Kwey,
This week I started a new petition campaign; a grassroots effort to raise awareness about the issue of Indigenous women and girls with disabilities as bigger targets of sexual violence. Sadly, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls research, report, and subsequent 231 Calls for Justice failed/s to address the needs of these more vulnerable people.
I am asking people to read the text of this petition, sign it, and share it too. When addressing the needs of subjugated people the practices taken must be extraordinary versus rationalized through what you as an able-bodied person my think.
I already have over 1,000 signatures. My goal is 10,000. You can help me reach this goal. Some of the signatories include Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, Senator Kim Pate, Judy Rebick, Marilyn Dumont, Alice Olsen Williams, Anita Olsen Harper, Alex Wilson, Fiona Walsh, Thohahente Thohahente, Laurie Siblock, Alan Slavin, Ken Ranney, Marion Little ...
https://www.change.org/p/government-of-canada-maryam-monsef-minister-of-women-and-gender-equality-please-stand-up-for-indigenous-women
This week I started a new petition campaign; a grassroots effort to raise awareness about the issue of Indigenous women and girls with disabilities as bigger targets of sexual violence. Sadly, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls research, report, and subsequent 231 Calls for Justice failed/s to address the needs of these more vulnerable people.
I am asking people to read the text of this petition, sign it, and share it too. When addressing the needs of subjugated people the practices taken must be extraordinary versus rationalized through what you as an able-bodied person my think.
I already have over 1,000 signatures. My goal is 10,000. You can help me reach this goal. Some of the signatories include Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, Senator Kim Pate, Judy Rebick, Marilyn Dumont, Alice Olsen Williams, Anita Olsen Harper, Alex Wilson, Fiona Walsh, Thohahente Thohahente, Laurie Siblock, Alan Slavin, Ken Ranney, Marion Little ...
https://www.change.org/p/government-of-canada-maryam-monsef-minister-of-women-and-gender-equality-please-stand-up-for-indigenous-women
© Lynn Gehl, Ph.D. is an Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe from the Ottawa River Valley. She is a published author of Claiming Anishinaabe: Decolonizing the Human Spirit and The Truth that Wampum Tells: My Debwewin on the Algonquin Land Claims Process. You can reach her and see more of her work at www.lynngehl.com.
