{"id":365,"date":"2022-07-27T22:15:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T05:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/?p=365"},"modified":"2022-07-27T22:15:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T05:15:39","slug":"building-bridges-through-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/building-bridges-through-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Bridges Through Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Where do I stand, as a non-Indigenous man, in the movement towards reconciliation? The more I reflect on what being a leader in the climate action space means the more I am brought to the idea that I must also be conscious and engage in reconciliatory actions. I must understand and acknowledge the deep history of colonial oppression that the Indigenous peoples of this continent have endured. Climate action is so directly linked to Indigenous knowledge that leading in one space requires being an ally and advocate in the other. I feel this strongly in my work. I advocate for Indigenous youth as a non-Indigenous person and take much pride in that. I am a firm believer that any movement requires cohesion and unity from multiple walks of life. From multiple backgrounds, cultures, and traditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate action requires strong leadership yet so does reconciliation. Can one lead within the realm of reconciliation without being Indigenous? I think so. Leadership is not easy. It is not meant to be. It is complex in its nature and ever evolving. It requires taking chances and it requires making space for change to happen. The true leaders facilitate space for those around them to feel safe. When I think about the climate action program I am starting this is exactly what I hope to do. The program will lean heavily towards Indigenous practices and cultural knowledge sharing. If I can help create a comfortable space for an elder to come in and share his or her story then I feel I am leading in a good way. If I can help reconnect one young student to culture by way of land based programming then I am becoming the climate action leader that I hope to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a personal goal, I would like to continue to learn how to simultaneously be a leader and an ally when engaging in both climate action and reconciliation. How can I maintain cultural sensitivity in my work? At times, I am self conscious about pioneering a climate action department at an Indigenous organization. I don\u2019t want that to be perceived in the wrong way. I want the program to be a bridge towards growth and transformation. A community where folks can reclaim what was stripped from them and become the next generation of climate action leaders. I believe that Indigenous voices are pivotal in the effort to combat climate change. A climate action department at an Indigenous organization seems like a perfect fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I think of leadership I am reminded that overcoming adversity and criticism comes with the territory. There is never one singular right answer. Good leadership calls upon understanding the diversity of culture, perspective, and lived experience. It calls on us to be humble, sensitive, researched, and honest. And lastly, it is the leader who holds up those marginalized, persecuted, and oppressed and allows for identity to be reclaimed with honor and purpose that I wish to be. This is what I hope to do. This is how I hope to lead. 
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CALS505 Where do I stand, as a non-Indigenous man, in the movement towards reconciliation? The more I reflect on what being a leader in the climate action space means the more I am brought to the idea that I must also be conscious and engage in reconciliatory actions. I must understand and acknowledge the deep … Continue reading Building Bridges Through Reconciliation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":944,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals505","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/944"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367,"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/tcecchetti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}