Today is National Sorry Day where we, as a nation, acknowledge the Stolen Generation. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised in parliament on 13 February 2008.

There is a Sorry Day event happening at Spinks Park at the Rotunda today until 2pm (Sorry Day event at Spinks Park on Friday).

The event was opened by Uncle Mick with an acknowledgment to country in front of a small crowd plus school children from Lismore South Public School and Albert Park Public School who later sang Bob Randall's 'Brown Skin Baby' with Luke Vasella.

The Lismore App asked Uncle Mick what he hoped the school children would take away from today.

"Connection. I want them to go on the web and have a look where we are and who's around us and where we come from. That's why I asked a little boy where are you from? He just said he had a brother here. As little kids, some of them don't even know their grandparents or great-grandparents."

"Aboriginal people are special because we will merge with each other. You know your mob and people in another camp so your mob is here and there and your mob can be anywhere. That's why the first thing we say when we go anywhere is where are you from brother? Sister? and then you we go on from there."

Connection to family and friends and the land are important elements, education is another.

Troy Davies, a teacher at Albert Park Public School said he wanted his students to get some understanding of what Aboriginal people from past generations have had to go through.

"Having that empathy towards what was a really tough situation for a lot of families and a lot of people and that healing is still going on now. So, I think that kids having had a lot of lessons and exposure to it, have a pretty good understanding. I want them to immerse themselves in the culture today."

When asked about what Aboriginal education the children receive, Troy said they were very lucky.

"We have Auntie Eileen at our school. She does cultural lessons every week our his kids which is about language, understanding the connection to land in our local area, and art as well. So we've yet we're very lucky we have a weekly language program that happens."

The local Sorry Day event is on until 2pm at Spinks Park in the CBD off Molesworth Street.