When I was a young teen my family moved to Kansas where I was raised in Penn Valley Monthly Meeting in Kansas City, MO. There Friends Echo and Karin were important elders for me and my sisters – not because of age, mind you, but because of their willingness to explore life with us & offer guidance as they were led.  Today I received this note from Karin:

Greetings,

I have just signed the Declaration of Commitment, a really beautiful initiative to creating healing and partnership with indigenous peoples.

It’s been created by respected evolutionary leaders and offers us an opportunity to make a public commitment to being part of the solution moving forward.

I hope you’ll join me in signing and spreading this important Declaration!

Just click here: http://www.declarationofcommitment.com

I’m sure she forwarded it to F/friends across the country, and I hope many follow the link to explore this new initiative. I am grateful to still be in her network and for her sharing this opportunity; in upholding the pledge I am promoting the conversation here.

At the site I found a poetic message outlining apology, responsibility, reconciliation and collaboration as next steps. And I pledged my commitment to these ideals. Might you be led to learn more? From the Declaration:

Humanity faces a time in our evolving story when we must harvest our deepest collective wisdom in order to survive and even thrive as a healthy, peaceful and sustainable planetary civilization.

In the course of humanity’s journey we have many great achievements to celebrate and honor but we have to acknowledge what has been misguided, damaging to each other and harmful to all life. It is time for healing and a new beginning.