‘Around the Kitchen Table’ was a legendary gathering in 1998 in Sydney that brought together Indigenous and non-Indigenous women and was the subject of a documentary film. The film, co-directed by Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver and Elaine Telford, produced by Sally Fitzpatrick and organised by the Women’s Reconciliation Network, explored issues such as sustaining the Reconciliation process, recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights, overcoming disadvantage, and achieving economic independence.‘
Around the Kitchen Table’ now exists as a Reconciliation Resource: an educational tool with a 26-minute video and 140-page guidebook which draws out seven prominent themes from the insights, experiences, and wisdom of the 20 women who appear in it. Three of those women were Jewish: Stella Cornelius AO OBE z”l, Margaret Gutman OAM z”l, and project co-director Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver.