Opening - REDress Installation on Campus

October 07, 2019

  • 1:00 PM

300x275 red sress
 

1PM
STU Pergola, Upper Courtyard

Join us in the upper courtyard on Oc. 7 at 1 PM for the opening of the REDress Installation created by Manitoba based artist, Jaime Black.

The Installation honours missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, LGBTQ IA +, and men and boys.

The event will open with a poem by UNB student, Chevelle Malcolm - "We Rise for Her, Our Sister." The poem will be read by Chevelle Malcom and STUSU President Husoni Raymond.

Sponsors:
Women's Studies and Gender Studies
The Senate Committee on Reconciliation
The STU Student's Union
CRIM 3163: Perspectives on Missing Persons
Wabanaki Resource Centre

Special thanks to:
Amanda Richard for her past support and inspiration.
Special thanks to Dave Dunbar.
Special thanks to Jaime Black for visiting the campus in 2015 and for the donation of red dresses.

Students may hang red dresses and ties in the courtyard over the week.

 

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