(Last update 10th March 2005)
PEACE & COMMUNITY ACTIVIST GROUPS --
TOOWOOMBA AND DARLING DOWNS REGION
Some of the activities on the calendar are simply the results of concerned individuals deciding to do something with a few other volunteers. Others are the work of committees of both ongoing and ad hoc organizations. This is a list of organizations that have been responsible for various peace-related activities (public lectures, rallies ...) in the Toowoomba/Darling Downs region.
Were We Wrong? -- personal reflections on local action compiled by Garry Hills
Amnesty International -- contact usq_amnesty@yahoo.com.au
(Convenors Sandra Craig 0416 259 338 ; Amanda Hosking 0400821436)
Goondiwindi activities -- contact Dr Tim Kirchler, timk@email.com
Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Toowoomba
PO Box 6118, Toowoomba West QLD 4350
Ph 07 4639 2135; Email: HOPE_Toowoomba@yahoo.com.au; Website: http://green.net.au/hope
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) -- contact Dr Eric Storlie Eric.Storlie@usq.edu.au (Contact for Palestinian issues)
Oxfam Community Aid Abroad -- contact Heather Drew 4614 0647 (See monthly Dinner Discussions in list of dates and links)
Peace Activists in Toowoomba (PACT) -- contact Neil Reithmuller 4634 7693 (Waiting for a phoenix rising)
Peace Festival -- Warwick -- website http://www.peacefestival.org.au
Peace Partners Incorporated (PPI) -- website http://www.peacepartners.net/ ; email admin@peacepartners.net or contact contact Garry Hills 46362040 or 0403 010 813 (Currently laying groundwork for combined community groups action)
Pittsworth Peace Group -- contact Peter Burton pbur0@pittsworshs.qld.edu.au
Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR) -- email admin@ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org; website www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org
Toowoomba Greens -- contact Dr Karey Harrison Karey.Harrison@usq.edu.au
Toowoomba Catholic Social Justice Commission -- contact Mark Copland justice@toowoomba.centacare.org.au (Catholic based activist group but willing to work with the non-religious as well.)
TREC (Toowoomba and Region Environment Council) http://www.trec.org.au
Society of Friends (Quakers - Darling Downs) -- contact Taisoo Kim Watson, tkwatson@icp.com.au
Toowoomba Refugee and Migrant Support Centre (TRAMS) -- contact Mark Copland justice@toowoomba.centacare.org.au
USQ Campus Peace Network -- contact Dr Libby Connors, Libby.Connors@usq.edu.au or Gerard Betros, betrosg@usq.edu.au (Contact list for USQ personnel)
Were We Wrong? -- personal reflections on local action compiled by Garry Hills