Sydney Public Forum: Global Citizenship
December 8, 2008
What Binds Humanity Together?
What should global citizenship mean for Australians today?
How can we act together to advance our common humanity?
In July 2008 Barack Obama, speaking to hundreds of thousands of people in Berlin about American ties to Europe, declared that “the burdens of global citizenship continue to bind us together”.
The challenges of global citizenship have been faced by activists in Australia who have struggled to create an equal and hopeful society, able to help humanity resolve the huge tasks of our era. Some of their experiences are reviewed in a recent edited book *.
This forum will feature three prominent Australians, giving their distinctive perspectives about the tasks for global citizens today.
Hon. Justice Michael Kirby
Professor Larissa Behrendt
Keith Suter
Venue: Mitchell Theatre, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts
Ground floor, 280 Pitt St Sydney (next to Mapworld)
When: THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER 6 pm
Access: Wheelchair access is available. Theatre will be open from 5 pm. Nearest train station, Town Hall, is 200 m away.
*G. Stokes, R. Pitty & G. Smith eds Global Citizens: Australian Activists for Change, Cambridge UP 2008 (ISBN 9780521731874)
FOR INFO: Roderic Pitty (08) 6488-3835; 6488-2086; rpitty@cyllene.uwa.edu.au