Belonging Matters: Council of Christians and Jews Vic

• Rev Andy Calder - Andy is a Uniting Church minister working in the area of disability inclusion, located in the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania. He has worked in this area of ministry since ordination in 1995 and also had placements as chaplain at Prahran Mission and as Senior Chaplain at Epworth Healthcare. Andy is a Director on the Board of Wesley Mission Victoria, and has served on a range of community Boards. For the past 25 years he has been a voluntary Community Guardian with the Office of the Public Advocate, and he is undertaking PhD studies with the University of Divinity, investigating the spirituality of adults with intellectual disabilities.
• Melinda Jones - Melinda is a Modern Orthodox Jewish feminist, an Australian human rights lawyer and a disability/inclusion advocate. She has continued research across issues relating to human rights, including the rights of people with disabilities, always from an interdisciplinary perspective. She is widely published – her most recent book is Critical Perspective on Human Rights Law. She is also the mother of a child with a disability. Neglecting the spiritual, religious and cultural aspect of a person is negating a part of being human that we so value. This is particularly so in the context of Judaism, which has the potential to permeate all aspects of living for any Jew with or without a disability.

Cost: $10 including light Kosher tea. Tickets at the door.