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My name is Gladys Radek. I am an advocate for the missing and murdered women, all across Canada and also a Human Rights activist. I am writing to invite you to a walk4justice in the works to address the Prime Minister, Steven Harper and Indian Affairs minister Chuck Strahl about our missing and murdered Aboriginal women, children and men. We want to demand justice and closure for our people who have lost their loved ones over the past, at least 4 decades. As you know, every single First Nations community is affected by this on going genocide by murder. Serial killers are targeting our women right across the country! The police, judicial system and all levels of government are failing to protect us as citizens of Canada. We need to gather in unity to speak out for those who can not do so. We need to gather true numbers of exactly how many are missing, murdered, raped, beaten and overall violated by this system.
At this time Amnesty International is saying over 800 Aboriginal women are missing and murdered. The majority of them are still unsolved due to the seriously flawed judicial system, police forces and social acceptance of yet another "dead indian". Here it is 2008 and the compiled list of missing and murdered women now stands over 3000 names. Mainstream society accepts this by ignoring our pleas for justice and closure. Many are not aware of what their government is doing and it is time for us to make them aware of what is going on.
An average Aboriginal woman has 5 children. Using Amnesty International's figures, this means that we lose at least 4000 children for our future generation. At this time we are only 3% of Canada's population. If we get the true numbers from the family members of these communities, it will point to an alarming rate for our population who are disappearing without any accountability for their demise.
We also want to address the children of these beautiful spirits who were taken. Do we want them to hold Canada's legacy of "system racism"? No! We want them to be raised in a compassionate society. We want them to know that they are a part of this society and that they are our future leaders.
When a child loses one parent they lose half of their income throughout their lives, thus putting them at a risk of living in an already impoverished community. Many of these children were from single parent homes and many end up in the hands of government care after they lose their mothers or fathers. These children will grow up without justice, closure or accountability. They will grow up angry and wonder why nobody cared to look for their mothers or fathers. We want them to know that we, as a society, will seek this justice, closure and accountability for them. We want them to lead healthy lifestyles so that they can become our future leaders without the legacy of "systemic racism" we are facing today.
We want to honor ALL the women, men and children and the families of the ones who have disappeared over the last, at least, four decades. We want to speak out for them and the children who were left behind to fend for themselves. We know in our hearts that "violence sees no colour".
Our demands will be very simple. We want justice, closure, equality and accountability!
Last, but not least, we want to raise funds for the children for their education. We want to guarantee the facilities for their future endeavors such as college, university, counselling, cultural awareness, treatment centers, health facilities and programs that are readily available for them to lead positive lifestyles.
If you are interested in supporting this walk for justice, could you please email to walk4justice2008@yahoo.ca. We need family members of the victims, men, women, children, singers, drummers, walkers, volunteers, fundraisers, cooks, vehicles, drivers and much much more!
The walk will be from Vancouver, BC to Ottawa, Ontario starting June 21, 2008 to September 15, 2008. Walk4justice rally confirmed by Parliment Hill through Theresa Ducharme at Sisters in Spirit, Native Womens Association of Canada.
What is really need here is Unity of the First Nations people and all members of society who are affected by these on going acts of violence.
Our hearts and prayers go out to all families who are missing their loved ones. Prayers for justice, closure, equality and accountablility!
This walk is for everyone!
Please, come and join us!
All my Relations,
Gladys Radek
Advocate for the Highway of Tears
I wake up in the morning
And i cry at night
of the disconfort in my life
The pain i will show
And the love that lives within
Tears come down from my eyes
While i find my heart inside
The pain i suffer i may hide
I do indeed need a friend by my side
is anyone/anybody there?
does anyone really truly care?
i know you'll find me
sometime in my life
before i die
i know for sure
this is not a lie
i know things cant always
come out the way i want
even in the end
how hard i fought
all the pain which was brought
i know your here now
your here to help me
put it all to a stop
