![]()
|
NATIVE WOMEN MISSING AND/OR MURDERED IN CANADA
MEMORIAL QUILT
We encourage all loved ones and those interested to put together a quilt piece for a MEMORIAL QUILT which will be a travelling memorial in honour of unsolved missing and murdered women.
This quilt will resemble the Names Project ( AIDS QUILT ).
Hopefully this quilt can travel around the world bringing with it, education about WHY women are on the streets, what can be done to help them, and most of all an effort that this never happens again!
We CANNOT let these womens deaths be swept under the carpet. They were loved. Some left children. THEY CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN!
If you are interested in participating in this project please contact me at EMAIL
Vanished Voices-NEVER AGAIN! Project (Memorial Quilt)
Vanished Voices-NEVER AGAIN! Project represents the culmination of a two-fold dream: 1)to preserve the memories of those women who are missing or have been murdered, and 2) to provide education to the public about WHY these women are missing/murdered, as well as the investigative process and outcome.
It is our hope that this Memorial Quilt will travel to all four corners of this earth, to help bring about awareness.
At each showing we will attempt to have support resources available for women in need of IMMEDIATE help, in that particular area.
MAKING THE PANEL
PANEL INSTRUCTIONS
1) go to the site, and find one woman you REALLY
want to do a panel on. Perhaps it is someone you
can relate to, someone you knew or someone a friend
of yours knew. You might be drawn to a particular
woman with a story you can relate to. If you want
suggestions on who might NOT have a panel made for
them, contact me and I can help you out. ( Some
families have requested that someone specifically
make a particular panel. )
Ideally, we would have ONE
panel per woman, not duplicating one or two "more
high profile" cases, so that ALL the women can be
remembered. Of course, if two or more family members of one of the women wish to make panels, this will be an exception.
MAKING THE PANEL
1. Select durable, medium weight fabric for the
background, preferably of cotton fibres or as few
stretch fibres as possible. This will help keep your
design intact when folded and unfolded.
2. The background fabric should measure 13 inch
square. Chalk out or pin a 1" border within the
edges of your fabric . Keep your finished design
inside the 12 inches; leave the extra 1" around it
empty so your panel can be sewn together with other
panels to make several 12 foot square Section of
panels. Panels should be made vertically.
3. Plan your panel to reflect your fondest memories,
if you personally knew this woman. You can paint,
stencil, collage, use appliqué or other methods for
the desired effect. You can also use photographs by
photocopying them onto iron-on transfers and then
ironing them onto the background cloth. Avoid using
breakable items or glue, which cracks when it dries.
WHEN THE PANEL IS FINISHED
1. Write a short description about the woman you
have memorialized including:
full name of the woman for whom the panel was made;
name(s)of the panel maker(s) and their relationship
to the person memorialized ( if applicable); address
and phone number of panel maker(s).
2. Contact the Founder of the Memorial Quilt for
information on submitting your panel to become part
of The VANISHED VOICES-NEVER AGAIN! Memorial Quilt
by sending email to waabzy@yahoo.com with QUILT on
the subject line.
On a separate piece of paper please provide the following when ready to ship the panel:
Name or Title (as it appears on the Quilt panel):____________________________
Name(s) of the individual this Quilt panel was made for:____________________
Panel Maker Information - Primary Contact:
Name:____________________________
Address:__________________________________
Daytime Phone:____________________________
Evening phone:____________________________
Email:_____________________________
Relationship to individual memorialized:______________________
I am willing to be contacted when the media wants to know more about this panel: Yes______ No______
I am willing to be contacted when other people want to know more about this panel: Yes____No____
I am enclosing (please circle): a photograph ____ a letter ____ a donation of $ ____
I understand that the Quilt panel I am submitting today, plus all written and /or visual material submitted along with it, has now become the property of Vanished Voices- NEVER AGAIN! Project, and cannot be returned, reclaimed, or altered by me or anyone else without their written permission.
I understand that Vanished Voices-NEVER AGAIN! Project now has copyright on all materials I have submitted, including the panel itself, and this is acceptable to me.
I give permission to Vanished Voices-NEVER AGAIN! Project to use the above-noted items in publications or displays open to the general public.
I understand and agree with the above terms:
Print Name:___________________________
Signature:____________________________
Date:____________________
Click the following links to view more cases
Main Missing/Murdered Native Women page
SASKATCHEWAN
ALBERTA
BC
BC - Continued
MANITOBA
ONTARIO
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
NOVA SCOTIA
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
NEW BRUNSWICK
SUCCESS STORIES
Other Native Women Killed in Canada
QUEBEC
NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR
AMERICAN CASES
URGENT CALL TO ACTION!
MANITOU KWE SINGERS
Women's Memorial Quilt
Dreams/Visions about the Vancouver Missing Women case
Beaded White Ribbons for Sale (FUNDRAISER FOR QUILT)
Fifth Annual Memorial
Success Stories
Toronto's Memorial Nov. 16, 2002
DTES Vancouver Missing Women
Mainland Vancouver women murdered during the same time frame
OTHER LINKS
Sex Trade Workers of Canada
Missing Women Poster
Vancouver Magazine
Toronto Star article, Nov. 30, 2002
America's Most Wanted
State to State Unsolved Crimes
Aboriginal Justice Inquiry
Vancouver Police Department
About the author of this site
Traditional Grief Teachings
Indian Act
They Are Missing Org
Please sign our Petition to the Canadian Government to investigate why so many of these cases remain unsolved
Continued from Previous site
|
