The Voices of Truth & Reckoning

Speaking the truth through community action, instigating a people's movement, and changing long-standing rigid systems to bring us into right relationship with each other and nature - these define CELDF’s work.
Law and culture. Culture and law. Which comes first, and how are they related? CELDF and partners hosted Truth, Reckoning, and Right Relationship with the Great Lakes in the fall of 2023 to wrestle with these questions. This impactful compilation video of that full-day gathering reflects a range of truths from doctors, lawyers, indigenous activists, educators, students, religious practitioners, artists, environmental regulators, and community activists - young and old - along with their personal reckonings and the collective challenges that face us all in the current state of the ill health of the Great Lakes and the world at large.
CELDF and partners are hosting Part II of this journey in April 2024 focusing on understanding, connecting to, and working towards right relationship with the Great Lakes and each other.
Reckoning with truth, especially the darker side of human history, is never easy but it is necessary. Through funding from people like you our Truth, Reckoning, and Right Relationship (TRR) with the Great Lakes gathering came together. The dark, unacknowledged past, the deceptions and denials of the moment were illuminated with the light of truth by an amazing assembly of people.
This compilation video from that invaluable day provides a window into what it will take individually and collectively to change culture and our behavior to create a better world.
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