By Adam Valvasori - Values Manager
I had the privilege of interviewing Darija Bjelanovic recently. She's our lovely Assistant Manager from the Collins Street store in Melbourne CBD. If you are interested in the Asylum Seeker & Refugee issue in Australia, watch the interview and hear her describe what it was like to flee her home when she was just a teenager and her family's resettling challenges. Luckily for them, the Australian Government was largely supportive about taking refugees from the Yugoslav War. Darija hopes they can be just as compassionate for all asylum seekers and refugees fleeing war, religious persecution or violence.
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Make Memorial Day A True Buy Nothing Day
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it is a special day honoring those who died in war. Why are we shopping
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Daria, thank you for your honest account of life for you as a child in war-torn Croatia, and for sharing your views on refugees to Australia. Your story is an inspiring and thought provoking one, and reminds us of how much we have to be grateful for as citizens of this wonderful country of ours, and how we all, as human beings, have a right to peace, freedom and safety.
ReplyDeleteAdam, thank you for your work on Activist TV!