Friday, May 30, 2008

Walk 4 Justice

hi everyone!!
Wow, we're getting down to the last days before we leave...
We really really really need to know how many people are joining us and where and for how long...just so we can accomodate, feed and outfit you properly..Confirm soon if you wish to join!Here is the updated route once more:
Route Plan
From Vancouver to Ottawa
Leaving / Arriving
1. Vancouver June 21, 08 / Chilliwack June 21, 08
2. ChilliwackJune 22, 08 / Kamloops June24, 08
3. Kamloops June 25, 08 / Mount Robson June 30, 08
4. Mount Robson July 1, 08 / Edmonton July 3, 08
5. Edmonton July 6, 08 / Calgary July 8, 08
6. Calgary July 10, 08 / Medicine Hat July 12, 08
7. Medicine Hat July 14, 08 / Swift Current July 16, 08
8. Swift Current July 18, 08 / Regina July 22, 08
9. Regina July 24, 08 / Brandon July 26, 08
10. Brandon July 28, 08 / Winnipeg July 30, 08
11. Winnipeg Aug 1, 08 / Kenora Aug 3, 08
12. Kenora Aug 5, 08 / Ignace Aug 7, 08
13. Ignace Aug 9, 08 / Thunder Bay Aug 11, 08
14. Thunder Bay Aug 13, 08 / Marathon Aug 15, 08
15. Marathon Aug 15, 08 / Wawa Aug 16, 08
16. Wawa Aug 17, 08 / Sault Ste Marie Aug 19, 08
17. Sault Ste Marie Aug 21, 08 / Sudbury Aug 24, 08
18. Sudbury Aug 25, 08 / Toronto Aug 29, 08
19. Toronto Sep 2, 08 / Tyendinaga Sep 4, 08
20. Tyendinaga Sep 8, 08 / Ottawa Sept 12,08
**********************************PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION THAT IS GOING TO OTTAWA AND FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LISTS...http://www.petitiononline.com/glradek/petition.html
thanks -
your w4j working group

http://www.walk4justice.piczo.com/?cr=6
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14313758782&ref=mf

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! (letter from Gladys...):
Good day friends and allies.
We are preparing for this powerful journey -
Walk4Justice for the missing and murdered women of our nation.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for offering all your support.
We would like to know who is walking with us from town to town so we know how many people we need to accommodate and feed.
We need:-
contact information and support letters from everyone to ensure that all arrangments are secured.
-to gather your information about the missing and murdered women and their family's so we can represent them properly in Ottawa.
-to hear from organizations and individuals who can work on each of these concerns from every town, city and province.
-to know who our spiritual leaders will be and we would like to honor yours and follow our traditional protocol across the nation.From the communities we request:
-involvement in putting the banners and pictures of their loved ones together so we may honor them through prayer and let families know we will be their voices.
-fundraising events to help W4J pay for supplies such as food, gas, medical, shoes, socks, weather gear, sunscreen, blankets, honorariums, tobacco, sage, sweetgrass and traditional medicines and all supplies needed to make this journey a success.
*All cash, goods and services donations can be forwarded to the Aboriginal Mother's Center Society in Vancouver, British Columbia,
at 208-2019 Dundas Street,
Vancouver,
BC V5L 1J5
or phone 604-253-6262.
The cheques can be made out to Aboriginal Mother's Center Society and include re: walk4justice, an account has been set up for this walk by Penny Irons, Executive Director of AMCS. **We thank you in advance for your generous support!
Please, come join us if you can!
RespectGladys Radek, Bernie Williams, Nicole Tait, Vikki Peters, Telsa Pratt, Renee Pratt, Rose Shah'traa, Don Wright
-your Walk4Justice Working Groupemail: walk4justice2008@yahoo.ca