MELBOURNE FILM PREMIERE : INSIDE PEACE - ACMI 3 AUGUST 2017

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.

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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, Federation Square, Melbourne

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

Buddhist services in Victoria - prison chaplaincy, healthcare chaplaincy, education in schools

The Buddhist Council of Victoria

offers a number of services.

BCV Prison Chaplaincy

The BCV has been coordinating Buddhist prison chaplaincy work in Victoria since 2002, when it was approached by Corrections Victoria. Prisoners from the Buddhist faith constitute only a small percentage of the total prison population, less than 5%, or in numerical terms a little over 200 prisoners. There are volunteer chaplains from several different Buddhist communities and traditions visiting prisoners on a regular and 'as-needs' basis. If you are interested in learning more about prison chaplaincy, or becoming involved yourself, please contact the BCV.

BCV Healthcare Chaplaincy

The program aims to provide chaplaincy and spiritual care services for Buddhist patients in hospitals and other major healthcare facilities. The program is currently in development.  If you are interested in finding out more about this program, please contact us or visit the BCV website on www.bcv.org.au

BCV Buddhist Education

The BCV Education program, started in 2004  is a community and donations supported program and delivers quality non-sectarian Buddhist education program within the Victorian Government’s Special Religious Instruction (SRI) in Schools program. The Education program exists to:

• Contribute to the spiritual development of every child while respecting and complementing the on-going education provided by schools and
• Develop wisdom and compassion required to be part of a harmonious and peaceful community.

In keeping with contemporary educational approaches, lessons are built around co-operative and active learning – respecting and drawing on the child’s own experiences.  If you are interested in supporting the Education program by donations or as a volunteer teacher, please contact us for more information.