#asrc

[queerasfact]

Save the ASRC | Emergency Appeal

Help us keep our doors open. People seeking asylum need your help right now and so do we.

I used to volunteer for these guys cooking meals for people seeking asylum. They’re our local Asylum Seeker Resource Centre here in Melbourne and they do amazing work supporting people in Australia seeking asylum by providing food, housing, health and legal services.

With the current cost of living rising they’re running low on funds, and now fighting to keep their doors open. If you can spare some money, now is the time to help out.

-Alice

[voxsecundus]

https://donate.asrc.org.au/save-the-asrc

Hey, the asrc does good work, the cost of living crisis has tanked donations and they are in a tough spot.

Twenty one years of helping and advocating for asylum seekers when our government has flatly refused to protect their human rights, they can’t keep going without money so if you can please do donate.

I know, no one reading this is likely flush with cash, so there is no need to feel guilty if you can’t help just reblog or share the donation link

[uafgina]

Hello! My name is Roberta Glenn, and I recently graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) with a B.S. in Geography, focusing on landscape analysis and climate change studies. I’m an intern this summer with ASRC Federal and the UAF Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA). 

This summer I’m working on identifying satellite products that may be useful for subsistence hunters on the North Slope. Previously, hunters and whalers were only able to get their hands on good and useful satellite data when scientists were in town doing research. In 2013 I interned with the North Slope Borough Wildlife Management Department in early spring when whaling was just getting started, and the sea ice was taking longer than usual to open up a lead. One of my daily tasks was to pull data directly from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and examine the ice conditions to look out for any open leads around Utqiagvik. 

This summer I hope to put together a collection of useful mapping resources, as well as make these resources easily available to those who may benefit from them. I’m looking forward to speaking with my fellow Utqiagvigmiuts about what kinds of products may be useful and how these products should be made available (webpage, PDF, GIS package, etc.). Quyanaq!

[topofthestuarthighway]

This is Leo, the orengest beardie at the reptile centre, he was resqued from a neglectful home, thats where he got the scar on his eye from. He loves all his friends at the reptile centre and is now loving life!

[dis-contented]

Yesterday was World Refugee Day, and the ASRC's telethon fundraiser, which I try to donate to each year. They reached their goal of 1.4mil so I'm very pleased. Even though they are based in Victoria and I'm a South Australian, I know that because of not receiving government funding, they are able to advocate very vocally and critically of the government while advocating for legal and policy reform. They also provide external outreach to detainees, which I know is a form of protection against institutional abuse. Just because they reached their goal doesn't mean you can't still donate, though, or donate to another agency that supports asylum seekers and refugees!

If you need help finding such a service please follow this link:

https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/services/

[melodypowers65]

[melodypowers65]

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WOW. These stories. These humans. . . You need to get this book 📖 and you need to get copies to gift and share. These are important voices. Help them be heard. Help change the perception and narrative for the plight of #refugees + #asylumseekers of #AllKinds 💚 . . Picture 📸 @boughttheticket Published 📚 @blackincbooks Event Host 📣 @asrc1 #asrc Catering 🥘 @asrc_catering 👌 Venue 🏛 @immigrationmuseum_melb THANK YOU for your contribution and a memorable experience 🙏💚 . . #immigrationmuseum #melbourne #welcomerefugees (at Immigration Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfJi7mnP6eH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=