FUNERAL DETAILS
The family has invited family and friends to attend Irene’s funeral this
coming Monday 18 June at 12pm, Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Military
Rd Matraville. I am not sure which chapel, but they are near each other.
Please refer to http://www.easternsuburbsmemorialpark.com.au/chapel-location-map.
I will circulate the official notice and any more details as soon as they are
available. [REDWatch will add it to the page for Irene mentioned below.]
In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that contributions be made to The Factory Community Centre in Waterloo. The Factory has been in operation for more than 30 years, and provides support services and advocacy for public housing tenants, families and people on low income others living in Redfern and Waterloo. It is hub and meeting place for local community, activist and resident groups. Irene was a strong supporter of the centre and was on the board for several years. More details about the centre can be found here: http://www.the-factory.org.au/Factory.html. You can donate by direct deposit to:
Commonwealth Bank
Counterpoint Community Services
BSB: 062 231
AccNo: 1035 1723
Counterpoint Community Services (The Factory) are a registered charity. For a receipt, please use ‘Irene’ as reference when making your donation, and send a follow up email to: admin@counterpointcs.org.au
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL
Please be advised that a community memorial for Irene has been tentatively
scheduled for Friday 29 June, at Redfern Town Hall. The
specific start time is being confirmed between the family and the Lord Mayor’s
Office. This will be a celebratory event, organised with the support of Irene’s
family, friends, Greens family, Redfern community and the City of Sydney. I
know lots of you will have wonderful ideas and contributions to make it a very
special event.
MEMORIAL PAGES
Some lovely tributes to Irene have been circulated on
email and social media including from CAAH, REDWatch, Counterpoint Community
Services, Lord Mayor Clover Moore, Jenny Leong MP, David Shoebridge MP,
Mehreen Faruqi MP, Senator Lee Rhiannon, Alex Greenwich MP and the Greens NSW.
I’ve been collecting these all together. If you know of others please send them
through : )
The Greens NSW have established a memorial page for Irene
at https://greens.org.au/node/869.
This page will provide a place for members to contribute photos and tributes to
Irene. The page was only just set up today, so details about how to contribute
are yet to be added. I will circulate details as soon as they are sorted.
REDWatch has also established a page at http://www.redwatch.org.au/redw where
tributes and links to photos, articles, speeches by Irene can be added.