PLEASE NOTE: Due to inclement weather concerns this program has been postponed until February 24. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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On December 8, 2015, the federal government announced the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) as a key government initiative to end the disproportionally high levels of violence against Indigenous women and girls. In 2019, Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was published. It delivers 231 individual Calls for Justice directed at governments, institutions, social service providers, industries and all Canadians. The issue of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans, and 2 Spirit individuals (MMIWGT2S) is still underrecognized and in need of immediate action in this country. Much activism and discussion on this issue occurs in proximity to Valentine’s Day; therefore the next iteration of Speakers of Truth will gather together Indigenous and non-Indigenous ally voices from this region to reflect and share.

Presented in partnership with Sisters in Spirit Action Committee of Hamilton.

Speakers include:
Norma Jacobs, Ongwehowe Elder, Mother, Grandmother
Edebwed Ogichidaa Val King, Mississauga of the Credit First Nation
Tara Williams
Lenore Lukasik-Foss, Sisters In Spirit Committee
Jessica Bonilla-Damptey, Sisters in Spirit Committee

Please join Sisters in Spirit on February 14, 2022 as they remember and honour Helen Gillings, by placing a red heart on the lamp post located at the King and Emerald alley. Helen Gillings was an Indigenous woman who was murdered in 1995 and her case is still unsolved.
She is gone but never forgotten.

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