Today is Sorry Day, and the fourth anniversary of the Uluru Statement.
The Uluru Statement is a document Aboriginal people from all over Australia agreed on. In it they express that they are a sovereign people, and what they want all Australians to do to recognise and support this sovereignty. It also comments on the social difficulties faced by Aboriginal people. (You can read it here.)
“In 1967 we were counted, now we seek to be heard. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people…”
❤ Have you added your voice to the Uluru Statement From the Heart?
Today, National Sorry Day, is the perfect time to do it…
The Uluru Statement calls for a First Nations Voice in the Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to supervise agreement-making & truth-telling. Official Uluru Dialogue Education & Awareness, Administered by the Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW.
It’s time for truth telling, for giving a voice to those who have for so long been denied one, and for walking together into a better future for everyone… Sign up at UluruStatement.org xx

The Uluru Statement From the Heart has the support of the vast majority of Australians – it’s just the government who refuse to accept this gift, one that will move us all forward as a nation. Hopefully the Uluru Statement winning the 2021 Sydney Peace Prize is another step towards acceptance ❤ ❤ ❤

#voicetreatytruth

From wonderful writer, author, activist and lawyer Teela Reid:
Today is the 4th anniversary of the @ulururstatement from the heart. ❤️🖤💛💚💙
A call to action; the #ulurustatment invited the Australian people (not politicians) to resolve our nations unfinished business and acknowledge the rightful place of First Nation’s by enshrining a First Nations Voice in the Constitution and to establish a Makarrata Commission to enable a process of treaty’s and truth -telling.
This is not the first demand change, there has been many in the past:
– 1938 – Day of Mourning
– 1963 – Yirrkala Bark Petition
– 1965 – Freedom Rides
– 1966 – Wave Hill Walk off
– 1972 – Larrakia Petition
– 1988 – The Barunga Statement
– 2000 – Bridge Walk
– 2015 – Kirribilli Statement
Among many more.
In the past this hard work was gifted to politicians who have broken too many promises. Too many words, not enough action.
For the past four years I have campaigned for many changes, one of them is the Uluru Statement. This is a movement of the people towards a better future based on truth and justice.
Latest data reveals 87% of Australians support a First Nations Voice – a referendum is the beginning, not the end of reckoning with our past. The people are ahead of the politicians.
Our sovereignty has never been ceded!
Always was, Always will be First Nation’s land, sky and sea. ✊🏾

From an article in the Sydney Morning Herald…

“Today is an extremely important day of healing in the calendars of Aboriginal peoples across the country. Sorry Day remembers the systematic racism and oppression that led to the mistreatment of First Nations Australians under government policies and practices.
“It falls on the anniversary of the tabling of the Bringing them Home report in Federal Parliament in 1997, which outlined the pain and suffering endured by the Stolen Generations and their families during our country’s long history of forced child removals.”