FINAL HAUL: (Conference day5) #AIN delegates spend their final meeting hours deliberating and producing statements driven by their discussions over the past week. Their outcomes included a request for each delegation to bring an extra youth to attend the next gathering in 2013, Christchurch, New Zealand and the issuing of three statements to the Anglican Consultative Council.
GOING STRONG: (Conference day5) delegates get back to business for the fifth day of their gathering. After morning dreamtime with Australia’s first Aboriginal woman priest, Gloria Shipp, and Torres Strait Islander, Rose Elu, it was time to discuss ecumenical relations with NATSIAC guests Gabrielle Russell-Mundine and Graeme Mundine. The two introduced the “Make Indigenous Poverty History” campaign. A project dedicated to making sure the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) do not overlook the poverty suffered by Indigenous Peoples around the world, especially in Australia. After lunch the delegates split once again into their focus groups for the afternoon to finish of their discussions and prepare for feedback sessions.
