Yesterday we had Chris and Sam Baker Evans from the InnerCHANGE team in Cambodia come and visit us. They have been living in Phnom Penh, trying to help locals resist illegal evictions. Chris and Sam said that many poor people in Cambodia are having their land taken from them and sold by the government to [...]
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This is my friend Ash, in a Today Tonight story on dumpster diving:
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Tonight after our Seeds City Mob dinner we went dumpster diving. We decided to try around Brunswick because I went there a couple of years ago with some of the Jesus Christians. (They were pretty much living off food from dumpsters.) It was more difficult to find accessible dumpsters than it was two years ago, [...]
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Simon has done a post about the vigil he and Jess organised at British Aerospace as part of NCYC. Read it here.
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Squatters occupying three Melbourne University-owned houses in Carlton – evicted in an early-morning police operation today – have threatened to occupy other university sites to highlight the plight of homeless students.
The whole article, from today’s Age, is here.
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The Charlotte Observer has an interesting article about a group of activists in Miami called Take Back the Land, who are helping homeless people move into foreclosed homes:
Max Rameau delivers his sales pitch like a pro. “All tile floor!” he says during a recent showing. “And the living room, wow! It has great blinds.”
But in [...]
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Went up to Carlton again yesterday afternoon, to the Indigenous Hospitality House. Mehrin was moving in there today. She is staying there in November, to work out if she wants to live and work there next year.
While I was on my way up to Carlton I saw some Tamil people marching, trying to draw attention [...]
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Age from morepraxis has done a good post in response to feedback he’s been getting about people who are going to NCYC (National Christian Youth Convention) in January, but are worried about being involved in the polictical stuff:
The question comes in a few forms …. I am scared of being arrested, yelled at, looked at…. [...]
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Just a reminder that Mission Exposure Week is coming up (September 20-26).
The Residential Community at Urban Seed would like to invite you to spend a week with us. Urban Seed is a community of Christians trying to connect with their neighbours in Melbourne’s CBD, with a priority for the poor.
As a guest, you will be [...]
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