There Will Be A Walk Of Remembrance For Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women In Rupert Friday Evening

It comes as Skeena MP Bachrach helps lead the call for a Red Dress Alert System.

May 5th is a day dedicated to honoring and remembering the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2-Spirit peoples.
May 5th is a day dedicated to honoring and remembering the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2-Spirit peoples. Photo Credit: Svetlana Day | Dreamstime.com

[This story originally appeared on The North Coast Review, a blog based in Prince Rupert that contains “items of interest to those living on the North Coast of BC.”]

Friday evening will bring an opportunity for the Prince Rupert community to share solidarity with the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people, with local organizers hosting a community walk from the courthouse to the Nisga’a Hall on Third Avenue West.

“As a community located along the Highway of Tears, we know too well the heartbreak and loss that our communities have collectively shared,”

City of Prince Rupert
May 5th is a day dedicated to honoring and remembering the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2-Spirit peoples.
Red Dress Day was established in 2010 as a result of a project created by Métis artist Jamie Black. The purpose of the red dresses is to raise awareness of the many Indigenous women who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada and the United States. Photo Credit: Ritaanisimova | Dreamstime.com

The walk, which is taking place alongside other Red Dress Day events across the country, has a 6 p.m. start time, with participants asked to wear red in support.

The evening event will feature songs as well as remembrances from family members of those who have gone missing.

Prestige Tatiana, the CEO and founder of Indigenous Lives Matter YYC, sings in honour of all the Indigenous women, girls, and 2-Spirit individuals who have gone missing or been murdered. Source: Albert Woo on Facebook.

In a social media post on Wednesday, the City of Prince Rupert advised that Third Avenue will be closed to traffic for the event. “As a community located along the Highway of Tears, we know too well the heartbreak and loss that our communities have collectively shared,” the city said.

On Wednesday, Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach and Winnipeg area MP Leah Gazan co-hosted an event in Ottawa in support of a program called the Red Dress Alert System.

That is an initiative that proposes the creation of an alert system by cell phone to alert the public when Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQ+ people are reported missing.

Bachrach called it an “important tool to ensure when families’ loved ones go missing, they are found as soon as possible.”

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