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The Genocide Indigenous Women, Girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+ Folx Face
The Genocide Indigenous Women, Girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+ Folx Face

Thu, Oct 05

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Virtual Event

The Genocide Indigenous Women, Girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+ Folx Face

A first-hand experience of systemic racism and discrimination will be shared about the ongoing Genocide Indigenous Women, Girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+ folx face from survivor, speaker and advocate Fallon Farinacci.

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Time & Location

Oct 05, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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About The Event

While Fallon has endured trauma and grief, she fueled her passion for change with that pain. She will recount her healing journey from testifying for the National Inquiry for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+, to joining the National Family Advisory Circle, to then living into the meaning of her spirit name, White Thunder Woman - Make a lot of noise. Fallon uses all of her experiences to bring awareness and educate others about the ongoing crisis of MMIWG2S+ across Turtle Island with the hope of bringing change. Fallon will also share the 231 Calls for Justice with the attendees and how easy it is for individuals to implement the Calls for Justice in their personal and professional lives. Fallon will also share that Grief Talks has already answered a Call for Justice by inviting Fallon to speak and share her lived experience and creating a space where her voice could be uplifted and heard.

Fallon will share how she shifted the negative and traumatic narrative and celebrated her existence as an Indigenous woman. In 2021 Fallon started a fundraising initiative celebrating her life and the lives of all the other Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ for two Indigenous organizations. She will share with the attendees how one individual can create change and positively impact others.

Throughout the Grief talks event, the attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the experience of violence, racism and discrimination that Indigenous women, girls, and LGBTQQIA2S+ folx have and continue to endure across Turtle Island and will be equipped with the resources to move in the direction of reconciliation.

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The Centre for Grief and Healing

(also known as Bereaved Families of Ontario - Halton/Peel) is a local, registered charitable organization offering compassion and care for individuals dealing with the death of a loved one.  

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We want to acknowledge the land on which we gather, and where the Centre for Grief and Healing (BFO-H/P) operates. This land has been and is still inhabited by many Indigenous Peoples since the last Ice Age which was 13,000 years ago. In particular, we acknowledge the territory of the Anishinabek-Ojibway/Chippewa, Huron-Wendat, and Haudenosaunee peoples. The land that is home to the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people. We are grateful to now be on the land that is the land of Indigenous Peoples since time began.

The land we are presently on is under the stewardship of the Mississaugas of the Credit, who are the signatories of the treaty and holders of the area. We recognize that the land we are on was taken away through colonization, oppression, and expropriation. In the hopes for a better future and building relationships, we recognize, require, and honour what is in the truth and reconciliation report and the calls to action. We acknowledge and are grateful for having the privilege of being where we are, for this land, and for the Indigenous Peoples who have and continue to inhabit this land.

 

This Land Acknowledgment was created in collaboration with Indigenous Elder, Cat Criger. 

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