May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has renewed their call for justice. They are marking the National Day of Awareness with renewed calls to action to ensure that the painful reality Indigenous women and girls face can be replaced with one that fosters justice and healing.
Melissa Moses, UBCIC Women’s Representative said, “On this important but painful day of awareness and community healing, we must not forget the red dresses that silently sway around schools, parks, memorials, institutions, and pipelines. They are a crimson reminder of absence and grief that we must hold in our hearts and use to galvanize further awareness and action to combat the Missing and Murdered crisis.”
There are walks taking place around B.C., here in Terrace the walk will start at 6 p.m. in front of city hall. It will end at the totem pole on Highway 16.
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