SEPTEMBER 30 ORANGE SHIRT DAY: Every Child Matters

2018 Orange Shirt Day will be held on Sunday ... Welcome to arrange a nearby event for your community

Orange Shirt Day is a monument of the Saint Joseph Church (SJM) residential school in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada, in the spring of 2013. It comes from the story of Phyllis wearing a shiny new orange shirt on the first day of the mission and it was an opportunity to discuss every aspect of the school every year.

This day was chosen because children were home when they went home to a boarding school from their home in the year and it was an opportunity to set the stage of racial discrimination and bullying prevention policies of the coming year. It also gives teachers time to plan activities including children because we want to make sure we pass the story to the next generation.

Orange Shirt Day is also an opportunity for indigenous peoples, local governments, schools, communities to gather together with a spirit of reconciliation and greet future children.

There are many stories left in the school of accommodation, but most of them are not fun. The problem we are faced today is not that many people know what it is like. Jonathan Horst heard a few stories from the local school of Williams Lake, but I knew that this should not be forgotten.

Recently, the Truth and Reconciliation Committee came to Williams Lake. Their arrival allowed people influenced by the school to share their experiences and begin to heal. But this memorial project is unique and Jonathan Horst of Williams Lake discovered the reason.

Another personal story empathizing with the children is Phyllis Webstad that caused a nationwide campaign for the orange shirt day on September 30 every year. In 1973, 6-year-old Phyllis was excited to attend school and chose a new orange shirt. When she arrived at school, all her clothes, including her orange shirt, took from her. "Orange always reminds me of this, I do not care how anyone feels it is irrelevant, I do not think that's worth anything," Weststadt explained. Information on Orange Shirt Day is important for all children

Eddy Charlie, a survivor of a living school, and his friend, Kristin Spray, held the Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters event in Victoria. It was developed in 2015 when participating in Camosun College indigenous research project. This year, they cooperated with Victoria City and the Women's Association Bridge to commemorate New York City's pledge to settlement. (Above: Eddy Charlie, Phyllis Webstad, Kristin Spray) A local artist, Bear Horne, is training with Douglas and Perry LaFortune, and his uncle Francis Horne. Bell has kept in touch with Salish art, but since 1998 he has been engraving in full time. Horn uses traditional Selish emblems and patterns, but he is particularly interested in trying non-traditional shapes and unique symbols. At this stage he is primarily carving wood, working with red cedars, carving wood, making sticks talking with figurative sticks.