Libra Review | Choose Better

You can view the original post here Counting anniversaries will not make healing happen A statement from direct descendants of the ones taken. As the Youth Reference Group of the nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation, we share this message with all Australians: This Bringing Them Home anniversary counts the years in which nothing has changed. We see a time ahead where there isn’t a need for trauma recovery, but we are far from that place right now.   What was lost was a way of life, a way of practising culture—a culture that is grounded in respect, relationships, reciprocity, strength, and wisdom. We’ve seen how our ways present solutions to climate change impacts, to revitalise healthy waterways and restore cultural burning for the prevention of fire tragedy. We’ve also seen our kinship systems provide safety, love, and nurturing homes again, in the face of systems designed to devastate our families.  Our cultures and ...