Thank you @ArraDreaming for posting this very important post today.

This is the 28th Sorry Day and it is as relevant now, as it was then.

It is not just a day for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, it is a day for all Australians so that all Australians can attain the same standards of health, education, respect etc

National Sorry Day was first celebrated on 26 May 1998, a year after the Bringing Them Home report was presented in Parliament.

This report was the outcome of a Government inquiry into past policies that led to children being taken from their homes and communities throughout the twentieth century.

23 years later, and 12 years after the national apology, Aboriginal children and Torres Strait islander children are 10.6 times more likely to be taken from their families than non-Aboriginal children.

We can’t fix the issues of the past without acknowledging the reality of our past.

On 26 May, Sorry Day asks us to recognise the stolen generations.

But it also reminds us that historic injustice is still a source of ongoing trauma for our families, communities and peoples.