A Possible
Second SE Asia Oceania Australasia Small Island, Estuarine and
Coastal Waters People Healing Trauma Gathering
in NE Australia
A Laceweb
initiative
Written
1995. Last updated April 2014.
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The
events and gatherings outlined for June and July 2000 in the following
sections all occurred.
One write up of
the action is contained in Communal
Ways for Healing the World under the date 16 June 2000.
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Possibilities
Ideas are
evolving for a June 2000 Following-on Gathering to an international event
held in the Atherton Tablelands during June 1994. The proposed gathering may
be called The Second SE Asia Oceania Australasia Small Island, Estuarine and
Coastal Waters People Healing Trauma Gathering. The first gathering in
1994 was funded by the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
The proposed
Gathering may be hosted by Bougainvillians, East Timorese, West Papuans and
Hmong Vietnamese people living in the Cairns district of NE Australia. The
proposed theme for the gathering is 'Supporting Survivors of Torture and
Trauma. The hosts are all people who are themselves survivors of trauma
The Gathering
can be in support of the June 26 UN Day Supporting Victims of Torture and
Trauma as well as the UN International Year for the Culture of Peace and the
thanksgiving to remember cultural diversity in developing a rich and
harmonious international life and 'the importance of gratitude in the
personal and civil life of every human being'.
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Background
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Evolving Possibilities
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Hosts
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Place
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Purpose
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Themes
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Facilities and Amenities
Around 500
attended the First Gathering back in 1994. UNHRC provided seed money. The
Gathering was one small practical follow-on to the first Conference on Small
Island States. This was held by the United Nations in the Caribbean in April
1994.
This proposed
June 2000 Following-on Gathering is evolving as a much smaller gathering
focused on the sharing of healing ways in supporting survivors of torture and
trauma. Around 30 may attend.
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Ideas are
evolving for a following-on to the 1994 Gathering during June 2000
The word is
beginning to spread throughout the Region.
The Laceweb has been
evolving among healers with aboriginal, islander, small minority and
intercultural backgrounds. It takes an enabling role in wellbeing action.
Laceweb is not
connected with any political group, faction or religion. It respects
spiritual and cultural diversity. The Laceweb may have an enabling role with
the Gathering's Hosts.
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A possible host
group of Bougainvillians, West Papuans, East Timorese and Hmong people from
Vietnam.
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PLACE
A
possible place for the Gathering is near the Atherton Tablelands region in
N.E. Australia.
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The purposes
may be to:
- To share healing ways in
supporting Survivors of Torture and Trauma.
An
open agenda may draw on the material in the Trauma Healing Workshop Manual
- To evolve informal self help
healing networks
- To celebrate the beauty of
wellbeing action and socio-global harmony.
- To explore the healing arts - entrancing
Neuro-Linguistic-Programming (NLP) and community cultural action
micro-experiences. Refer the page - Cultural Healing Action.
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- Support for Torture and Trauma
Survivors - (e.g. East Timor, Irian Jaya, Bougainville)
- Healing The Human Family
- Cultural Healing Wellbeing
Alternatives To Psychiatric And Correctional Services
- Evolving Self Help Healing
Wellbeing Networks
- Intercultural Healing
Possibilities Of Indigenous Arts And Life Sciences - Benefits To Small
Island, Estuarine And Coastal People
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Similarly to
1994, the campout style Gathering may be in a rural bush setting using tents
and tarps for shelter. The climate can be warm to hot, and typically it is
dry.
This
gathering did happen in June 2000 and was followed up the following year in
June 2001 with the Seventh Anniversary of the Small Island Coastal and Estuarine
People Gathering Celebration
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OTHER RELEVANT
LINKS
Laceweb Home Page
Developing Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Drug and Substance Abuse Therapeutic Communities
Trauma Survivors Workshop
Further information on this proposal
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