[IPSM] Nov 22: Young Onkwehonwe United Rally for a Youth Centre on Six Nations

[sarita at resist.ca]

Young Onkwehonwe United Rally for a Youth Centre on Six Nations.
November 22, 2009

http://6nsolidarity.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/young-onkwehonwe-united-rally-for-a-youth-centre-on-six-nations/

Six Nations youth and supporters gathered this afternoon to rally for a much
needed youth centre on the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve. Youth
gathered at the Six Nations tourism board, marched down Chiefswood road past
Band Council, and then out to the construction site for the new police
station. To the supportive honking of drivers, drumming, and singing, youth
chanted: “We are Yong Onkwehonwe United”; “Who doesn’t need more jail cells:
Y.O.U.!”; “Who needs a youth centre? Y.O.U.!”

Y.O.U. (Young Onkwehonwe United) is a youth led, grassroots initiative, and
they have been petitioning for a youth centre for upwards of a year. “We
need a place were we can feel safe, where youth can feel empowered, where we
can learn our language,” asserted Melissa Elliot of Y.O.U. “We need a place
to play, to raise our voice and find our way,” the youth sang outisde the
Conferedacy Council House.

The Six Nations Solidarity Network supports Young Onkwehonwe United and
their call for a youth centre. For more information, Y.O.U. has a facebook
group.
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