by Elaine Enns Consensus, Volume 37 Issue 1 Journeying Together toward Truth and Reconciliation Article 5 This article describes different ways trauma can be passed down intergenerationally (through both nurture and nature) and its impact on the communal narratives of a settler Mennonite community. The piece also includes factors of resilience. Full Article: Trauma and Memory:…
by Elaine Enns Geez, Fall 2015, 4 pp. Elaine summarizes two resistances in settler communities to building solidarity with Indigenous neighbors: selective memory and distortions in communal narratives. Full Article: Settler Response-Ability SKU: E15-2-Pa
by Elaine Enns Canadian Mennonite, Vol 19 Issue 5, March 2015 6 pp. What are barriers to Settler solidarity with Indigenous neighbors? This article outlines three prospects and three problems that Settler descendants need to address in order to embrace “restorative solidarity” that recognizes past and continuing injustices and seeks to make things right. Full…