Stand together for Justice and Kindness - Palm Sunday 2025
Schedule
Sun Apr 13 2025 at 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm
UTC+10:00Location
Tom's Block - St Kilda Road Opposite Victorian College of the Arts | Melbourne, VI
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Palm Sunday 2025 – 13 April join the Palm Sunday Gathering – Stand up for Justice and Kindness, and a Fair Go for Refugees and People seeking asylum.
1.45 Arrive at Tom’s Block, St Kilda Road, opposite the Victorian College of the Arts. Music by Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir.
BYO picnic rug or chair ! Good tram services on St Kilda Road - and accessible drop off point on Linlithgow Ave.
2-3pm Program of music and speakers including refugees and Gillian Triggs AC formerly Australian Human Rights Commissioner and UNHCR Commissioner.
MC: Tom Ballard comedian and human rights supporter
3-3.30pm Music continues, information stalls and activities
Prior to the program you can participate in a Banner Display at 1pm with Riff Raff Band on Princes Bridge (near Concert Hall) followed by the walk to Tom’s Block for the program
You can drop your chair or rug at Tom’s Block from 12noon if you are attending the Banner Display and Walk
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Over 80 organisations and groups endorse this event.
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Organised by the Refugee Advocacy Network and supported by:
Academics for Refugees
African Think Tank Inc
africaus Youth and Community Services
Amnesty International Australia
Amnesty International Australia, Bendigo Group
Anakbayan Melbourne
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce
Australian Refugee Action Network
Australian Western Sahara Association
Back Your Neighbour Campaign
Bayan Australia
Bayside Refugee Advocacy and Support Association
Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project
Brunswick Uniting Church Council
CaseyCardinia for Refugees
Catholic Social Services Victoria
Combined Refugee Action Group
ETHOS Centre For Christianity & Society
Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria – ECCV
Faith Communities Council of Victoria
Free Palestine Melbourne
Freedom Socialist Party
Gabriela Australia
Grandmothers for Refugees
Grandmothers for Refugees – Bendigo
Iranian Women’s Association
Islamic Council of Victora
Jesuit Social Services / CAPSA
Jews For Refugees
Justice and Freedom for Ceylon Tamils
Kommonground Inc.
Labor for Refugees
Liberty Victoria
Love Makes A Way
Mayoral & Councillor Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum
Melbourne City Churches In Action – MCCIA
Melbourne Eritrean United Community
Merri-bek City Council
Migrante Australia
Migrante Melbourne
Missionary Sisters of Service
Montmorency Asylum Seekers Support Group
Mums for Refugees
National Amnesty Refugee Network – NARN
Northsiders with Refugees
Pax Christi Victoria
Philippine Caucus for Peace
Philippines Australia Solidarity Association – PASA
Quakers Victoria (Religious Society of Friends)
Radical Women
Refugee Action Collective – RAC Vic
Refugee Advocacy Network
Refugee Council of Australia
Refugee Legal
Rural Australians for Refugees – National
Rural Australians for Refugees – Apollo Bay
Rural Australians for Refugees – Ballarat
Rural Australians for Refugees – Bendigo
Rural Australians for Refugees – Castlemaine
Rural Australians for Refugees – Macedon Ranges
Rural Australians for Refugees – Mansfield
Rural Australians for Refugees – Queenscliff
Rural Australians for Refugees – South Gippsland
Rural Australians for Refugees – Trentham
Sisters of the Good Samaritan
Social Responsibilities Committee, Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
Socialist Alliance
Solidarity with Asylum Seekers in Australia
St Paul’s Cathedral
The Salvation Army Australia Territory
Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania
Uniting Vic.Tas
Victorian Council of Churches
Xavier Social Justice Network
Yarra City Council
Young Mercy Links Victoria
Unions:
AEU - Australian Education Union-Victorian Branch
ANMF Victorian Branch (Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation)
ASU - Australian Services Union - Victorian and Tasmanian
Authorities and Services Branch
Australian Unions for Western Sahara
HACSU – Health and Community Services Union
IEU – Independent Education Union Victoria Tasmania
NTEU – National Tertiary Education Union, Victorian Division
UWU - United Workers Union
Victorian Trades Hall Council
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Where is it happening?
Tom's Block - St Kilda Road Opposite Victorian College of the Arts, Toms Block, Linlithgow Ave, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia,Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
