“The symbol of a growing movement… It stands for all the missing sisters whose voices are not heard. It stands for the silence of the media and law enforcement in the midst of this crisis. It stands for the oppression and subjugation of Native women who are now rising” Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Native Hope. (n.d.)

The Multicultural Center will hold an awareness rally on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and all students are welcome to sign up. The event will take place at 12:20 p.m., February 8, 2024.

Javier Santana, the director of the First Nation Student Heritage and a member of the Multicultural Club, shared with the Ebbtide a couple of ideas.

Santana said the gathering provides an opportunity to “learn a lot about indigenous culture and the way that we operate and think.”

“I think they’ll also learn something about how much power they really have,” Santana adds.

“We have a voice, a voice that is powerful and that has to be listened to. A voice that goes beyond what people tell us our individual voices are capable of, and I think with that togetherness and with that community, we have a strength that is insurmountable. And with that, we can create whatever kind of world we want to live in; as a collective; as a unit; as a community.”

On a side note, Santana also mentioned that the gathering will include two representatives from the Urban Native Education Alliance and the presence of SCC’s President, Jack Kahn.

“Join us. We can’t do this without you. I can’t do this without you. I can sit on my soapbox and talk for hours on whatever I want to say, but we need a community,” Santana said.

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[Updated 09/04/2024 to correct the spelling of SCC President Jack Kahn.]