Tom Uren AC Memorial Lecture
Sun, 20 June
|Balmain
Senator Patrick Dodson will deliver the annual Tom Uren AC Memorial Lecture, on Sunday 20 June at Balmain Town Hall.
Time & Location
20 June 2021, 1:30 pm
Balmain, 370 Darling St, Balmain NSW 2041, Australia
About The Event
This year Senator Patrick Dodson, Shadow Assistant Minister for Reconciliation and Shadow Assistant Minister for Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians, will deliver the annual Tom Uren AC Memorial Lecture, at 2pm on Sunday 20 June at Balmain Town Hall.
This year’s lecture celebrates what would have been the year of Tom Uren’s 100th birthday, which is 28 May 2021.
Senator Patrick Dodson is a Yawuru man from Broome. He has dedicated his life work to being an advocate for constructive relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples based on mutual respect, understanding and dialogue. He is a recipient of the Sydney International Peace prize.
Senator Dodson has served as Director of the Central and Kimberley Land Councils and as a Commissioner in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. He also served as inaugural Chair of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and as Co-Chair of the Expert Panel for Constitutional…