Reflections
“My father showed me that leading and helping other people means taking initiative, and taking initiative requires boldness and strength,” says Aunty Dr Rose Elu
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“I was raised in South Africa during the apartheid era. So, I have witnessed firsthand the short- and long-term impacts of institutionalised racism, including severe inter-generational trauma…Just as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission brought healing and reconciliation for South Africans, I have witnessed how our State’s Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry has started a new era of healing and reconciliation for Queenslanders,” says Habib Jamal, President of Queensland Muslim Inc.
“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures have endured much, and many faith-based organisations are historically complicit in this suffering, including in the way Churches have collaborated with the State. In signing this statement, we especially advocate for the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queensland elders to be meaningfully heard, and for their stories to be recorded and recognised,” say 13 senior Queensland faith leaders
“Today we are standing in Brisbane’s Anzac Square next to the stunning memorial to Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women,” say Uncle Milton Walit and Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
A side event to the 57th UN Human Rights Council titled “Human Rights in Indonesia,” hosted by the World Council of Churches and partner organisations, will address the dire human rights situation in West Papua, with ongoing violations that include extra-judicial killings, internal displacement due to armed conflict, restrictions on civil liberties, and a growing number of cases of land grabbing
Midwife and tertiary educator Josie Greaves visited Masig and Poruma islands, two low-lying islands in the Torres Strait, in May 2024 with Archbishop Jeremy Greaves, Aunty Dr Rose Elu and Justice Enabler Peter Branjerdporn to witness the impacts of climate change on peoples’ islands, cultures, livelihoods and spirituality
Meet Stephen Harrison from Anglicare Southern Queensland and find out about his faith journey, secret skill, his thoughts on Reconciliation, what makes him nostalgic, what local Anglican inspires him the most, what encounter recently surprised him, and how your parish or ministry can support Anglicare Sunday
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