Honouring our Sisters and LGBTQ2+ in Spirit Candlelight Vigil

Date posted: April 20, 2022

Honouring our Sisters and LGBTQ2+ in Spirit Candlelight Vigil

Thursday, May 5 at 7 pm

Fernwood Square (Fernwood Road at Gladstone Avenue, Victoria, BC)

On May 5, the Belfry Theatre will be hosting a ceremony and candlelight vigil in honour of the National Day of Awareness and Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Gender diverse people.

The ceremony will start with a prayer song and welcoming song by the Lək̓ʷəŋən Traditional Dancers.

Cecilia Dick from the Songhees Nation will be the MC and the speakers include:

Carla Voyageur, founder of the Lil’ Red Dress Project

The Lil’ Red Dress Project’s team of volunteers creates beaded “red dress” pins and earrings to bring awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Sage Lacerte and David Stevenson from the Moose Hide Campaign

Moose Hide Campaign Day (May 12) is a day of ceremony where all Canadians are called to join to take a stand against violence towards women and children and to take practical steps for our collective journey of reconciliation.

Rande Cook, a Kwakwaka’wakw artist

Following the speakers, there will be a Ladies Dance by Kwakwaka’wakw and at 8:30 pm we’ll have a moment of silence and begin to light the candles.

A closing dance by the Lək̓ʷəŋən Traditional Dancers will end the ceremony.

Everyone is welcome to attend. No reservations or tickets are required. We will have reserved designated seating for Elders.