Today marks the beginning of Reconciliation Week, which will run from 27 May until 3 June. This year the focus is on moving from awareness to action, in the understanding that we each have an important role to play when it comes to true reconciliation. With this in mind, the official theme for the week is “More than a word: reconciliation takes action.”

GJK Facility Services and GJK Indigenous Solutions has a proud history of providing meaningful job opportunities to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and building positive relationships with local communities. We believe we all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and stand by these words, from Reconciliation Australia:

For reconciliation to be effective, it must involve truth-telling, and actively address issues of inequality, systemic racism and instances where the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are ignored, denied or reduced.
While we see greater support for reconciliation from the Australian people than ever before, we must be more determined than ever if we are to achieve the goals of the movement — a just, equitable, reconciled Australia.
As history tells us, this will only happen through continued and concerted action from those who are already part of the reconciliation movement to those who are yet to join.