We are home.

From Columbus' 1492 landing to the Spanish colonization of St. Augustine in 1565, and the forced arrival of Africans in 1619, the making of the United States has been an experiment in the idea of a democracy not only built on Indigenous lands but on the political structure of the indigenous Haudenosaunee (aka "Six Nations" or "Iroquois Confederacy"). In that mix, immigrants have journeyed from every part of the world--each under different circumstances; each with different stories to tell. From that meld, a multicultural melting pot has been forged--in it, a simmering stew--with the essential nutrients of global witness to heal our world; to save the soul of this and every nation.*

Healing is a journey. It means different things to different people. It can be resolving personal issues around self-esteem. It can be how to respond to fear, of others or of your own selves. We know that together – our indigenous sisters and brothers, Hispanics with deep, early roots in America, the many groups who emigrated to America as a haven from European persecution and oppression, and the enslaved people of West African nations who built the engine of the economy of the United States – are all integral to the story of trauma and pain that has become part of the DNA of the country.