Terrace and Prince Rupert will be holding community walks to mark Red Dress Day tomorrow.
Held annually on May 5, red dress day raises awareness and commemorates missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two spirit people.
The symbol of the red dress came from Metis artist Jaime Black in 2010, who was inspired by women in Colombia who wore red dresses to raise awareness of missing family members.
Black started the “ReDress Project” in 2010, which simultaneously became the first year to observe Red Dress day.
Only representing 5 percent of Canada’s population, Indigenous women and girls make up 24% of female homicide victims.
Both Terrace and Prince Rupert are located along what’s been dubbed the Highway of Tears, a stretch of Highway 16 known for being the location of many missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
To honour those people, Terrace’s Tears to Hope Society will hold a walk along the Millennium Trail starting at 6:30 pm at the Chill Soda Shop and are encouraging attendees to wear red, and bring their drums and singing voice.
At 6 pm, Prince Rupert residents will start their walk at the Courthouse lawn, to head down 3rd avenue, and end at the Nisga’a Hall.
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