[Oe List ...] Jim Bishop’s 93rd Birthday, October1,’22. Australia.

[James Wiegel]

We celebrate your being here!!!!

And thanks for the speech

Jim Wiegel
“…the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy. Come and let us talk“. 

The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver


> On Oct 5, 2022, at 1:59 AM, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues, 
> Coming to you from Leichhardt, an inner west suburb of Sydney.
> My technical skills are poor. 
> However,  we send over to you our colleagues and dear friends, these few photos of a great occasion in our family. 
> Photo one : Rebecca, Pete, me and grandson Thomas Bishop. 
> Photo two: Jim his sister Sheila, our daughter Cathy, and a great niece, Nicky. 
> Photo three: similar to two, including Pete. 
> In Jim’s speech he focussed on the positive changes he has witnessed during his lifetime. 
> 1. The role of women- as a Science student at University in the very early 50’s,  there were no women studying Physics, how that has changed-  with women now in every field of science. 
> 2. Multiculturalism. Australia is a country thoroughly multicultural, and what a gift other cultures coming here have been - especially after WW2, and the Vietnam and Afghanistan  Wars. We are no longer ‘white ‘ thankfully. Ditto embodied in every sphere  of civil society. 
> 3. The affirmation of gender diversity- the Marriage Equality  Act has radically changed and enabled gender diversity to be embraced. World Pride will be held in Sydney in Feb ‘23.
> 4. Our First Nations are now preparing for a Voice to Parliament. A long way still for their justice through health, housing, education and justice in the courts . However a sense of ‘no turning back ‘ is accepted in our community. Our First   Nations share their culture and have made us wake up to their gifts and we have started to listen ( at last, though much further for us to travel….) 
> Those are Jim’s thoughts. 
> Another issue where positive change has occurred is in the acknowledgement for the need to remove the stigma surrounding mental health.  
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> Greetings and peace with love, 
> Isobel for the family 
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> Isobel Bishop
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