Tag: Violence against women

The REDress Project, a living memorial for that honors and celebrates MMIW

The REDress Project is a public art installation created by Métis artist Jaime Black in 2010 (with its first major exhibition in 2011) to raise awareness about the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis in Canada and the United States. It has since become a global symbol of remembrance, resilience, and justice for Indigenous […]

Denim Day, “Wear Denim and Raise Awareness!”

On Denim Day, which takes place on the last Wednesday in April — April 29 this year — we stand in solidarity with sexual assault survivors and victims. Celebrated every year on the last Wednesday of April, Denim Day started as a campaign against sexual assault apologists. In the summer of 1992 in Italy, an […]