Reconciliation Regina, in partnership with the City, launched its 2020-21 Community Action Plan Wednesday morning at the mâmawêyatitân centre.
The plan cites four significant values – relationships, respect, opportunities, and accountability. The Plan will track progress in each of these values and share the results with the community.
Mayor Michael Fougere said that the day was a big step towards reconciliation.
“This probably is the biggest single day in Reconciliation Regina’s history,” said Fougere. “Launching the community action plan gives us meaningful purpose for reconciliation in our community. It’s 100 percent made in Regina, for our community, by our community, and it represents our strongest efforts to create a stronger, more unified present and future.”
Over 70 community partners helped create the plan, including Elder Lorna Standingready who says that while she’s happy to see a plan in place, the work isn’t done yet.
“It’s not enough, it’s not enough,” said Standingready. “It’s a good start, yes, we have to start, but we have to keep building on it. Don’t forget your Elders, there’s a lot of them in this community.”
Standingready is a residential school survivor, and she says that reconciliation is all about education and understanding.
Mayor Fougere says he knows that more work needs to be done, but he is proud of the plan they have come up with.
“I would say I’m very proud of what we’ve done so far, we’ve been focusing for the past four years, since Council asked for a direction of how we deal with the calls to action,” said Fougere. “We can always be better, no question, but we’ve done a lot, and we have a lot more to do in the future, so I think we’re in a good place.”
You can read the entire Community Action Plan at reconciliationregina.com.
