Reconciliation Week 2020

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"Our vision of national reconciliation is based on five critical dimensions: race relations, equality and equity, institutional integrity, unity and historical acceptance. These five dimensions do not exist in isolation; they are inter-related and Australia can only achieve full reconciliation if we progress in all five."
www.reconciliation.org.au

So today is the last day of Reconciliation Week, but the message is still as clear as any other year. The five dimensions of reconciliation should continue to be brought up in conversation and media reports, especially in the repositioning of the global focus back onto the Black Lives Matter movement. 

In March when COVID-19 began to struggle with the world there were Indigenous voices in the media. Their needs for community isolation were heard across the nation. We heeded the island mentality of isolate and quarantine, and when the virus was here we tried to protect the vulnerable. Because an Aboriginal Elder or Torres Straight Islander Elder is not only a loved member of a family but they are wellsprings of wisdom, knowledge, culture and language. Culture and language that might be rare, becoming rarer. Wisdom and knowledge that will probably be integral to Australia moving into a future of hotter summers and longer fire seasons.