There are 600 known cases of missing or murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. These women represent 10% of the total number of female homicides in Canada, despite the fact that Aboriginal women make up only 3% of the total female population.
Help us honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, support their families, and recognize this Canadian crisis.
Thursday, October 4
4—6pm
MacDonald Park
(King Street East across from KGH on Lake Ontario)
Ribbon Skirt Teaching/Drumming/Sacred Fire/Potluck Feast
Please bring something to sit on, an offering of food to share at the Feast, in thinking about our First Mother, the Earth please bring a Feast Basket (plate and cutlery), also please bring a skirt (new or used) to represent the missing and murdered Aboriginal women. The skirts will be used for a display at the vigil and then donated to charities across Kingston afterwards. In case of bad weather Feast will take place at 4 Directions Aboriginal Student Centre 146 Barrie Street
Contact: jolieb@kingston.net
Nia:wen (Thank You)
Jolie Brant
Aboriginal & Rural Community Counsellor: Outreach Services
Kingston Interval House
P.O. Box 21042