<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">We celebrate your being here!!!!<div><br></div><div>And thanks for the speech<br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“…the long work<br>
of turning their lives<br>
into a celebration<br>
is not easy. Come </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">and let us talk</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">“. </span></p><p class="p1"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver</span></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 5, 2022, at 1:59 AM, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Dear colleagues, </span><br><span>Coming to you from Leichhardt, an inner west suburb of Sydney.</span><br><span>My technical skills are poor. </span><br><span>However, we send over to you our colleagues and dear friends, these few photos of a great occasion in our family. </span><br><span>Photo one : Rebecca, Pete, me and grandson Thomas Bishop. </span><br><span>Photo two: Jim his sister Sheila, our daughter Cathy, and a great niece, Nicky. </span><br><span>Photo three: similar to two, including Pete. </span><br><span>In Jim’s speech he focussed on the positive changes he has witnessed during his lifetime. </span><br><span>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. </span><br><span>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. </span><br><span>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.</span><br><span>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….) </span><br><span>Those are Jim’s thoughts. </span><br><span>Another issue where positive change has occurred is in the acknowledgement for the need to remove the stigma surrounding mental health. </span><br><span></span><br><div><IMG_5279.PNG></div><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><div><IMG_5280.PNG></div><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><div><IMG_5284.PNG></div><span></span><br><span>Greetings and peace with love, </span><br><span>Isobel for the family </span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Isobel Bishop</span><br><span>Mob. 0412 129 425<span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OE mailing list</span><br><span>OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</span><br><span>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</span><br></span></div></blockquote></div></body></html>