Activist Communique: Why you should come out on February 14 for the National Day of Action by No More Silence

Today I received a message from Gladys Radek that I wanted to share. Please check out her inspiring bio: Gladys Radek, a woman on a mission.

“Creator, be with our women today as we stand for justice. Guide each and everyone of them to give them strength to speak their truth. Creator thank you for this opportunity for our sisters to gather in unity on this special day and every day.

Thank you for all the good things you do to keep our spirit alive. Bless you all. Go, Sisters in Spirit, go!”

I bring you this message to encourage you to attend Toronto’s February 14 National Day of Action for No More Silence. Bring justice to murdered and missing Indigenous women. Other cities listed below (will be updated when I get more info).

National Day of Action for Toronto:

Monday, February 14, 2011

**5:00 p.m.** (NOTE THE NEW TIME)
Rally at Police HQ, 40 College St at Bay
March to the Coroner’s Office, 26 Grenville St.

Gathering with food at The Meeting Place following rally & march (6:30 – 8 p.m.); a bus will be available to transport participants from the Coroner’s Office to the gathering.
TTC tokens will be available for those attending by public transit

Please see this Facebook page or this blog for more Toronto info.

For Vancouver — 20th Annual February 14th Women’s Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women

For Montreal — Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women

For Ottawa — Feb 14 – Day of Justice: Rally for Sisters in Spirit

According to the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC):

“Aboriginal women and girls are facing the most pervasive human rights crisis in Canada today. As of March 31, 2010 NWAC has found 582 cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls.

The slow, insidious disappearance of these women not only robs communities of their important women but also robs them of all the wisdom these women held and all the potential for future generations.

First Nations communities already struggling to heal from the effects of the residential school system, systemic racism and sexism and the neglect and willful ignorance perpetuated by the federal and provincial government and the police.”

The first question that comes to my mind, the first question I want to ask the next person I see on the street or at the next activist meeting is: How would you feel if your daughter went missing? What if your sister simply disappeared? Your mother or auntie vanished?  How many more tears would you cry if it seemed like no one was willing to help? Like no one even cared?

The list of missing and murdered Native women in Canada grows: Out a total of 582 cases, 393 died as a result of murder or negligence.  And 115 remain missing. Only in 53% of the cases involving Native women was someone charged, whereas the average rate for charges in a homicide in Canada is 84%.

For more background, please see: Missing and murdered women: Produce a report that cannot be ignored and Too little, too late, say critics at a community forum into missing and murdered women.

We can change this! Come out and march with us and learn more about how you can help!

Check out these backgrounders for more information on Sisters in Spirit: Activist Communique: Killing Sisters in Spirit  and Saving Sisters in Spirit

“Since roughly 1980, between 583 and 3000 Indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered in Canada.”

Come out and show support for the survival of the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s (NWAC) and their unprecedented Sisters in Spirit campaign (SIS), which, since its inception in 2004, has worked to raise awareness on and compile data about violence against Native women and girls in Canada. In that time they have forged strong relationships with women and their families and communities. The last annual Sisters in Spirit March and Vigil was organized by over 86 communities across Canada, with one in Nicaragua.”

Please come out and march with us. All people and all drums welcome!

In solidarity,

krystalline kraus

 
 
	

		
		
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