Another powerful day at the TRC hearings in Edmonton. Some - TopicsExpress

Another powerful day at the TRC hearings in Edmonton. Some highlights: -The volunteers wearing red vests and carrying boxes of tissues and paper bags up and down the aisles of the meeting rooms. They are the emotional support team, and besides scanning the crowd for people who may be having big reactions to what is being said, they hand out fresh tissues, and collect the used ones. The tears shed here are sacred, and after each gathering, the paper bags full of tears are burned in a ceremonial fire. - The archival section, where dozens and dozens of binders contain photos, yearbook entries, and school records. People can look through the books, choose the pages that are meaningful for them, and then take them to the volunteers to have them photocopied right there. There is also a crew of archivists who will research names, places, and dates to help people find the their records, or those of their family members (especially those who died while in the schools). This section is packed with people, heads bent together over the binders, fingers tracing old black and white photos. - The powerful response when a white man spoke to the crowd, and vowed was to make sure his children knew this story, and that they told their children. He understood that healing requires not only that the truth be known, but that never be forgotten. -The Venezuelan man I met, a recent immigrant, who brought his 12 year old daughter to the event so that she would know this part of her new countrys history. - And most of all, the incredible sense of power and solidarity among the survivors of the schools and their descendants. Hearing the incredible traumas that people have endured, and have healed from, I am profoundly humbled. Again and again, I heard Aboriginal speakers celebrate the strength and resiliency of their people, and this couldnt be more true. While there still are many wounds to be healed, the accomplishments that individuals and communities have made are awe-inspiring. In the face of intense resistance, people have turned their lives around, taken responsibility for ending generational patterns of abuse and addiction and, above all, found a way to forgive. May this be a lesson for all of us. (Photo is from CBC.ca)

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