[Wamvan] Saturday: 25th Annual Women's Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

[Natalie Hill]

The 25th Annual Women's Memorial March is this Saturday, Feb 14th.

Information adapted from the march website
<https://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/> and facebook page
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/264380380945/>:

A family remembrance ceremony takes place 11am-12-noon inside Carnegie
Community Centre (closed to the public - families only). *The march begins
at 12-noon, outside Carnegie Community Centre at Main and Hastings Streets.*

Stops will be made throughout the DTES where women were last seen or found
and a smudge and cedar ceremony will commence. Speeches by community
activists takes place at the police station, following which a healing
circle & candlelight vigil will be held at Oppenheimer Park. The day will
end with a community feast at the Japanese Language Hall.

This March gives families, friends, community members an opportunity to
come together to grieve and remember these beloved sisters, and to remind
the powers that be that we have not forgotten those who are still missing.
We dedicate our energies to justice. This event is organized and led by
women in the DTES because women, especially Indigenous women continue to
face physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence.

*This is not a day of protest but an opportunity to show we care and to let
the families know we have not forgotten. We ask groups and organizations
not bring banners, flags, or leaflets. *The Women’s Memorial March carries
five banners in honor of the women. All genders & nations welcome. We thank
you for your support of the Women’s Memorial March.

** In January 1991 a woman was murdered on Powell Street. Her name is not
spoken today, respecting the wishes of family. Her death was the catalyst
to move women to take action leading to this special Valentine’s Day
march.**

More:
DTES memorial march keeps up fight for missing and murdered women
<http://www.straight.com/news/388076/downtown-eastside-memorial-march-keeps-fight-missing-and-murdered-women>
(Georgia
Straight)
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