32 years later, Vancouver’s Downtown East Side walks in memory of missing and murdered
In a press conference on Feb. 14, Melodie Casella, cousin of Cheryl Ann Joe spoke.
Around them, a sea of posters, filled with the faces of MMIWG2S+ were held above the growing crowd of people.Among the families were Lee and Leah Desjarlais, mother and father of Jenaya who was murdered in 2019 in Regina, Saskatchewan. After family members spoke, shoulder to shoulder, the crowds of people walked in song, down the streets of DTES, united in honoring their missing and murdered loved ones, and calling for justice.
According to a census released in 2022, Vancouver is home to 63,345 Indigenous peoples, making the city the third highest population of urban Indigenous people in Canada. The Downtown Eastside Women’s Center sees over 1,000 women and girls through their doors seeking their supports each day, with 70 per cent of their clients identifying as Indigenous.
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