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#WorthASecondChance screens In My Blood It Runs
Our #WorthASecondChance campaign would like to invite you to attend a private screening of the powerful award-winning documentary, ‘In My Blood it Runs’ directed by Maya Newell and staring 10 year old child-healer Dujuan Hoosan. In the film, Dujuan shares his wisdom of history and the complex world around him, as well as his spark and intelligence. Yet Dujuan is ‘failing’ in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police. As he travels perilously close to incarceration, his family fight to give him a strong Arrernte education alongside his western education lest he becomes another statistic.
Recognising connection the key to social justice
For Social Justice Week, ANDY HAMILTON SJ writes that recognising the complex interplay between interpersonal justice, social justice and ecological justice is the key to living in harmony with each other and our world.
Youth justice targets to reduce number of young people in detention vital in light of new spending data
Read our statement on the need to introduce targets reduce the number of young people in detention. The Victorian Government must set public targets to reduce the number of young people in detention, on remand and who re-offend after exiting the youth justice system, in light of a new report that shows an almost doubling of spending on youth detention services over the last four years, says Jesuit Social Services.
The abuse of people in detention happens in secret; OPCAT findings must be made public
Across Australia, we have seen too many examples where people have been abused by the very people supposed to watch over them. A new report by the Australian OPCAT Network, of which Jesuit Social Services is a member, outlines concerns about the potential for people to be mistreated while in detention. It highlights that findings from an impending investigation by the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture must be made public, writes Jesuit Social Services’ Advocacy Manager VANESSA WILLIAMS.
Volunteer at the Jesuit Social Services Annual Dinner
The Jesuit Social Services Annual Dinner will be held on Saturday 14h March at 7:00pm in the MCG Members Dining Room.
The Annual Dinner is our organisation’s biggest fundraiser of the year and welcomes around 400 guests. The Honourable Bernard Teague, AO, will be delivering the Frank Costigan keynote address and Tim Lane returns as our MC.
Each year we invite interested staff members to attend the Dinner in a work capacity. It’s a great evening and an opportunity to see the wide range of stakeholders, supporters, donors and sector leaders who support Jesuit Social Services.
- John Adams, our GM - Northern Territory, had a comment piece published in the Centralian Advocate newspaper about the role we all play in ensuring young people feel welcome and connected to community. Read it here.
- John Adams also spoke to ABC Alice Springs radio about the best way to support young people in trouble and some of the effective work being done in the Territory to keep young people in the community and ensure detention is only ever used as a last resort. Listen to it here (at the one hour mark).
- February 13 marked the 12-year anniversary of the Anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generation. Andy Hamilton SJ writes. for Catholic Outlook, that the Apology has set a standard by which we can measure the treatment of Indigenous Australians today. Read it here.
