World Plenary 2024 - part six

The Friend reports on the ‘Healing historic and ongoing injustices’ thematic stream of the FWCC World Plenary in South Africa (5-12 August)

by Rebecca Hardy 16th August 2024

For the first session in this stream, David Niyonzima, from Burundi YM, said it was imperative ‘to face and reflect’ on the issues raised. The theme was ‘very interesting’, but can be ‘hard and difficult to digest’. Urging Friends to respect people’s different cultures, he said ‘these dynamics have been here for years’ and are not instantly fixable, but it was ‘a time for listening’.