you are invited...

You are welcome onboard the Peace Boat to enjoy an evening of arts and music, floating on Sydney Harbour.

Performances include:

Veli Toprak (Kurdish musician)
Russell Smith (Brolga Boys)
Arabic Spoken Word Poetry
Presentation by Peace Boat’s Global University students
Peace Boat dance performance
Promotional advance screening of “Soldiers of Peace”
Photographic exhibition and raffle

Food & Beverages available for purchase

See you there...

Together we'll celebrate the positive energy of the arts as an antidote to war.

Date: Tues 15 April, 2008
Time: Embark from 6pm (photo ID required), Festival 7-9pm
Venue: Onboard the Peace Boat (TSS The Topaz), Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay

Entry is free but REGISTRATION (BY 10 APRIL) IS ESSENTIAL

Contact: peacefestival15april@gmail.com by Thurs 10 April 2008

Website: http://neveragain2008.wordpress.com/category/festival/

Peace Boat is a Japan-based international non-government and non-profit organisation that works to promote peace, human rights, equal and sustainable development and respect for the environment. Peace Boat is visiting Sydney on 15-16 April as part of its 108-day 60th Global Voyage for Peace.

While in Sydney, Peace Boat is joining with the Sydney Peace Foundation, the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney, and Macquarie University’s Centre for Middle Eastern Studies to hold a 2-DAY CONFERENCE at Sydney’s Customs House called "IRAQ NEVER AGAIN: Ending War Building Peace." Anyone interested in attending the conference should register online at http://www.usyd.edu.au/neveragain

The conference and festival will mark the milestones of the 5th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the 20th Birthday of CPACS and the 25th Anniversary of Peace Boat.