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“We put up our red dresses when one of us is stolen. Give us the chance to take them down,” said the Bear Clan Patrol. “It is rare to meet an Indigenous person who has not lost a mother, auntie, daughter or niece to violence in Canada.”
HER Victory works as an outreach centre to advocate for and serve those in the sex trade, including those at risk of being trafficked. It has a location in Forest Lawn and also works out of Calgary’s Women’s Remand Centre, and Meyer estimates about 70 per cent of the women the centre works with are Indigenous.Article content
“To Indigenous and non-Indigenous women, this is happening. We deal with this on a weekly basis,” she said. “Days like Red Dress Day are unfortunately just one day, but we need to realize that this is something that is happening every single day.”Article contentThe Stardale Girl Drummers practice at Bridgeland park for Friday’s Red Dress Day Ceremony in Calgary on May 3.Red dresses will also be hang in other areas of the city, including at Mount Royal University.
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