SD83 staff and students are encouraged to wear red on Friday!
School Districts in the Thompson-Okanagan zone are working together to raise awareness about missing, murdered and mourned Indigenous women. Inspired by Jaime Black’s REDress Project, Red Dress Day was first commemorated in 2010. The day is used to pay respect to the victims, raise awareness of the crisis and call on governments to take action to address the racialized and gendered violence inflicted on Indigenous peoples in Canada. Commemorations vary from community to community, but generally observers wear red and hang red dresses from trees, statues and doors. In some communities, marches, processions and vigils are held.
