Red Dress Day march inside Churchill Square (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay
May 5th is National Red Dress Day, with many wearing Red Ribbon Skirts and shirts in Churchill Square, holding signs and showing support for families who lost loved ones that have either been missing or murdered.
Blaine Knott from Miyo-pimâtisiwin Centre in NorQuest College was one of the many attending the Red Dress Day walk in Churchill Square as he says Red Dress Day is extremely important, and wants to ensure and to promote the meaning behind the event so that it never is forgotten.
Blaine Knott from NorQuest College holding a MMIW Sign in the Red Dress Day Walk in Churchill Square (Photo Credits – Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
Knott adds that seeing the community coming together in solidarity in honor of Red Dress Day is a constant message that Miyo-pimâtisiwin Centre in NorQuest College is also learning, in a way to speak the truth in the ways many need to during the Red Dress Day event.
Family members of Nicole Frenchman holding up signs for the Red Dress Day Walk in Churchill Square (Photo Credits – Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
Along with the Red Dress Day walk, the Silent No More Film Festival began inside the Stanley A. Milner Library where actress Alyssa Wapnatahk spoke as a panelist speaker as she says she hopes that those that attend will take away inspiration to not being a statistic.
Alyssa Wapanatahk at the Silent No More Film Festival on Red Dress Day (Photo Credits – Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
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