[Indigsol] Monday: memorial gatherings, statement, and videos

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Monday February 14th, 2011
Vigils for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada


Ottawa - DAY OF JUSTICE: RALLY FOR SISTERS IN SPIRIT
Noon, on Parliament Hill
.. details:
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/feb14-rally-sisters-in-spirit/
.. Media advisory: http://www.cfne.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4048


STATEMENT TO SUPPORT SISTERS IN SPIRIT:
* includes contact info for if you/your org'n would like to endorse
http://www.amnesty.ca/resource_centre/news/view.php?load=arcview&article=5833&c=Resource+Centre+News


BACKGROUND:
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus/2011/02/activist-communique-why-you-should-come-out-feb-14-national



** OTHER LOCATIONS:

Vancouver: 20th Annual Feb 14th Women's Memorial March
http://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com

Winnipeg, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, Victoria
http://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/national



** VIDEO:


Released today:
>> http://vimeo.com/19877895
"SURVIVAL, STRENGTH, SISTERHOOD: POWER OF WOMEN IN DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE" is a
short film that documents the 20 year history of the annual women's
memorial march for missing and murdered women in Vancouver, Coast Salish
Territories.


Video from October 2010 panel event as part of ISW Ottawa:
"SEEKING JUSTICE FOR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN"

>> Maria Jacko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D2f-_anwfk

>> Sharon McIvor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfqVcCvVGRg

>> Yasmin Jiwani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuh06IV7oyM

Event description:
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/oct29-seeking-justice-for-murdered-and-missing-women/