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May 5^th is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People it is also known as Red Dress Day.

The original REDress project was a public art piece by Métis artist Jaime Black which she hung red dresses from tree branches at the University of Winnipeg Campus. The dresses act as visual reminder of an Indigenous woman who has been murdered or is missing.

In our youth centres young people have been learning about MMIWG2S+ day and have created their own miniature red dresses to represent the lives of Indigenous women, girls, 2 spirit and gender diverse people that have are missing or have been murdered across Canada.

We placed our paper dresses outside where they have been for the last couple of weeks. Some have disappeared, some have fallen, some are lost, some have fallen apart as they have been open to the elements.

Like Jaime Black’s piece, placing our pieces outside forced us to reflect on the invisibility, the neglect, significant loss that is felt by many Indigenous families and individuals that have dealt with, are dealing with and are constantly in fear of one day having to deal with this issue.

If you’re near one of our youth centres (MRC & ARC), see if you can still see or find one of our red dresses.

We challenge you to learn more about Red Dress Day and to add your voice to the call for concrete action to end the genocide of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people in Canada.
 

Click here to see our completed video on this meaningful project!

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