Tent Embassy meeting, november 2015
Arrive on the 18th wednsday - 25th – wednsday
Saturday 21st, sunday 22nd main meetings days
This is a chance for our Elders & Lore people to speak up. We invite and support the opportunity whole heartedly for our people to have their say and for our united voice to make a difference.
Calling representatives from all countries, all nations. Elders, warriors and young mob, black and white. Come together. Connect. Unity as one.
This meeting is for everybody to get on the same page nationally on all issues affecting our people today.
How would we like the country to look in 100 years ?
Moving to Governance now by way of treaty
This is an invitation to attend a one week meeting to produce a bound document.
Report back from your communities and share knowledge.
Take information back to your people. We will distribute our document all around the country and to the parliament.
We are calling for elected representation on all Aboriginal & land issues.
We will produce a bound mandate on all issues outlining what the (Ab)Original people of today actually want for their communities and we will use this document to mandate the government to follow through with decisive and immediate action.
All days of the conference will have live skype chats for internet link up with all people from all regions.
Please set up an account at www.skype.com to participate in the online meetings.
Bring a flag to represent your mob.
NATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY. January 26th "Coroboree of Culture" - reignite the dancing spirit at parliament.
Call out for dance troupes to represent the past and future in our new dance circle , musicians & storytellers
Gather from 20th to 27th of January
Invitation for Artists to bring art for display in the new public embassy gallery which you may leave on display with a price tag if you wish to support your travels and your mob. The embassy art gallery will be open every day from now on.
Aboriginal Tent Embassy
1 King George Terrace
Parkes, ACT
"Aboriginal people are now faced with a new danger of extinction and denial, by the present Federal government for Mr Abbott, like his predecessor John Howard has set on a crusade to abolish aboriginal identification and ownership.
It is now time that Aboriginal people as a nation of one come together at a joint summit to discuss all these issues.
If we can bring the mob together then we need to call on the last elected body that we had to step up and be the leaders we long for.
I propose that we call all of the last elected ASTIC chairpeople to attend a joint summit at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy before the end of parliament this year to discuss and to review the issues that we now face, and to re-establish the 10 point plan program set down by Ferguson Paterson many years ago.
We need to act now and not later for if we sit back and allow this government to continue its onslaught to Aboriginal resources, and all this that we are facing today began with John Howard, so we need to step back in time to the days of solidarity and raise again as that group did in the late days of the 60s and early 70s and confront the situation as one nation. This will give each group the opportunity to have a say."
Patrick Lock
Son of an Ngunnawal woman
Leaders of the past teaching leaders of the future.
Our old people are waiting for this to happen. Lets find the light at the end of tunnel.
Regional meetings
September 11 Alice Springs (first nations freedom summit) - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Sovereign union November 21 in Old Parliament House – Michael Anderson
(email us with details of your meetings)
report back via Skype link from regional meetings that are happening concurrently during the november gathering. All days in november will have live skype chats 24/7 for link up with all people from all regions.
Skype : sovereign.embassy72
Preliminary meeting to discuss agendas in october via skype and online communications through the website live broadcast for those who it is too difficult to physically attend via skype.
Sunday 18th & Monday 19th October for the Skype link up to discuss agenda issues & work shops
Please Set up an account at www.skype.com
for yourself or your tribe to participate in the online meetings.
link up on Facebook via Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Dates & times for Live link up (Eastern Standard Times)
Friday November 20 - 6pm
Saturday November 21 - 2pm-4pm – 6pm-8pm
Sunday November 22 - 10am – 4pm
Plan to find a public space such as a library, school or council chambers for linking up with the meeting
Contact : sovereignembassy@yandex.com
Skype : sovereign.embassy72
www.sovereignembassy.com
