Bridging The Gap

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As a community worker,

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I've been involved with Aboriginal
people in my neighborhood

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and I've been involved
with refugees

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coming to my country
who we've helped to resettle.

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Many of the refugees that
have come into our country

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have come from places
like Afghanistan.

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They happen to be Muslim.

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And until 9/11 we just
related to one another

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as Australian and Afghan.

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But after 9/11, with the politics
of terror and counterterror,

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we found ourselves identified
over against each other

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as Christian and Muslim.

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And being a community
worker part of my challenge

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is to bridge the chasm
of division and suspicion

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and bring people together.

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So since 9/11 I've been
working intentionally on

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trying to bring Christians
and Muslims together

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to create a sense of community
that is welcoming for all people.