๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐-๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ
When we restore tribal lands, we are restoring Love.
โSmallโ wins, are still wins. A decade-long effort wonโt erase countless decades of generational trauma and genocide, but we will still celebrate efforts toward restitution. The Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations is an example of what can happen when people add deliberate action to thoughts and prayers.
When aiming to serve, we must "put our money where our mouth is". Alternatively, we offer our service in addition to our prayers. This is why those serving others as their ministry are agents of change and peacemakers. We are a diverse community of lay and ordained spiritual leaders, social justice activists, and faith-based practitioners. We advance an inclusive, anti-racist and progressive perspective of diverse multicultural community ministry.
Yet, itโs not what we ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ, but what we ๐ฑ๐ผ as we are ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
As we deepen our connection with the divine, we serve others. As we serve, we deepen. Itโs this interconnectedness that brings us to life. When we restore tribal lands, we are restoring Love.
Though the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations has concluded, may we find other ways to continue to restore our relationship with indigenous people. May we continue to find other ways to restore Love.
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ,
~ Ebony C. Peace, SPHR, GCDF
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https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/three-million-acres-land-returned-tribes-through-interior-departments-land-buy-back