A notice from the Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD):
CICD 60th anniversary celebrations – Sun 10/11, 2-5pm – Unitarian Peace Memorial Church, 110 Grey St, East Melbourne.
On 10 November 2019 CICD will celebrate 60 years of active campaigning on peace and nuclear disarmament, social justice and much more…
We’d like to invite you to celebrate this with us at our anniversary function.
So, please join us as we continue to fight for peace and to Ban the Bomb!
Speakers include:
Joan Coxsedge: anti war activist jailed for her anti conscription activities, Artist and writer. Member of the Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church, Member of CICD and one of the first two women to be elected to the Legislative Council and first Labor woman MLC.
Professor Joseph Camileri: From Pax Christi, is managing director of Alexandria Agenda, Emeritus Professorat La Trobe University in Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
Bruce McCphie: is a multi-talented activist and was a hardworking and valuable asset to CICD when he was working there. His political understanding of the world was and is outstanding and advanced the anti-imperialist peace aims of CICD.
Bruce continues to be an asset to CICD via his creative blog writing on the state of the world
John Lloyd: Ex Secretary of the CICD during the moratorium period. John is involved with the Vietnam Moratorium 50thAnniversary Committee preparing for its commemoration on 8 May 2020.
Marion Harper: Ex-Hon. Secretary of the Unitarian Peace Memorial Church, campaigner and activist for peace and social justice.
There will be more speakers plenty of food and drinks and music
The celebration will be held on:
Sunday 10 November
2.00 to 5pm
Unitarian Peace Memorial Church
Afternoon tea will be offered at the event
Please RSVP to Romina Beitseen: peacecentre@cicd.org.au or phone Romina on 0414 352 542.