Throughout December (12/3-12/21) you will see a collection of red dresses hanging from trees by the Academic Quad, Science Center, Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center, and other locations across campus. These dresses are part of an installation of the REDress Project created by Métis artist Jaime Black. The installation consists of hundreds of red dresses suspended in public spaces to mark the absence and evoke the presence of Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered.

Indigenous women face higher rates of violence than any other cultural group in Canada and the United States. Indigenous families and communities have been advocating for generations to make changes to the colonial system that often treat the perpetrators of this violence with impunity. The REDress Project works to create space for families of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Persons (MMIP) and their supporters to tell their stories and to find solidarity in the struggle to protect the rights of Indigenous women and girls.

To learn more, please read The REDress Project Comes to Wellesley in Honor of Indigenous Peoples Day on wellesley.edu.

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