Our children are telling us something. Are we listening?

Our children are telling us something. Are we listening?

Brainerd lost two of its children this summer. Ava Starr was 11 years old. Alexis Thornton was 13. Both were students at Forestview Middle School. They died three weeks apart. Brainerd is grieving. But Brainerd is not alone. Across Minnesota — in small towns and lake communities, on farms and in cities — families are […]

Our Children are the Treaty Generation

Opinion piece by Sheree Lowe   This Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, we have an opportunity to reflect on something remarkable. Across Victoria, our Aboriginal children are growing up in one of the most significant periods of change since colonisation. They are the first generation of children to grow up in Victoria’s Treaty era. After all, Treaty is about far more than legal agreements or institutional reform. At its heart,…