CITIZENS FOR JOE MARTINO issued the following announcement on June 16.
There are so many wrongs that need righting in our world – Rohingya, Yemenis, Iraqis, Palestinians, Syrians, Uighers, on and on the list could go.
What ever can be done to right these wrongs?
The establishment of equity/equality everywhere in our world? One person, one right to all the amenities of life: Shelter, food, clothing, medicine, education, etc.
After the Reval, this will be do-able and it’ll be what I’ll be devoting most of my time to.
Does that completely right the wrongs? Probably not. There also may have to be understanding of what the victims went through and a true and honest resolve to see that such outcomes never happen again.
People may need to be heard. They may need to have their story told and their suffering recognized. They may need a restoration of their social dignity (their personal dignity may never have been lost).
This applies, I think, to every group that has been ridiculed or discriminated against.
Being heard is such an important process. If I were in charge (and I don’t want to be; I’m a writer), I’d entrust the process to accomplished negotiators like William Ury and Werner Erhard.
Listening is a two-handed process. The victims wish to be heard and they want to know that we’re open enough to listen. Then we need to listen, without interruption, feeding back our understanding occasionally.
Truth and reconciliation commissions they’re called in some countries.
That might entirely bind the wounds. If not we need to keep going until we have bound them.
Original source here.
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