June 2nd marks the one-year anniversary of the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. They are viewed as a way for Canadians to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation.
Events are being planned across Canada in provincial capital cities, marking this anniversary and demonstrating that Canadians are paying attention to these Calls to Action and expecting all parties named to respond and take action. As the TRC Commissioners observed, only then will indigenous and non-indigenous citizens be able to move forward together in a new spirit of reconciliation and respect.
Members of the organizations, BC-Yukon KAIROS and Aboriginal Neighbours, are working together to support this event here in Victoria. We are calling it:
“94 Calls for Justice! The Journey to Reconciliation starts here.”
An event to mark the one-year anniversary
of the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action
The plan for this event is to have community leaders read all 94 Calls to Action aloud over a period of 1.5 hours, midday on June 2nd.
Whether you stay for the entire event, or for 20 minutes, we encourage you to join with others across Canada who are eager to demonstrate their solidarity with the indigenous people of Canada. You will have the opportunity to witness, reflect and respond in a variety of ways.
All our relations!
For more information, contact Janet Gray at
thegrays@shaw.ca
For information about KAIROS, the national organization, go here: http://www.kairoscanada.org