Today is Canada's National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women. It corresponds to the anniversary of the Montreal massacre which took place on December 6, 1989. This year is the 20th anniversary of an event that took 14 women's lives - just because they were women. Had these women lived, they would be in their 40's now, probably working as engineers, which they were training for at the time of their deaths. Maybe some of them would have married and had children. We will never know.
The white ribbon campaign is usually reserved for men, but I urge you to get involved today. Wearing a white ribbon is a personal pledge never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King Jr.
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