Renee Coffey was feeling deflated as she crossed the Sydney Harbour Bridge at the front of the Walk for Reconciliation back in 2000.“Because we were at the front, I couldn’t see how many people were there. It was cold and the crowds felt sparse,” she told SBS News.
Crowds streamed across the bridge to signify a desire to seek reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.About 250,000 people walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge on 28 May 2000 to show their support for meaningful reconciliation between Australia’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
Part of the declaration stated:"Our hope is for a united Australia that respects this land of ours; values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage; and provides justice and equity for all". “By the time hundreds of thousands of people started crossing bridges for reconciliation there had been close to a decade of work by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and the hundreds of community support groups involved in the reconciliation and social justice movements.”
“We know the people are there, and the feeling is still there, now we just need to reignite that sense of effort. It never went away.”NEG
I was lucky to be there
...and yet still no recognition in the constitution, no treaties, no voice to parliament and the Government slamming the door on the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We've gone backwards!
This changed nothing. Black fellas still have problems that can’t be fixed by throwing money at them.
Classic worthless virtue signaling. Has anything meaningfully changed for the aboriginal people who need it most? You know, the children suffering disproportionate rates of sexual abuse and poverty?
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