Join CMHA Champlain East as we observe Red Dress Day on May 5th
Content warning: This message refers to colonial and gender-based violence.
CMHA Champlain East recognizes May 5 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S), also known as Red Dress Day.
Today is a day to honour and remember the Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people who have lost their lives to colonial and gender-based violence in Canada, express support for grieving families and communities, and take action to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.
According to a 2021 RCMP report, 1,017 Indigenous women and girls were murdered between 1980 and 2012, which is a homicide rate approximately 4.5 times higher than that of all other women in Canada.
Red Dress Day began as The REDress Project, the ongoing work of multidisciplinary artist of Anishinaabe and Finnish background Jaime Black, as “an aesthetic response to more than 1,000 missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada.” The project features red dresses which are installed in public spaces to serve as a visual reminder of missing and murdered women, girls and two-spirit people. Learn more about the project here.
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As you may know, Mental Health Week is happening from May 6 to May 12, and this year, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has chosen ‘’Healing through Compassion.” as its theme.
To mark this occasion, CMHA proposes several activities aimed at promoting compassion within our communities. You can find the complete toolkit here:
Toolkit - CMHA National
We would like to draw your attention to the following information documents from the toolkit:
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Visit www.32auctions.com between April 8th and May 8th and support CMHA Champlain East in our fundraising efforts.
Don't forget to join us on May 8th at Au Vieux Duluth restaurant for our 5th annual Dinner Fundraiser.
Proceeds from both the auction and the dinner will directly benefit CMHA Champlain East.
LivingWorks Start
Learn life-saving skills anytime, anywhere. In just 90 minutes online, LivingWorks Start teaches trainees to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to help and support.
CMHA Champlain East is providing complimentary* (Free) LivingWorks Start online suicide prevention training; sponsored by the Suicide Prevention Coalition Champlain East. Here is the link for more details: LivingWorks Start information. This online training is currently only available in English. This is a beginners suicide prevention training intended for those that have not taken the safeTALK or ASIST.
Please e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. full name and email address should you be interested. The training will be sent directly from LivingWorks.
* First come first serve, while quantities last.
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