'The police had machine guns and they were shooting at us.'
Actor, writer and director Tony Le Nguyen fled Vietnam with his family in the wake of the Vietnam war.
Read more about: Tony's story
Refugee Week events calendar: Western Australia
| Faces of Asylum photographic exhibition Saturday 18 June to Thursday 23 June, Leederville Telling real-life stories of people who left their homes, friends, families, and everything they know to escape violence, persecution or worse. Details: YMCA HQ Gallery, 60a Frame Court, Leederville. |
| Perth rally and solidarity walk Sunday 19 June, Perth Join CARAD, RRAN and other refugee support groups as they come together to support the rights of refugees. Bring a picnic lunch and any spare keys to contribute to an art piece that will be assembled on the day. Details: 12:30pm-2:00pm;assemble outside Wesley Church (corner of Hay and William Streets, Perth), followed by a Solidarity Walk to Stirling Gardens; |
| Free from Fear art exhibition Monday 20 June to Friday 24 June, Perth Free from Fear Art Exhibition provides the opportunity for young people with refugee backgrounds to use visual art to share their life experiences with the Western Australian community. These moving paintings, photographs and instillation art pieces capture their thoughts and feelings on being free from fear. The exhibition also explores the basic rights that all children should have. Free from Fear features works by young people from Aranmore Catholic College, Balga Senior High School and North Lake Senior Campus. Free from Fear Art Exhibition is proudly supported by Department for Communities, Office for Youth, Save the Children, Propel Youth Arts WA, Central Park, Healthway to promote the Drug Aware message and YMCA. Details: 9:00am-5:00pm daily;Central Park Foyer, 152-158 St Georges Terrace, Perth; for more information call Propel on (08) 9328 5855 or visit www.propel.org.au/projects/RefugeeWeek2011 |
| World Refugee Day Sunday 20 June, Geraldton Sponsored by Geraldton Human Rights Hub, IndieAir and The Provincial. Dinner and drinks in recognition of World Refugee Day. We will be promoting the SBS series 'Go Back to Where You Came From', which commences the following night. Part proceeds of the event will be donated to support refugees. A chance to contribute to this cause just by having a great night out. Details: 6:00pm-9:00pm;The Provincial, Geraldton; for further details contact Haley Allan on 0429 477 144 or hallan@afls.org.au |
| Perth Multicultural Refugee Week Celebration Tuesday 21 June, Perth Multicultural speakers will talk about human rights and new life in Australia. Details: for further details contact Michelle on 0424 622 055 or email michelle.li.au@gmail.com |
| Public forum: The Impact of Detention on the Mental Health of Asylum Thursday 23 June, Perth Hosted by ASeTTS, Curtin University and Amnesty International, this forum will explore the topic of mandatory detention through presentations from former detainees together with ASeTTS staff members Heidi Kleinschmidt and Marnie Williams and special guest speaker Professor Derrick Silove, Director of the Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit at Liverpool Hospital in New South Wales. Details: 6:30pm-8:30pm;BankWest Lecture Theatre, Building 200, Curtin University Bentley Campus; RSVP by 17 June to (08) 9266 2563 or |
| Welcome to Australia party Saturday 25 June, Fremantle A Welcome to Australia party hosted by Fremantle Greens in conjunction with City of Fremantle, CARAD, CASE for Refugees, RRAN and other refugee support groups. Spend an afternoon with your community as we share aspects of our diverse cutural backgrounds. There will be ping pong, chess and music in Kings Sqaure. Plus we invite you to bring a picnic and any games, activities, music, dance or costumes from your country of origin to share in the fun. Details: 1:00pm-3:00pm;Kings Square, Fremantle; for information contact Leonie on 0439 475 174 or leonielundy@westnet.com.au |
| World Refugee Day 2011: 'Freedom from Fear' Sunday 26 June, Balga Hosted by WINGS Organisation for Cross-Cultural Development Inc, this event will feature guest speaker Glenda Hickey; guest poets Afeif Ismail, Abdo Kantibye, Carina Hoang, Hassan Alnwab, Peter Jeffrey and Vivienne Doran; and guest singers Alex Bainbridge and the WAZA Multicultural Singing Group. The MC for the event will be Vivienne Dayman. Details: 7:00pm-9:30pm;Good Shepherd Centre, 30 Balga Avenue, Balga; for more information contact Afeif Ismail on 0423 675 479 or afeif5@yahoo.com.au |