On Sept. 29 the College of New Caledonia invited Dr. Patricia Vickers to attend as a keynote speaker. The event was called 鈥楢 path Towards Collective Reconciliation: A Truth and Reconciliation Workshop.鈥� During the workshop, Vickers spoke from her understanding of ancestral law and self-determination. She discussed cultural and internalized oppression and the power of transformation. 鈥淭oday I was really grateful to be invited to speak about healing from trauma and to speak about truth and reconciliation, as I see it and understand it,鈥� said Vickers. She also said good things are happening in 亚洲天堂 Lake. 鈥淭hey were supportive, and people being interconnected is a good thing to have in community. The nature of what I鈥檓 speaking about is personal for anybody. In this society, we don鈥檛 really talk about deep personal things in a relaxed way for many different reasons but people that were here knew that the whole topic was deeply personal,鈥� she said. A lunch was served and at the end of the presentation, people had the opportunity to take photos with Dr. Vickers. (Saddman Zaman photos/Lakes District 亚洲天堂)