stronger Together Information leaflet, please CLICK HERE

To view the Stronger Together poster, please CLICK HERE