Our truth and reconciliation commission has been collecting testimonies for eight months and some commissioners want to focus on individual healing while others push for systemic accountability and we're deadlocked on what our final report should actually accomplish. We keep having the same circular conversations about whether naming perpetrators serves justice or just perpetuates harm.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group tasked with processing collective trauma discovers their fundamental disagreement about the purpose and methods of seeking truth.
“Where Are You with Truth and reconciliation commissions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.