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Australijos lietuvių bendruomenės veikla daugiausiai plėtojasi kultūros srityje. Išskirtiniu ir vienu iš didžiausių projektų galima laikyti Australijos Lietuvių Dienas. Jų programą sudaro Dainų šventė, Tautinių šokių šventė, teatro spektakliai, meno ir tautodailės parodos, įvairių atlikėjų koncertai. 

The activities of the Australian/Lithuanian community have most evolved in the field of culture. One of the largest projects are the Australian Lithuanian Days, occurring once every 2 years. The program consists of a Song Festival, a Folk Dance Festival, theatrical performances, art and folk art exhibitions along with various concert performances. Every year, we have a Sports Festival

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Scouting became a wonderful way of gathering our children and teaching the principals of respect for nature, our heritage and for each other.

The Australian/Lithuanianscouting movement bases its principles on the worldwide scouting organisation instituted by Sir Baden Powell in 1908.

The mission of Lithuanian scouting is to provide children of Lithuanian descent a framework in which to build character and grow into responsible citizens through the philosophy of scouting.

With a focus on Lithuanian culture, traditions, and language, using physical as well as intellectual activities, scouting has been an integral part of our youth growing into responsible adults.

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We are third generation Australian Lithuanians and support both cultures with a passion,

Mano žmona, kuri yra lietuvė, o aš australas – bendruomenė padėjo užauginti mano vaikus

Dennis and Aldona, March 12-22, 2018

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As a first generation Australian Lithuanian, I am proud to say that both countries are better off having the wonderful dialogue that we now share with both our cultures.

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XVII PLB Seimas 2022

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XVII PLB Seimas

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XVll PLB Seimas  įvyko Liepos 17-21 dienomis 2022 metais įvyko XVll PLB Seimas. XVll PLB Seime Australiją atstovavo pirmininkė Rasa Mauragienė, dr Rasa Ruseckaitė, Justė Stonienė ir Alfonsas Stonis. Taip pat dalyvavo Eglė Garrick, PLB valdybos narė atsakinga už financių ir lėšų telkimą.

Posėdžiai vyko Lietuvos Respublikos (LR) Seimo lll rūmų Konferencijų salėje. XVlll Seimo tema buvo „Quo Vadis“. Prezidiumą sudarė Rytis Virbalis iš Luxembourgo, Ingrida Misevičienė iš JAV ir Rasa Mauragienė, Australija. Dalyvavo lietuvių bendruomenių atstovai iš 37 pasaulio šalių.  Šiuo metu yra bendruomenės yra 54 šalyse.

Be įvairių pranešimų programa buvo įvairi ir diskusijos vyko kiek laikas leido. Pirma diena užėmė pranešimai ir baigėsi su PLB inicijuotos parodos atidarymu „Vytis Lietuvos ir lietuvių kuri buvo šalia LR Seimo lll rūmų Konferencijos salės. O po to M. Mažvydo bibliotekoje vyko kandidatų į PLB organų pristatymas.

Antra posėdžio dienos ryte buvo pristatyta tema Quo Vadis, Pasaulio Lietuvių Bendruomenė iš trijų dalių. Pirmoji tai Svarba, reikšmė ir potencialas. Po jos PLB konkreti pagalbą kraštų lietuvių bendruomenėms kur pasisakė naujų lietuvių bendruomenių atstovai. Sekė PLB tikslai ir uždaviniai 2022-2025: Pilietybė, lietuvių bendruomenių stiprinimas, lituanistinis švietimas, kultūra ir tradicijos, lietuvių bendruomenių bendradarbiavimas tarpusavyje, tautines tapatybės puoselėjimas kur pasisakė skirtingų lietuvių bendruomenių atstovai tarp jų ir Rasa Mauragienė, ALB pirmininkė. Po pietų sekė temos PLB bendradarbiavimas su Lietuvos Respublikos institucijomis ir įvairiomis organizacijomis, po to Lietuvos diasporos politika. “Globalios Lietuvos” strategijos veiksmų plano įgyvendininmas. Baigiant su Kas veikia, kas ne? Po to sekė sesija apie Praktinės priemonės ir veikmai diasporos pajėgumams stiprinti. Paskutinę sesija buvo apie pilietinį susitelkimą ir vėl iš trijų dalių. Patriotizmas, susitelkimas ir pilietinis pasipriešinimas. Tada Diasporos vaidmuo ir efektyvus veikimas konfliktinėse situacijose. Sekė Strateginis planas, kaip padėti Lietuvai kilus tokiam poreikiui ir konkretus pasipriešinimas propagandai. Pabaigai Ką galima pasimokyti iš Ukrainos. Antra diena baigėm apsilankydami Tautinių rūbų, liaudiškos tekstilės dirbinių ir papuošalų parodoje kuri buvo specialiai suruošta PLB Seimo dalyviams LR Seimo l rūmų Vitražo galerijoje.

Trečia diena buvo rinkimų, nutarimų ir rezoliucijų diena. Buvo pateiktos 29 rezoliucijos iš kurių 22 buvo priimtos. Rezoliucijas galima rasti čia > .
Nauja valdybą sudaro Dalia Henka (pirmininkė), Laurynas Misevičius (pirmininkės pavaduotojas ir sporto sritis), Aurelija Orlova (PLB viešieji ryšiai), Irma Petraitytė-Lukšienė (visuomeninių ir specialių projektų reikalai), Ernesta Kazlauskaite-Tsakona (finansų ir lėšų telkimo sritis), Alvija Černiauskaitė (švietimo sritis), Jūratė Caspersen (kultūros sritis), Aušra Andriuškaitė (PLB plėtros ir tvarumo sritis), Laurynas Gerikas (ekonominio bendradarbiavimo sritis), Rimvydas Rubavičius (PLJS valdybos pirmininkas).

Ketvirta diena įvyko spaudos konferencija kuria galima išgirsti per youtube.

Sekantis PLB Seimas įvyks 2025 metais.

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The XVII PLB Seimas – 2022

Held in Vilnius Lithuania
July 17-21, 2022

The XVll PLB Seimas took place on July 17-21. In 2022, the XVll PLB Seimas. Australia was represented in the XVll PLB Seimas by the chairperson Rasa Mauragienė, Dr. Rasa Ruseckaitė, Justė Stonienė and Alfonsas Stonis. Also present was Eglė Garrick, a member of the PLB board responsible for finance and fundraising.

The meetings were held in the Conference Hall of the 3rd Chamber of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (LR). The theme of the XVlll Seimas was “Quo Vadis”. The presidium consisted of Rytis Virbalis from Luxembourg, Ingrida Misevičienė from the USA and Rasa Mauragienė, Australia. Representatives of Lithuanian communities from 37 countries of the world participated. There are currently communities in 54 countries.

In addition to various presentations, the program was varied and discussions took place as time allowed. The first day was occupied by presentations and ended with the opening of the PLB-initiated exhibition “Chasing Lithuanians and Lithuanians” which was located next to the Conference Hall of the 3rd Chamber of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. And after that, the presentation of organs of candidates for PLB took place in the library of M. Mažvydas.

On the second morning of the meeting, the topic Quo Vadis, the World Lithuanian Community in three parts was presented. The first is Importance, Significance and Potential. After that, PLB provision of concrete assistance to the Lithuanian communities in the regions, where the representatives of the new Lithuanian communities spoke. The following were the goals and objectives of PLB 2022-2025: Citizenship, strengthening of Lithuanian communities, Lithuanian education, culture and traditions, cooperation between Lithuanian communities, fostering of national identity, where representatives of different Lithuanian communities spoke, including Rasa Mauragienė, chairperson of ALB. In the afternoon, the topic PLB’s cooperation with the institutions of the Republic of Lithuania and various organizations , followed by the politics of the Lithuanian diaspora. Implementation of the “Global Lithuania” strategy action plan. Concluding with What works, what doesn’t? This was followed by a session on Practical Measures and Actions for Diaspora Capacity Building. The last session was about civic focus and again in three parts. Patriotism, mobilization and civil resistance. Then the role of the Diaspora and effective functioning in conflict situations. This was followed by a Strategic Plan on how to help Lithuania in the event of such a need and concrete resistance to propaganda. Conclusion What can be learned from Ukraine. We ended the second day by visiting the exhibition of national clothes, folk textiles and jewelry, which was specially prepared for PLB Seimas participants in the Stained Glass Gallery of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

The third day was a day of elections, resolutions and resolutions. 29 resolutions were presented, of which 22 were adopted. Resolutions can be found HERE>
The new board consists of Dalia Henka (chairperson), Laurynas Misevičius (deputy chairperson and sports area), Aurelija Orlova (PLB public relations), Irma Petraitytė-Lukšienė (public and special projects affairs), Ernesta Kazlauskaite-Tsakona (finance and fundraising area) .

On the fourth day, a press conference took place, which can be heard on YouTube.

The next PLB Seimas will be held in 2025

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