The sun is bright in Passamit on Monday, but the atmosphere is solemn. About 150 people gathered in the streets of the Innu community for a walk in honor of the day of the red dress.
Members of the community and outside people have taken part in the march set up by health and well-being Pessamit. Prayers and music hosted the rally, which was full of emotions.
Pan -Canadian commemorative day aims to pay tribute to women, girls, and people LGBTQ+ Aboriginal who has disappeared and murdered.
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This is the first event on the North Shore, but certainly not the last, explains one of the organizers, and intervener in dependence, Jade Bacon-McKenzie.
It is to honor the missing, murdered women. It is a reality that touches us here too, in Pessamit
she says.
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The cause is important in the eyes of citizens.
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The organizers hope that the event will be able to perpetuate themselves, in particular to break the silence which still weighs on these dramas experienced by their community, according to them.
One of the walkers, Fanny Bacon, believes that disappearances and assassinations remain a taboo in his community.
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The participants were able to meditate during the rally.
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It is important to make our young people aware of who have disappeared or murdered, because we are not going to be fooled, it still happens too often. An indigenous woman who disappears, we hardly hear about it compared to other women.
The event is also part of the Passamit mental health week, for which other activities are scheduled for in the coming days.
According to information from Nazdar Roy
