May 5th is the National Day of Awareness and Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2 LGBTQIIA+ Peoples. It is also known as Red Dress Day.
The Brave Canoe—an Indigenous-led not-for-profit in Dufferin County—will be hosting a candlelight vigil on Sunday, May 5th at Orangeville Town Hall starting at 8 p.m. Please join us to remember and honour the lives that have been taken and the loved ones left behind.
Please take a moment to learn more about this incredibly important annual initiative, and how you can help build awareness about violence against MMIQG2S+ individuals.
Here are some resources to get you started:
- Red Dress Day—remembering loss, looking to justice – Statistics Canada (statcan.gc.ca)
- Red-dress-day-TOOL-KIT.pdf (nwac.ca)
- Red Dress Day Resources, DWF Lives, and More – The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (downiewenjack.ca)
- Learn about National MMIWG2S Awareness Day — May 5 | SFU Library
Image source: May 5 is National Day of Awareness & Action for MMIWG2S – Women’s Centre of Calgary (womenscentrecalgary.org)
