Events across the country are planned on May 5 to increase awareness, offer opportunities for communities to grieve collectively and work towards a better future
Red Dress Day, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People , is observed annually on May 5.
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, in its 2019 report, said the crisis constitutes a genocide of Indigenous people. The first Red Dress Day was observed in 2010, after artist Jaime Black launched her continuing REDress art installation. Black collects and hangs red dresses in public spaces to bring awareness to the MMIWG2S crisis, and the dresses have come to symbolize the issue.
At many Red Dress Day events, people can hear stories about the mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts and friends who are gone. The events serve as places for people to come together and share their sorrow, anger, grief and hope for a better future.“I know for myself, when I have to grieve, I am very vocal. I like to speak of what I’m feeling,” she said.
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