On September 30, people across North America marked Orange Shirt Day, a grassroots movement started in 2013 to remember indigenous children forced to leave their families in September and attend residential schools.
In 2020, the Canadian government proclaimed September 30 the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Click here to learn how it started.
The Dismantling Racism Committee shared on social media one "Call to Action" each week during the 94 days between June 21, National Day of Indigenous Peoples, and September 30, National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
Watch this explanation. See the Dismantling Racism committee efforts to raise awareness.
These calls to action, if enacted, will lead to societal transformation and just treatment of indigenous people. Use your voter voice to urge Congress to pass the “Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act” (S. 1723)
