It is hoped that reporting on the link up in Nonviolence Today will further strengthen the Network and communication within it. At the beginning of each link up, there is time for each person to say how they are personally and what is happening in their area from a nonviolence perspective. Cairns - alongside relationship building there's 'nonviolent taxi driving' by Margaret and Bryan. A women's Legal Service involvement, which has led to a steep learning curve about bureaucracy and women's 'internalised oppression'. Reclaim the Night involvement with singing workshops and a group to organise Maori women to go to the March, with a dinner beforehand.
Consultation work about nonviolent approaches with a hillside protection group.
Respect is slowly being built here. The PLU was also organised from Cairns. The North Coast of NSW - there is also involvement in a Reclaim the Night march planned for Port Macquarie area. James and Louise both have a heavy time commitment to long term personal goals. The court case of the women arrested over Easter this year, as a result of the women's action, also at ADI, was heard in the Benalla Court.