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Refugee and Migrant Sunday 2008: Iraq

 

 

 

 

1. Download the 2008 RMS Education Kit!

2. Download the 2008 RMS Worship Resources!

This education kit is designed to be informative and inspiring. It provides information for schools, churches and the wider community about refugees. The kit is prepared for Refugee and Migrant Sunday (31 August 2008), but it can be used at any time of the year.

This year’s kit looks at the ongoing conflict in Iraq and assesses the impact five years after the US-led invasion on 19 March 2003. It describes the violent civil war sparked by the invasion and the grim future facing Iraq’s civilians and refugees. You can use this sheet to:

• Reflect on the refugee crisis

• Raise awareness of the situation

• Find out more and take action

• Hold a worship service (see p. 11)

Refugee and Migrant Sunday is an ecumenical program designed to raise awareness of the plight of refugees and displaced peoples. It is held every year in hundreds of churches around Australia to raise awareness and support for refugees.

Events:

Sydney

Unheard Voices: Australia's Role in Iraq's Growing Refugee Crisis- Thursday August 28- More Information

Melbourne

Festival of Refugees: Sunday August 31- More Information 

 

What is Refugee and Migrant Sunday?

Refugee and Migrant Sunday is a celebration of the contribution refugees have made to Australia that is held every year in thousands of churches around Australia. Each year, the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) produces an Education Kit (see above) for parishes and the wider community that contains education sheets and education and liturgical resources to help celebrate the day and take further action.

Contact your nearest Refugee Program worker to order a kit or find out more!

What can Parishes do on Refugee and Migrant Sunday?

  • Celebrate Refugee and Migrant Sunday in your local church on 26 August 2008 (or thereabouts) with a special ecumenical liturgy highlighting refugees and displaced people.
  • 'Welcome the stranger' in your parish or community by organising an event with friends, family and refugees and asylum seekers from your area.
  • Reflect on the ecumenical liturgy and information sheets provided in the education kit and pray and act for the plight of uprooted people.
  • Take action in support of refugees - see the kit for ideas or contact your local ecumenical council refugee program officer for information on church and community intiatives.
  • Volunteer to help asylum seekers and refugees in the community.
  • Support the National Program on Refugees and Dispaced People (Click Here)

What can Schools do on Refugee and Migrant Sunday?

  • Educate your students using the kit below
  • Write a letter for your school newspaper
  • Hold a class debate on a refugee issue
  • speak at your school assembly
  • Organise a fundraising event

Australians have always welcomed the stranger. Refugee and Migrant Sunday aims to make that welcome official.

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