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& INVITATION TO LAUNCH

20 January 2004

Launching of Social Justice Calendar, Posters and Brochures

On Wednesday 21 January 2004, 3pm, the Hon. Mick Beddoes will launch ECREA’s 2004 Social Justice Calender and educational posters & brochures.
The Calendar, posters & brochure (in Fijian & English) are aimed at educating & empowering local communities & people about social justice issues such as a just society, poverty & community empowerment.

An initiative of ECREA’s Economic and Social Justice Programme the material has been developed in conjunction with ECREA research assistants, community workers and those who participated in ECREA’s 2003 Workshops on Community Empowerment and Understanding Poverty and Development.

The Posters & Brochures (with art work by David Antonio) aim to explain the notions of A Just Society, Fighting Poverty, & Community Empowerment. The 2004 Calendar has beautiful photographs by Jone Luvenitoga and has inspirational messages throughout.

Caritas, Australia provided the funding for the printing of 6000 posters, 4000 brochures and 4000 calendars that will be distributed around Fiji through our community workers and the ECREA network. They are also available from our ECREA office, 5 Bau St. Suva. We hope that they will educate, inspire & assist people to be more aware and more empowered so that they can help to bring about changes that will improve their quality of life.

The launch by the Hon. Mick Beddoes will be held at ECREA, 21 January 3pm at 5 Bau Street, Suva. Refreshments will be provided.

Copies of the material is available from ECREA’s office, please contact Semiti Qalowasa 3307 588 or researchers@ecrea.org.fj

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