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On Wednesday 23
January, the AIS Women's Network held its 2nd
annual Women’s Interfaith Dinner. The event was co-organised by a
steering committee comprised of representatives from the following
groups and organisations:
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Australian Intercultural Society
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Moonee Valley Peace Network
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Melbourne Sakya Centre
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Catholic Interfaith Committee
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Australian Catholic University
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Uniting Church Australia
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Council of Jewish Women
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Anti Defamation Commission
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Trinity College
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Victoria Police Multicultural Advisory
Unit
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Temple Beth Israel
The
program included an opening speech by Leonie Christopherson from the
National Council of Women, and a panel of speeches around the theme:
Cultural diversity - Challenges Facing Us as Women. Speakers included:
Christian speaker: Reverend Jean Penman.
Jewish speaker: Melanie Landau
Muslim speaker: Fulya Celik
There were also cultural and musical items, including a Christian Solo
Artist, Teresa Brown with guitarist Sharon Templeton, an Israeli Dance
Performance by the ZOOZ Israeli Dance group and a Turkish dance group,
who performed a traditional ‘kina gecesi’ (hen’s night). Both the
speeches and the performances were very warmly received by the audience,
with many people commenting on the need to continue these kinds of
activities.
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