[IPSM] Fwd: {Missing Justice} invite to vigil for 3rd anniversary of Tiffany Morrison’s disappearance

[Dru Oja Jay]

 *Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women*

 *Two Events:*

*June 18:*  *A memorial walk and candlelight vigil for the 3rd anniversary
of Tiffany Morrison’s disappearance*, 8pm in Kahnawake, at the grounds
beside the K103 radio station

**

Tiffany Morrison is a 25-year-old Mohawk woman who disappeared after getting
in a cab that left LaSalle, Quebec in 2006. She shared a taxi back to
Kahnawake with a man from the community, who has told police that she
remained in the taxi after he was let out at his house.  Tiffany has a
daughter to whom she is completely devoted, and as her mother said, “she
would never leave her like this.”

Police negligence and media blackout continue to act as major barriers to
solving the case. Join us to help raise awareness of Tiffany’s case, and to
show her family that we will not be silent as their loved one is missing.

For more information on Tiffany’s disappearance:
www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_tiffany_morrison.php

*Transportation:  **Buses* ($2 per person, or by donation) will leave
Angrignon station at 7pm, and return at 10:30pm.  To reserve a spot on a
bus, please contact Kary Ann Deer at Quebec Native Women Inc (450)632-0088
ext.221. **

*Cyclists* will meet at Angrignon station at 3:30 and will return to
Montreal between 9:30 and 10pm.

 *Email us* with any questions at justiceformissing at gmail.com



*June 17:** A workshop held by Sisters in Spirit*, 5:30pm in Kahnawake, at
the Golden Age Club

This workshop will be an opportunity for community members to strategize on
the issues surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous women.  A light meal
will be served at 5pm.

The Sisters in Spirit initiative of the Native Women’s Association of Canada
works to address violence facing Aboriginal women, in particular focusing on
the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.

*No transportation has been arranged for this event.*



*Missing Justice* is a newly formed grassroots collective based in Montreal
that works to eliminate the ongoing and increasing threat to the safety of
Indigenous women in Canada, and to dispel harmful stereotypes about First
Nations People.  Since September, five First Nations women have gone missing
in Quebec.  Missing Justice recognizes that this, and all violence against
Indigenous women is a result of systemic oppression of Indigenous peoples by
the government, with the compliance of media and police.  Some of the
collective's activities include raising awareness, such as an upcoming
Montreal-wide poster campaign, research, information-sharing, media
campaigns, popular education and direct action.

For more information on Missing Justice please check out:
www.missingjustice.mvmnt.ca.
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