ORANGE SHIRT DAY: EVERY CHILD MATTERS

When

Sep 29

Contact

http://www.nationscreations.ca/

Details

Nations Creations is Proud to support Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters on September 30th – observing it on the 29th – “in honour of Residential School Survivors and in memory of those who did not.”Buy your Orange Shirt today for $20 with $5 of each t-shirt sold going to the Stó:l? Youth Mentorship Program.

Nations Creations’ Orange Shirt was Designed by local Stó:l? Artist Jared Deck.  Jared is from the Tzeachten (Chi’iyaqtel) First Nation within the Stó:l? Territory. Jared is a self-taught artist in the west coast salish art style and considers his artwork to be very contemporary with traditional elements. Using such mediums as acrylic, pencil, markers, watercolor and computer graphics. He’s an avid fan of tattoo style art and gets a lot of inspiration out of music. Jared is always trying to learn new things and strive to improve on his artistic skills.

Orange Shirt Day

Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in the spring of 2013.  It grew out of Phyllis’ story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the Mission, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually.

The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the coming school year.  It also gives teachers time to plan events that will include children, as we want to ensure that we are passing the story and learning on to the next generations.

Orange Shirt Day is also an opportunity for First Nations, local governments, schools and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.

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