National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People - May 5, 2024

WHEREAS National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Canada and the United States is May 5, 2024; and

WHEREAS this national day is also known as “Red Dress Day” as Métis artist, Jaime Black used red dresses to represent missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirited people and red dresses continue to be worn and displayed to honour and commemorate this day; and

WHEREAS the mishandling of investigations into missing and murdered Indigenous people has systemically and individually been a discriminatory practice which has enabled this epidemic to continue; and

WHEREAS surrounding Indigenous nations continue to experience loss of loved ones and continue to experience violence, exploitation and trauma at disproportionate levels; and

WHEREAS the Town of Stony Plain commits to demonstrate solidarity with the impacted families in Stony Plain and surrounding area; and in the spirit of reconciliation; and

THEREFORE, I, Mayor William Choy of the Town of Stony Plain, do hereby proclaim May 5, 2024 to be "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People".

Dated this 5th Day of May, 2024.

Mayor William Choy
Town of Stony Plain