#Reconciliation

Market Lane Coffee is proud to support the First Nations Voice to Parliament. We are actively committed to reconciliation, and we believe that the upcoming referendum is an important first step towards realising the full Uluru Statement from the Heart – and a significant opportunity to walk with First Nations people in a movement towards much-needed reform and a better, brighter future for this country.

In June this year we wrote to our community, outlining some of the steps we are taking to become an actively anti-racist business. This was in response to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, which prompted us to reflect on the racism and injustices that exist here in Australia, and to honestly examine our own role in both the problems and the solutions. We realised we were not doing enough and needed to do more.

The worldwide Black Lives Matter protests over the last two weeks have been confronting, enlightening, inspiring, devastating and galvanising. As individuals, and as a business, these events have forced us to reflect on the injustices and racism that exist here in Australia, and to examine our own role in both the problems and the solutions.