05/05/2026
Today is not a campaign.
It is not a hashtag.
It is not a moment.
It is a remembering.
Across this land, Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people are missing.
They are loved.
They are remembered.
They are still being called home.
Behind every name is a voice that should still be heard.
A laugh that should still fill a room.
A presence that should still be held in community.
And behind every absence is something we must be willing to face.
This is not random.
It is not isolated.
It is the result of generations of systems that have made Indigenous bodies less safe, less protected, less seen.
Colonial violence did not end.
It changed shape.
It moved into systems.
Into policies.
Into the spaces where care should exist—and too often does not.
At Grandmother’s Voice, we do not approach this day as something separate from our work.
This is the work.
To remember.
To speak.
To listen.
To act in ways that restore safety, dignity, and connection.
We sit with the truth that awareness alone is not enough.
We ask harder questions:
How do people move through systems today?
Are they safe?
Are they believed?
Are they supported in ways that do not create more harm?
Because this is not only about those we have lost.
It is about those who are still here.
It is about creating communities where Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people are not just acknowledged—but protected, respected, and held in care.
Today, we wear red.
We honour.
We grieve.
We remember.
But we also commit.
To doing this work differently.
To building relationships that matter.
To ensuring that the systems we are part of do not continue the harm we say we stand against.
This is not a moment.
It is a responsibility.
We remember them.
And we carry them forward in how we show up—from this day on.
