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February 13, 2008
Sorry - the call to action
A clip from the footage I shot outside Redfern Community Centre this morning as on-screen Kevin Rudd opened Parliament with his historic Apology speech. There was a palpable sense of expectation amongst the crowd and a cheer went up when it ended. A wonderful moment to be part of. The Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, was visibly choking back tears in her follow-on speech.
The Block may still look Dickensian, faces in the crowd today still remind us of present-day injustices, and no words are going to close the 17 year mortality gap between black and white Australians but perhaps, finally, a real step towards closure for the Stolen Generation.
I particularly liked how the speech ended with this call to action. The responsibility going forward is ours.
Posted by .M. at February 13, 2008 04:23 AM
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