Monthly Archives: June 2010

Ogaden Cultural Day Event

As part of Refugee Week celebrations, the Melbourne Ogaden community invite you to celebrate and learn about their background, culture and stories. The evening event will include guest speakers and a screening of the documentary ‘Silent Cry’ about the human rights abuses currently occurring in the Ogaden region, as well as food and musical performances [...]

If you were faced with this choice, you would get on a boat too

RISE Media Release 25/05/20 Many politicians and so called experts have weighed into the debate about what drives people to leave their homes and risk their lives on a boat. But the voices of the affected communities have not been heard. RISE is an organisation set up by survivors of war, border crossings and immigration [...]