Sydney Palm Sunday march takes up war, refugees and climate emergency

The Palm Sunday march on April 10 took up the intersecting issues of war, refugees and the climate emergency.

A moving Welcome to Country was given by Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grosvenor. A rally, which preceded the march from Belmore Park to Victoria Park, was addressed by Nick Deane Independent and Peaceful Australia Network  Maria Tiimon, from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati; Lutheran Assistant Bishop Richard Schwedes; Shukufa Tahiri, an Afghan woman refugee; Glenn Kolomeitz, Australia Afghan war veteran and Afghan refugee campaigner; Anastasia, Ukrainian-Australian advocate against Russian invasion of Ukraine and Amber Flohm, Senior Vice-President, NSW Teachers Federation.

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