Change is Here

This week, I attended two events that were hosted at work. Both were after normal business hours. Neither are events that I would have attended pre-2020. But I’ve changed.

Gathering to Honor and Support Indigenous People

was an online gathering of coworkers prompted by news of the discovery of the 751 bodies of the Indingenous children at a former residential school in Canada. I didn’t know what to expect, or what to do, or what to say. I didn’t have any real idea of what we could do that would make any difference. I just knew that I wanted to honor the souls of those children who died far from their families and homes. Children who had been taken by force so that they could be assimilated into the dominant culture while having their own culture erased.