Refugee Week 2015

June 14-20
Program

Proudly supported by:

The Womens Circus
Yarraville Community Centre
Victoria University
Footscray Rotary Club
Cohealth
The Sun Theatre

Front images from the winners of the

2014 Refugee Week Art Competition
Shown from top to bottom:
First Prize: Siam Yensukjitt
Viva
Wilton

Vishanth

These events are FREE unless otherwise listed

For more information contact Council on 9688 0200 or visit

www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/refugeeweek

Sunday 14 June
Womens Swim
Night

6.30-8.00pm
Maribyrnong Aquatic
Centre
1 Aquatic Drive,
Maribyrnong

Come to the Womens Swim Night where blinds and screens ensure
a visually secure swimming experience. Gain access to the pools, spa,
sauna and steam room. Children are welcome (boys up to six years
of age only). For more information visit: http://www.maribyrnong.vic.
gov.au/Womens_Swim_Nights

Monday 15 June
Somewhere, Now Theatre and Music
Workshop at the Womens Circus

10.30am-12.30pm
The Drill Hall,
395 Barkly Street, West Footscray

Somewhere, Now is a free workshop for women

from refugee, asylum seeker and newly arrived
communities. Come and enjoy music, dance,
theatre and circus activities. Have fun, relax,
laugh and meet a group of wonderful women!
Children are also welcome to attend (with their
mothers/ carers).

Tuesday 16 June
Refugee Womens Voices from
Vietnam and Africa

40 Years of Vietnamese Settlement

Exhibition 16 20 June

10.00am-12.00pm

Launch 4.00pm

Yarraville Community Centre

59 Francis Street, Yarraville
Listen to the arrival and settlement stories of
African and Asian refugees in Australia. Engage
with our community and experience the sounds,
tastes and images from refugee lives and share
memories of being back in their motherland.

MetroWest
138 Nicholson St, Footscray
A mobile exhibition focusing on successful
integration stories in Australia through the
lens of local Vietnamese Australians.

Wednesday 17 June
Welcome Tour for Asylum Seekers
and Refugees

10.00am
Meet at Footscray Library
Discover Footscrays rich history of refugee
influence on local cuisine. Walk with us
cohealth workers, refugees, and asylum seekers
- to see and hear about local foodie delights and
how refugees and newly arrived immigrants
have contributed to Footscray being one of
Melbournes top eats. For more information call:
9377 7100.

Lunch Time Conversation Series

12:30pm
Alternative sessions on Wednesday 17
Thursday 18 and Friday 19 June
MetroWest
138 Nicholson St, Footscray
Hear from artist Cuong Nguyen, business
man Wing La and The Venerable Thich
Phuoc Tan, three influential contributors to
Footscrays thriving Art, Business and Religious
communities.

Movie Screenings: Tofu Man, Samba

Bilingual Preschool Story time

7:00pm

11.00am-11.45am

Sun Theatre
8 Ballarat St, Yarraville
Tofu Man, the five minute short film shot on a
mobile phone, will screen before Samba, a French
comedy-drama about the life of a migrant who
travelled from Senegal to France. Starring Omar Sy
and Charlotte Gainsbourg. For more information
visit: http://www.suntheatre.com.au/

Central West Shopping Centre

67 Ashley St Braybrook VIC 3019
Bring your children along to listen to a bilingual
storyteller perform songs, rhymes and read stories
in both English and Mandarin.

Thursday 18 June
Welcome Refugee Banner Reveal

9.00-10.00am
Maribyrnong Council Offices
Corner Hyde and Napier Streets, Footscray

Enjoy a morning of African drumming and

a light morning tea to celebrate the Welcome
Refugee message.

Friday 19 June
Human Rights Conversation Series
Panel Discussion

The Welcome Group Fundraiser

10.00am-12.00pm

MetroWest
138 Nicholson St, Footscray
The Welcome Group is a non politics, non
denominational community group aiming to
support refugees and to humanise the debate.
Come and enjoy live poetry and story reading by
some of our Melbourne based refugee friends and
get to know the work that the Welcome Group does.

MetroWest
138 Nicholson St, Footscray
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
214 218 Nicholson St, Footscray
This panel will hear from Kon Karapanagiotidis,
director of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre,
Isabel Fitzgerald, former projects advisor at the
Human Rights Commission and two former
asylum seekers. The discussion will be followed
by the StreetWORKS mural launch at the Asylum
Seeker Resource Centre.

Creating a Welcome
Craft Winter Market

11.00am-6.00pm
MetroWest
138 Nicholson St, Footscray
Creating a welcome, are a loose-knit community
of crafters, artists and other makers-of-things,
who have held several crafternoons to engage the
community in creating crafts to sell at the Winter
Market. All funds raised will be donated to the
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Footscray.

6:00pm

The Good Lie Movie Night

6:00pm
Braybrook Community Hub
107 Churchill Ave, Braybrook
In this yet to be released film starring Reese
Witherspoon, four young Sudanese refugees
are helped by Carrie Davis after they win a lottery
for relocation to the United States. Cost: Gold
coin donation to be donated to Asylum Seeker
Resource Centre with free popcorn on entry.
Bookings essential at http://maribyrnong.
eventbrite.com.au and for enquiries please
call 9188 5850.

Saturday 20 June
Footscray
Community Bike
Shed Fun Day

11.00am-3.00pm

Mills Close, Footscray

Join in on the Fun Day as donated bikes are repaired and presented to
refugees and asylum seekers who have completed a bike road safety course.
Donate old bikes, volunteer or just come along and enjoy a BBQ lunch.

Running throughout the festival

Beyond Borders, Heartlands 2015
Seeking Safety & Michael Adonai
Haile

30 May to 28 June
Footscray Community Arts Centre
45 Moreland St, Footscray

A Polaroid paste-up by photographer Tobias Titz,

the 2015 Heartlands photographic exhibition and
a unique presentation of Coptic art from Michael
Adonai Haile highlight Footscray Community
Arts Centres Refugee Week activities.