Palm Sunday Resurrected for Refugees

Palm Sunday 2002 Co-MC Lex Marinos

The Sunday before Easter has long been a day of action for the peace movement, until flagging interest led to the annual march being disbanded a few years ago.

But the Palm Sunday Committee - including long-term convenor, former Senator Bruce Childs - has re-activated the march in the wake of a groundswell of opposition to the Howard Government's cynical scape goating of asylum seekers.

The rally will start at Belmore Park (in front of Central Station) at midday and there will be a silent march down Broadway to Victoria Park for a concert and festival involving entertainment from Lazy Susan, Coda, Astro Tabasco and The Café at the Gates of Salvation.

The march will be led by a group of distinguished public figures. Speakers will include:

• Sister Susan Connelly (Head of the Sisters of Mary McKilliop)
• former Whitlam Minister Tom Uren
• former NDP and Greens senator, Jo Vallentine
• author Lydia Miller and;
• Labor Council secretary John Robertson.

Lex Marinos and Julie McCrossan will act as MCs.