To give our team members the time and space to reflect meaningfully on the importance of National Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week, inCommunity Inc. held morning teas across its three sites this week.
Led by our RAP Committee co-chair, Chris Jones, a proud Kamilaroi, Anaiwan Man, these were opportunities for our teams to have open-hearted and respectful conversations about these important dates. We also appreciated our partners, the One Bridge nurses, joining us for one of the mornings.
We reflected on the sorrow of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples forcibly removed from their families, the Stolen Generations, and the impact of disconnection to family, country, culture and language they experienced. While also noting the ongoing intergenerational impact.
It was also an opportunity for our team members to discuss our understanding of the tenets of reconciliation, including Race Relations, Equality and Equity, Institutional Integrity, Unit and Historical Acceptance, and explore how each of us can actively contribute to the reconciliation process within Australia, particularly when difficult conversations arise.
We also noted the growing opportunities for our younger generations within daycare and education settings to connect more deeply with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ ways of knowing, being and doing and the positive contribution this has to the reconciliation process.
We thank our First Nations team members for generously sharing personal context for many of the themes discussed and for all team members for engaging in these conversations.
It is essential for our organisation’s commitment to inCommunity Inc.’s Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan that we provide our team members with opportunities to develop a deeper understanding, enabling them to actively contribute and engage in the reconciliation process.
This week was another move forward for inCommunity Inc. on this journey.
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