[Indigsol] Movie Fundraiser for the Walk 4 Justice

[mattm-b at resist.ca]

Movie Fundraiser for the Walk 4 Justice
Suggested Donation $5-$15.  No one will be turned away.
Sept. 10 at 7:00pm
Jack Purcell Community Center
Indigenous Peoples’ Solidarity Movement – Ottawa (IPSMO)
All donations go to the Walk 4 Justice
Everyone Welcome!
Wheelchair Accessible
Poster: http://ottawa.indymedia.org/media/2008/09//8256.pdf
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The Walk 4 Justice are brave women and their supporters who are travelling
3500 miles from Vancouver to Ottawa to bring awareness to the issue of
missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

In the last decade over 3,000 women have gone missing, 80% of whom are
aboriginal.  The walkers intend to present a petition on September 15,
2008 to Prime Minister Steven Harper and Indian Affairs Minister Chuck
Strahl in hopes that the current government will take a proactive approach
to ending violence against Aboriginal women.

IPSMO will be showing, “Finding Dawn”. In Finding Dawn, Métis filmmaker
Christine Welsh journeys to the dark heart of Native women's experience in
Canada, exploring the stories of murdered and missing women. Her journey
takes her from Vancouver's skid row, where more than 60 women are missing,
to the "Highway of Tears" in northern British Columbia, to Saskatoon,
where the murders of Native women remain unresolved. Written and directed
by Welsh and produced by Svend-Erik Eriksen.
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To sign the petition go to:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14313758782 or
http://www.petitiononline.com/glradek/petitiononline.com

If you can help by providing a free billet contact: Minwaashin Lodge,
613-741-5590 ext 224

If you can help by providing a financial donation contact: Leighann Burns,
613-233-5990

If you can help by providing feast food, transportation or other needs
please contact: Erin Lee Todd, 613-257-3469
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The Indigenous Peoples’ Solidarity Movement –Ottawa (IPSMO) is a community
group that supports indigenous peoples' struggles for justice. We do this
by supporting Indigenous groups directly and by working to counter the
racist and colonial ideas that dominate Canadian society.
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CTV article: Activists start cross-country trek for missing women

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080621/BC_Missing_Women_080621/20080621/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
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