Join the opening ceremony of Bridge: Honouring the Lives of MMIWG2S

[Wendy Philpott]

Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People has become an annual installation since 2016 for 16 Days of Activism<https://uwaterloo.ca/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/> Against Gender-Based Violence at the University of Waterloo.
Everyone is welcome to participate in the Bridge installation Opening Ceremony and Fire on Wednesday, November 4 at 1:00 pm at the bridge between Environment 3 and St. Paul's University College. The closing ceremony will be held on Wednesday, November 25 at 1:00 pm.
Working with the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) Professor Sorouja Moll initiated Bridge in 2016 to create a space for all University community members to learn about the crisis as they reflect upon their responsibilities, write a name on red fabric, and tie it to the bridge between Environment 3 and St. Paul's University College.
To maintain a safe environment by adhering to COVID-19 protocols, the 2020 installation invites the public to read the names of MMIWG2S out loud as the red fabric is tied to the bridge. If you would like to read names, please contact Sorouja Moll via email: smoll at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:smoll at uwaterloo.ca>.
The gesture to name, remember, and honour the 4000+ missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people in Canada is an active engagement in learning about the depth of the crisis in the nation while resisting the existing silence that continues to shroud it. Originally installed in Montreal in 2009, as The Writing Names Project, Moll research-creation initiative is a counter memorial and is part of a meaningful and sustained collaborative intercultural praxis between non-Indigenous and Indigenous communities.
Watch the 2019 Bridge video by Sorouja Moll.<https://youtu.be/Zu2t6LifQl0>
More about the event<https://uwaterloo.ca/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/>.

—Sent on behalf of Sorouja Moll and the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre.

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