MMIWGM2S and Red Dress Day

Red Dress Day (May 5, annually) raises awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, men and two-spirit people (MMIWGM2S). Red Dress Day began as the REDress Project, an art installation by Métis artist Jamie Black, consisting of hundreds of red dresses hanging in public spaces. 

“The word redress means to remedy or set right.”

The display of red dresses in public spaces is meant not just as a memorial for MMIWGM2S, but as a call to action (Native Women’s Association of Canada).

Learn more about Red Dress Day:

• The REDress Project
• REDress Project on YouTube
• The Canadian Encyclopedia - Red Dress Day
• Canadian Museum for Human Rights (permanent exhibit of the Red Dress Project)
• Take Action (Amnesty International)

Photo Credit: Melissa Yu Vanti