Dear friends,
For those based in Melbourne - see below for a documentary which might be of interest to you, shared by Australians for Peace.
I will be going along - it looks like it will be very interesting.
If you have events you'd like me to share with the group, let me know and I will be happy to do so.
Wishing you all well.
In peace,
Nivy
Nivy Balachandran
Regional Coordinator, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
Part time - Office days are Wednesday and Friday.
Phone: +61 433 238 406 | Skype: nivy.bala | www.uri.org
URI is a global grassroots interfaith network that cultivates peace and justice by engaging people to bridge religious and cultural differences and work together for the good of their communities and the world.
Regional Coordinator, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
Part time - Office days are Wednesday and Friday.
Phone: +61 433 238 406 | Skype: nivy.bala | www.uri.org
URI is a global grassroots interfaith network that cultivates peace and justice by engaging people to bridge religious and cultural differences and work together for the good of their communities and the world.
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We would like to invite the Australians for Peace (A4P) Board Members as our special guests to the Melbourne premiere of an award-winning documentary at ACMI on Thursday 3rd August.
We thought you may be interested in the film, which is about an education program that assists people in dealing with the ups and downs of daily life. A Texas prison is an unlikely setting for an educational program, but the multi award-winning documentary Inside Peace focuses on a peace education program run in the prison which has generated surprising results.
Filmmaker Cynthia Fitzpatrick follows the lives of several inmates within the Dominguez State prison in San Antonio, Texas as they cope inside and outside of prison after being released. Fitzpatrick says the peace program impacted the prisoners on many levels which resulted in reduced violence, better personal skills and less chance of former inmates reoffending.
The film illustrates how effective the peace program is for ‘hardened’ criminals with intergenerational experiences of hardship, poverty, drugs, violence and disadvantage. The program currently runs in 74 countries, including Australia and New Zealand, and is equally effective in many settings, including social services, drug rehabilitation, returned military services, retirement hospitals and welfare organisations.
The program has the potential to improve personal wellbeing and community safety across a wide variety of settings.
Location: ACMI
Time and Date: Thursday, 3rd August at 7.15 pm
Tickets: Click here to book your tickets through Try Booking.
If you’d like to be our guests, first choose any ticket type, then click next and enter the complimentary code COMP~
Looking forward to seeing you at the Melbourne premiere of Inside Peace.
Regards
Dawn Rees
On behalf of Southern Events Inc.
PS: Would you kindly forward this invitation to the other A4P Board Members?
For enquiries contact events@southernevents.net.au
The Inside Peace Premiere is presented by Southern Events Inc., a not-for-profit organisation involved in promoting community events in Melbourne
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