Sept 30th Events - Victoria Orange Shirt Day

Sept 30th Eventsuser2024-05-29T04:23:23+00:00

September 30th, 2024

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September 30th is a day to honour, acknowledge and recognize the harm caused by the residential school system on generations of Indigenous children, families and communities across Canada. Our goal is for all members of the community to come together to support one another.

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Orange Shirt Day is held every September 30th to honour Residential School survivors and their families, and to remember those that never made it.

Today, there is a ceremony honoring #indigenousvet

Today, there is a ceremony honoring #indigenousveteransday starting by 10:45am at the Victoria Centoph infront of @bclegislature
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Many of these veterans also experienced mandated residential school and boarding school institutions of assimilation before enlisting.

Indigenous war veterans were not treated with equity and suffered added losses while still experiencing racism throughout their service
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Returning from war, there would be losses of Indigenous status, rights, homelands, finances, and more.

We encourage Canadians to listen to survivors, warriors, and heros who walk across these lands today and those who lost their lives.

#handsraised to truthtellers and friends who make the truth of these histories more widely known.
🤲🏿🤲🏽 @downiewenjack

#everychildmatters #xexesmuneem #ourchildrenaresacred #eddycharlie #kuperislandresidentialschoolsurvivor #roominthecircleforeveryone #doingsomethingaboutthishistoryistherightthingtodo

"The first step towards reconciliation is to alway

"The first step towards reconciliation is to always share a truth that no matter how many steps you must take back, to the one that is the most important, you take that step.
Through Truth and Reconciliation across Truth brought our residential school survivors together and made them warriors.
The truth that they shared became a drum that our nations listened to, and we began to grow strong together. That is something we had never been able to do in the past.
As a residential school survivor, my hands are raised to senator Murray Sinclair. I once believed that my voice didn't matter because I went to residential school. Your voice changed that. Thank you for making our story matter."
Eddy Charlie
Kuper Island Residential School Survivor

Raven Lacerte @ravenlacerte co-founder of @moose_hide_campaign shares this, "Murray Sinclair embodied the spirit of justice and Reconciliation in every step he took. His courage to expose the truth and lift the voices of survivors has inspired countless Canadians, including all of us in the Moose Hide Campaign..."

1st 📸 We would like to acknowledge Raven and the friendship she had personally with the late honorable Murray Sinclair. Our hearts are with you, and all people who are grieving together after the loss of this giant hero.

The 3rd and 5th 📸 is by Colin Smith, who we are incredibly grateful for. @colinsmithtakespics 🤲🏽🫶🏿🧡❤️

The #xexesmuneem design on orange shirts and flag is by Artist Bear Horne @bearhorne 🧡❤️🦅

#everychildmatters #listentoresidentialschoolsurvivors #eddycharlie #kuperislandresidentialschoolsurvivor #roominthecircleforeveryone #doingsomethingaboutthishistoryistherightthingtodo
#everyonehasaroletoplay

We are absolutely devastated to hear the news of t

We are absolutely devastated to hear the news of the passing of the Honorable Justice Murray Sinclair, an Ojibwe leader, role model, mentor, and chair of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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"He fundamentally changed how Canada confronts its history of Residential Schools and Indigenous relations.
... He helped countless Canadians understand that reconciliation is not just about acknowledging the past but about creating a better future together. His legacy lives on in Canada's ongoing journey toward truth, healing, and meaningful reconciliation."
@bmorinstories 🙍🏾‍♀️

Our hearts go out to respected friend honorable Murray Sinclair's family, friends, residential school, and boarding school warriors for this tremendous loss.
We will forever honor your life with our hands raised to you 🤲🏿🤲🏽🧡❤️🦅

We are grateful you have left this world with the sound of your voice, footsteps of truthtelling, wisdom, dignity, calls for ongoing systemic change, and justice.

Please look up articles, videos, and books like "WHO WE ARE Four Qurstions for a Life and a Nation."
In honor of his legacy.
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3rd and 5th photo by good friend 📸🧡❤️ @colinsmithtakespics

#xexesmuneem #sacredchildren #everychildmatters #listentoresidentialschoolsurvivors #eddycharlie #kuperislandresidentialschoolsurvivor #everyonehasaroletoplay ##doingsomethingaboutthishistoryistherightthingtodo

@patukglenn 🤲🏿🤲🏽🧡💞🦅

@patukglenn
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Our good friend @teechmacreations has traveled to

Our good friend @teechmacreations has traveled to The Unceded Territory of the Algongquin Anishnaabeg People/Ottawa in honor of her late brother, who was murdered by police and many more community relatives across the lands.

October 22nd is The International Day Against Police Brutality, Repression & Criminalization of a Generation.

Please stand with us in acknowledging the truths of survivors who courageously speak out against the unaccounted injustices and murders that continue to sweep across these lands.

"I am trying to take comfort in the fact that I'm not in this alone, although my heart breaks because I'm in this with multiple families. All grieving for a loved one. Or loved ones never should have died at the hands of police."
@teechmacreations

#xexesmuneem #sacredchildren #justiceforjulian #eddycharlie #kuperislandresidentialschoolsurvivor #roominthecircleforeveryone #friendsforfriendsstandtogether #everychildmatters

"It just takes one kind act of listening and one p

"It just takes one kind act of listening and one person caring that can make a difference.
We don't need to be hating. That is learned history and being kind can be history too. It's the only gift that I have that I can carry with me, and it's worth my time."
Eddy Charlie 💁🏿❤️‍🩹
Kuper Island Residential School Survivor

"The bear to help us follow the right path, the eagle to help us have vision of a bright future, the hummingbird to keep our mind, body and spirit healthy and the flower to feed feed connection all these elements."
🧡🎨🦅 Artist Bear Horne @bearhorne

📸 2nd and 3rd photo is by trusted friend @colinsmithtakespics

#weallhavearoletoplay #doingsomethingabouthistoryistherightthingtodo #eddycharlie #kuperislandresidentialschoolsurvivor #friendsforfriendsstandtogether #roominthecircleforeveryone

We would like to raise our hands and say Howa'a to

We would like to raise our hands and say Howa'a to Haida Artist and friend Shelly Samuels @yasakw_designs for sharing this post and encouraging people to listen to truthteller #eddycharlie #kuperislandresidentialschoolsurvivor
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Please join us in acknowledging @yasakw_designs by following her page, listening to her voice, and checking out her creations.
🙋🏿🙆🏽‍♀️🧡💞🎨

The #xexesmuneem design was created by Artist Bear Horne @bearhorne
"The bear to help us follow the right path, the eagle to help us have vision of a bright future, the hummingbird to keep our mind, body and spirit healthy and the flower to feed the connection of all these elements."

💥 The 3rd pic is of "I Am Loved" cacoon cardigan by @yasakw_designs
💥 The 4th pic is "Tears for the Children" design by @yasakw_designs

📸 The 5th photo was by @kzeilstraphoto 🙌🏿🙌🏽

#sacredchildren #orangeshirtday #everychildmatters #listentoresidentialschoolsurvivors #roominthecircleforeveryone

Just 4 days after #orangeshirtday and the National

Just 4 days after #orangeshirtday and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Today, October 4th, is the Sisters in Spirit National Day of Action. 🙋🏿🙍🏽‍♀️🧡💞

Together, we can bring change in standing up to the systems related to residential school, which devalue the lives of Indigenous women, girls, and 2 spirit people still today. 🫂💔❤️‍🩹

What can we do? 💁🏿❤️‍🩹

💥 Wear red today in honor of #MMIWGT2S
Murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls, and 2 spirit peoples
💥 Look up the Red Dress Project
💥 Hang a #redress #redshirt in your home or business windows
💥 Have conversations
💥Look up and read the 231 calls for justice in the national inquiry final report https://tinyurl.com/bdhvm77m
💥 Check out the national action plan mmiwg2splus-nationalactionplan.ca
💥 Learn more about the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the impacts of colonization https://tinyurl.com/mr2anf3m
💥❤️🦋 Follow @butterfliesinspirit
💥 Look up, follow, and participate in moosehidecampaign.ca #moosehidecampaignday

FACTS:
💔 RCMP only recognizes 18 out of every 40 estimated Indigenous deaths on the highway of tears
💔 Indigenous women are 12 times more likely to be murdered or go missing than any other women in Canada and 16 times more likely than white women
💔 70% of gender diverse and two-spirited people experience some form of violence
💔 Police and RCMP violence against Indigenous women and people rarely make headlines and happen regularly

We would like to acknowledge Colin Smith, the 1st, 2nd, and 4th pictures you shared from last year's #ourwomenaresacred walk 🫶🏿🤲🏽📸

Our Women are Sacred Red Hoodies are designed by Yuxwelupton @qwalqaxala 🤲🏿🤲🏽❤️

Warrior Love blanket designed by Artist Margaret August @salish_artist_margaret_august
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#everyonehasaroletoplay #nomorestolensisters #eddycharlie #kuperislandresidentialschoolsurvivor #everychildmatters #xexesmuneem #sacredchildren
#roominthecircleforeveryone

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