National Close the Gap day

The national day of action – Tuesday 18 September 2007 – will give Australians across the nation the opportunity to come together and show their support for closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians.
We are asking you to organise a small-scale fun event in your workplace, school, home, church or community group – maybe over a cup of tea or coffee.
Wear black and white clothes
Wear a Close the Gap wristband
Screen the 5 minute Close the Gap DVD that we’ll provide you (either as a DVD or via the web)
Get your gathering to symbolically come together in a circle to pledge their support to Close the Gap
Send a postcard or e-card to your local politician and your friends. You can make your own e-card online to send with a photo of your gathering
Take a photo of your event and place it on the online map of Australia and see what other events are taking place around the country
Make a blog entry
Spell out Close the Gap in an imaginative way
Do anything else that could show your concern and be fun
Register today
Register now and we’ll be in contact with information and your DVD.
Order Close the Gap campaign materials.
Other events
We will also be organising events in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane – we’ll keep you informed about these. If you’d like to organise an event for the national day of action get in contact your state community campaigner.