Peace and comfort for all who are suffering today after the violent incident in Manchester. Manchester becomes less safe for all of us where hate is allowed to flourish. Don't feed it. WE don't HAVE to. We're part of the wider solutions wherever bring compassion & curiosity.

A few days ago talking with a dear Jewish friend about the uptick in violence in our city against Jewish people. For a moment, wondering how the people in the Cheadle area were each faring life at the moment. I'd felt an anxiety for the people I've passed by there. Can we just be Human for Humans?

They're using the St George's cross like a socially acceptable swastika just like they use 'biological' as a socially acceptable discrimination.

Labour: semi-skimmed fascism. Tories: full-fat pasteurised fascism. Refuk: gold-top untreated fascism.

Starmer & Mc Sweener have forgotten that the US in alliances with the UK have caused immigration through wars & made immigrants'lives unlivable in their host countries, such as Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan. PM should take responsibility to restore immigrants' lives rather than deporting them.

There are no words for the level of horribleness of Starmer's words and actions. Utterly shameful - and chilling. With a huge majority in parliament he could instead have been addressing the rocketing income inequality and systems of billionaire and corporate theft from 15 years of Tory rule.

Those who have claimed asylum from violence or trafficking or state persecution or war should not be spoken of as lottery winners. Shame on Keir Starmer.

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

I love social media advertising. Just saw an Instagram ad that was like "I finally tried the new viral limescale remover" and that's just such a fucking funny sentence, man. Like oh yeah. We are all out here sharing those limescale remover videos.

this veil of tears? *nah* *no always*

Regular Division of The Plane VI, 1957 #escher #opart

#F2345B

David Hockney. Fish & Chip Shop. 1954.

Anyone who is ready to learn more can watch the documentary "The Good Canadian" this evening on APTN, CBC Gem, or the CBC Docs YouTube channel. www.cbc.ca/documentarie...

The Stark Reality Ten Years after the Truth and Reconciliation Report thewalrus.ca/trc-introduc... via @thewalrus

A small minority of MAPLE MAGA are trying to break up Canada. They need to be reminded that they are on treaty lands, and that Alberta and Saskatchewan didn't exist until 30 years after the treaties were signed. If MAPLE MAGA wants to leave Canada, we will pack their bags. youtu.be/5HEwrWBBjgw?...

“Buried Truth” speaks about the lasting trauma and devastating effects of Canada's residential school system, inspired by her great-grandmother's experience as a survivor of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School. We stand with all First Nations People youtu.be/1xx-XHeTuQM?...

I will be watching this documentary today. I also recommend the free lunch & learn recorded sessions the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation hosted last week: trw-svr.nctr.ca

Monarch butterflies symbolize transformation, rebirth, and hope…an auspicious visitor on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

this is how it feels to wear high rise pants

stolen from them. If you see links and organizations that are grass roots, vet and help them. We are all tenderly remembering today the ones we love and all that was removed from us. A fragile journey for our people and families. Hiy Hiy 🪶💔 payyourrent.ca is one to assist today

Truth and Reconciliation day is here. Today we grieve. Today, I ask those who are not Indigenous to take time to give space to the Indigenous people who are giving you important parts of themselves. Share your time and reflect on their truths. And as always, share the wealth and inheritances

Leaving to take the kids on the path my mother once walked. From Delmas to her gravesite. I will walk with them as we place our offerings and tobacco down, speak our prayers and love for her to the Ancestors. I wish you all a day of reflection and love. Love the ones who never came home. 🪶💔

Folks, having a solid crew of comrades you can rely on in real life or virtually is always essential and in the coming years we are all going to need to lean on each other.

Truth and Reconciliation in action: Absolutely Canadian docs highlight experiences of Indigenous People #Canada Watch free on #CBCGem www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It’s the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. #FirstNations #Inuit #MétisNation #Canada #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg Wear orange in solidarity for truth and reconciliation medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...

From last year. Proud to be Mi’kmaq. Proud of my family who endured the torture of the Shubenacadie residential school. They taught me so much while they were alive. May they have found peace with my ancestors.

“Reconciliation can’t happen if you don’t know what you’re reconciling. We’ve only been given a small slice of the truth. Decolonization starts with the willingness to open up — to let go of what we assume is truth, and begin real conversations grounded in honesty, respect, and listening.”

Two Indigenous women say the growing spread of residential school denialism is the reason they a wrote a book on the subject. Decolonization and Me was released by Phyllis Webstad, who started Orange Shirt Day, and Métis scholar Kristy McLeod.

Phyllis Webstad has become a household name when it comes to answering the TRC's 94 Calls to Action, sharing her orange shirt story through several children’s books. Now, she's co-written a book confronting residential school denialists.

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

In case you missed it (or if you're new here), I wrote about what Justice truly means from an Indigenous perspective. Not as punishment, but as balance, restoration, and a circle. Read here ⬇️ 🔗 juliefrancella.substack.com/p/justice-as... #IndigenousWisdom #NativeVoices #Justice

Beautifully said. We are so stuck in these linear models of punishment and economics and exploitation of earth and people. Nationally & globally, I would love to see sustainable, compassionate, interdependent frameworks, used to guide our policies around social issues, the environment and economics.

Sept 30 🧡 Today we wear orange to honor the children who never came home, and the survivors of residential (boarding) schools who carry those memories still. Truth, healing, and remembrance . Every child matters. #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters

1:38pm EDT: OOB Moon in Capricorn sesquiquadrate Uranus in Gemini. If you're hoping to make a major change, remember: time is on your side. Everything ends and is reborn. 16°Cp12' D 01°Ge12' R

This Orange Shirt Day, I’m sharing powerful words from my cousin Carol. She writes about family: two little girls taken from their home and sent far away. One never returned. I’ve shared her words in my latest Substack. 🧡 Please read & share: Orange Shirt Day: open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...

Woodland Cultural Centre unveiled the former Mohawk Residential School as an Interpretive Historic Site today, marking Truth and Reconciliation Day / Orange Shirt Day in Brantford, ON.

For children & teens: 📚 Orange Shirt Day founder & ambassador, Phyllis Webstad has curated a list of 29 graphic novels & books by Indigenous authors: www.cbc.ca/books/29-mus... 🎨 CBC Kids has also updated their list to 8 Indigenous comics children will love: www.cbc.ca/kids/article...

Today is Orange Shirt Day, when people wear the color to remember the federal Native American boarding school policies that forced thousands of children from their homes. A federal report shows Oregon identifies 10 such schools, but many more went unlisted.

Northern friends have taught me about Orange Shirt Day, which seems like a good thing to teach. orangeshirtday.org/orange-shirt...

Everyday is orange shirt day. End genocide everywhere. Stand with Indigenous Peoples. Fuck settler colonialism. Free the people, free the land. We live on stolen land. Land back. Land back. Land back.

On this day of National Truth and Reconciliation learn about the treaties and obligations and the Indigenous leaders who were key in forming Canada. This is important for everyone, but especially those who think a province can simply be plucked out of Canada. The treaties came first.

MAGA Maple believes they can break up our country. The Crown signed treaties with Indigenous nations 30 years before Alberta and Saskatchewan were even thought of. This is my @meidascanada.ca look at the treaties and our obligations on Orange Shirt Day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HEw...

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. A day to honor the children taken to residential schools, to remember survivors, and to confront the harm done. But an Orange shirt is not enough, orange donuts just crass.