Rotary District 9700

Peace Communities Program

Committee

invites you

to

6th Royce Abbey Oration

and Luncheon

Racism in the 21st Century – The New Tribalism

presented by

Steve Mark AM

Chairman, Australian Section of the International Commission of Jurists

and

Co-Founder of Creative Consequences

to mark

International Day of Peace

Sunday, 20th September, 2015

at

Wagga Wagga Country Club

Plumpton Road, Wagga Wagga

from

12:00 noon

ROTARY DISTRICT

PEACE COMMUNITIES

PROGRAM

6th ROYCE ABBEY ORATION & LUNCHEON

TOPIC - Racism in the 21st Century – the New Tribalism

Sunday 20 September, 2015 from 12 noon

Wagga Wagga Country Club

STEVEN MARK

Director, Creative Consequences, Sydney Australia

www.creativeconsequences.com.au

Steve Mark is a lawyer by profession, having initially studied in America, the country of his birth, and subsequently in Australia.

He was President of the New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Board from 1988 to 1994.

Steve is Chairman of the Australian Section of the International Commission of Jurists.

He was appointed as Legal Services Commissioner when the Office was established in July 1994. The Office of the Legal Services Commissioner receives complaints against solicitors and barristers in New South Wales. He stepped down from that position in August 2013.

Steve is a director of Midnight Basketball, which organises basketball competitions for “at risk” street kids.

In January 2010, Steve Mark was appointed Registrar, Australasian Register of Security Professionals which has been established to set competencies and criteria for the registration of security professionals in Australia and New Zealand.

In 2011, Steve Mark was appointed Technical Committee Member to the International Standards for Security Agencies Technical Committee.

In August 2013 Steve was a co-founder of Creative Consequences Pty Ltd., an international consultancy with a focus on law, business and regulatory advisory services.

In 2014 Steve was appointed a Member of The Order of Australia for his contribution to law, legal regulation, indigenous people and the community.