Post by blackcrowheart on Oct 22, 2005 16:56:15 GMT -5
Midnight Messenger announces Freedom Drum: a 24-hour marathon in support of Indigenous Rights
www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_midnight_messenger.php
Drummers of Midnight Messenger in Downtown Ottawa Taking place on the weekend of October 22-23 in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Freedom Drum is a grassroots initiative of Indigenous members of Amnesty International to focus attention on the rights of Indigenous peoples, and, in particular, on Amnesty International's Stolen Sisters report.
Midnight Messenger, a human rights drum circle, is a group of Aboriginal activists who have come together to help Amnesty in its campaign for Indigenous rights. The drum keeper, Mark Solomon, Anishnaabe, is a member of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International Canada.
At least seven drum groups from across Ontario will participate, including Big Train from Six Nations, Gathering Thunder from St. Catherines, and the Guelph University Student Drum.
On Saturday October 22nd, at sunrise, Midnight Messenger will sound the first beat of the big drum. There will be continuous drumming for 24 hours to greet the sunrise in every time zone in the world. Taking turns, the groups will drum until sunrise on Sunday, October 23rd. Elders and community members will be present.
Aboriginal People have been silenced by the policies and inactivity of the Canadian Government. This event is to prove that the culture is still alive. This event is to prove that Indigenous Peoples of this land are proud and stand in solidarity with those who help them.
Everyone is invited to Fort Erie, Ontario for this event (right across from Buffalo). If you are unable to attend, please send a letter to the Canadian government.
Since the release of the Stolen Sisters report a year ago in October 2004, Amnesty has been asking our Government many questions. It remains silent. Let's put so much pressure on them for 24 hours that they must respond.
PLEASE distribute this message to as many people as possible. We want thousands of people to support the drummers.
The elders have said that our voices were taken from us at Residential Schools. Now that we drum again the screams from the drum prove that we want that voice back.
Please stand in solidarity with the drum.
A message from Mark Solomon
Indigenous peoples are under attack in every region of the world. The violence experienced by our Indigenous sisters is at the heart of these assaults on who we are and what we stand for as Indigenous peoples. The drum, which symbolizes our continued connection to the earth, is part of how we as grassroots Indigenous women and men are standing up for our rights. We are saying we will not be silent. And we are asking others to join us in our circle.
www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_midnight_messenger.php
Drummers of Midnight Messenger in Downtown Ottawa Taking place on the weekend of October 22-23 in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Freedom Drum is a grassroots initiative of Indigenous members of Amnesty International to focus attention on the rights of Indigenous peoples, and, in particular, on Amnesty International's Stolen Sisters report.
Midnight Messenger, a human rights drum circle, is a group of Aboriginal activists who have come together to help Amnesty in its campaign for Indigenous rights. The drum keeper, Mark Solomon, Anishnaabe, is a member of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International Canada.
At least seven drum groups from across Ontario will participate, including Big Train from Six Nations, Gathering Thunder from St. Catherines, and the Guelph University Student Drum.
On Saturday October 22nd, at sunrise, Midnight Messenger will sound the first beat of the big drum. There will be continuous drumming for 24 hours to greet the sunrise in every time zone in the world. Taking turns, the groups will drum until sunrise on Sunday, October 23rd. Elders and community members will be present.
Aboriginal People have been silenced by the policies and inactivity of the Canadian Government. This event is to prove that the culture is still alive. This event is to prove that Indigenous Peoples of this land are proud and stand in solidarity with those who help them.
Everyone is invited to Fort Erie, Ontario for this event (right across from Buffalo). If you are unable to attend, please send a letter to the Canadian government.
Since the release of the Stolen Sisters report a year ago in October 2004, Amnesty has been asking our Government many questions. It remains silent. Let's put so much pressure on them for 24 hours that they must respond.
PLEASE distribute this message to as many people as possible. We want thousands of people to support the drummers.
The elders have said that our voices were taken from us at Residential Schools. Now that we drum again the screams from the drum prove that we want that voice back.
Please stand in solidarity with the drum.
A message from Mark Solomon
Indigenous peoples are under attack in every region of the world. The violence experienced by our Indigenous sisters is at the heart of these assaults on who we are and what we stand for as Indigenous peoples. The drum, which symbolizes our continued connection to the earth, is part of how we as grassroots Indigenous women and men are standing up for our rights. We are saying we will not be silent. And we are asking others to join us in our circle.