Reconciliation
Church Apologies and Reconciliation
59. We call upon church parties to the Settlement Agreement to develop ongoing education strategies to ensure that their respective congregations learn about their church’s role in colonization, the history and legacy of residential schools, and why apologies to former residential school students, their families, and communities were necessary.
Today I am pleasantly surprised to learn that Beyond 94 considers this Call complete. All churches party to the Settlement Agreement are also members of KAIROS Canada, which is an association through which churches and other religious organizations work together for ecological justice and human rights; one of their Areas of Work is Indigenous rights, and they are doing extensive work toward decolonization and reconciliation. One of the most important aspects of KAIROS's work for Indigenous rights is their Blanket Exercise Workshop, which churches use as a tool to teach their congregations about residential schools and the churches' involvement therein.
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