[Indigsol] 2 pm This Friday - The Shoe Statement on Parliament Hill

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement -Ottawa]

Spread the word!

It is also equally important YOU come out and help raise awareness about
the violence and injustice suffered by Aboriginal women in Canada!

** If you would like to donate a pair of new or gently used shoes, please
bring them with you to the Hill. Each pair of shoes symbolically
represents a missing or murdered Indigenous women. **

There are OVER 583 missing and murdered Indigenous women on Turtle Island
(Canada).  Protecting Indigenous women and bringing justice to the
families of the missing and murdered women have not been the priorities of
the government of Canada.


When: Friday, March 18th, 2pm
Where: Parliament Hill

Source: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182431998466835

The McGill University Human Rights Working Group invites you take part in
a vigil at Parliament Hill taking place Friday, March 18th at 2pm. The
vigil will be the culmination of a two-week campaign in which McGill
students, faculty and friends will strive to collect over 500 pairs of
women’s shoes to be displayed on the steps of Parliament as a symbolic
representation of the missing and murdered women. The shoes will be
donated to women’s shelters in Ottawa and Montreal following the event.


Speakers at the vigil will include Kristen Gilchrist, Bridget Tolley and
Lindsay Mossman. Those with personal stories or insight about the Stolen
Sisters are welcome to come forward and share as well.


This event is part of a 13-day program honouring aboriginal women. The
McGill Human Rights Working Group, in conjunction with McGill’s Aboriginal
Law Students Association, the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal
Pluralism, Missing Justice and the Aboriginal Health Group will be hosting
a variety of events, beginning March 8th – International Women’s Day.


For more information about the 13 day program, please visit the following
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107637102650491


For more information about any of the events, including shoe donations and
group transportation to Ottawa, please contact
tiffany.boisvert at mail.mcgill.ca.




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In Solidarity,
IPSMO
on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory
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