Community walk remembers the missing and murdered – PortageOnline

May 07 2025

On Monday morning, community members gathered on Pelechaty Drive for a solemn ceremony ahead of the second annual Red Dress Day Walk in Portage la Prairie. Organized by the InSight Program through the Portage Friendship Centre, the event brought together individuals from all walks of life to honour and remember the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S).

After the opening ceremony, participants walked the Island Park loop, hanging red dresses from tree branches along the route as a public reminder of those who are gone but not forgotten.

Daphne Spence, InSight Program Coordinator with the Friendship Centre, notes the event is young but growing, and the Friendship Centre is committed to ensuring it becomes a lasting tradition of healing, advocacy, and education.

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