WINNIPEG — A campaign to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women that originated in Manitoba is gaining momentum.
The Red Cloth Ribbon Awareness Campaign began earlier this month and involves tying red, cloth strips to bridges.
“It’s a gentle reminder that we are missing people and that people haven’t been brought to justice and this is a national crisis that everybody needs to get on board with and address,” said Althea Guiboche who has been organizing ribbon tying events in Winnipeg.
Guiboche said she got the idea from four women from Opaskwayak Cree Nation who were the first to tie cloth strips to a bridge in The Pas.
Guiboche and several others tied ribbons onto the Donald Street bridge Monday night, the seventh bridge in Winnipeg to become part of the campaign.
“People see the red ribbons and it brings attention to the issues and in a peaceful way causes people to think,” said Audrey Unger, who was tying ribbons on Monday night.
The campaign has spread to places around the province including Dauphin and Brandon and into cities in other provinces like Regina.
There is also a ribbon-tying event planned for a bridge in Ottawa.
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