Time & Location
Oct 05, 2024, 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Brantford, 188 Mohawk St, Brantford, ON N3T 5T6, Canada
About the event
A WALK TOWARDS TRUTH is a reflective fundraising walk for Settlers to honour Indigenous survivors, families and communities.
On Saturday, October 5th, we will walk for the children who, by no choice of their own, were forced into residential schools and stripped of everything they once knew. The WALK TOWARDS TRUTH is symbolic of the journey the children took when escaping the residential school to return to their families. Sadly, many did not make it. Those that did survive carry with them the trauma and sorrow of their loss from families, languages, songs, teachings and ceremonies. These losses are still felt today. On the walk, together we will engage in reflection to honour those who have been lost and Indigenous residential school survivors.
We will gather at 7:00am at the parking lot by Good Minds Books. At 7:25 we will hold s sunrise reflection at the Woodland Cultural Centre. At…