Orange Shirt Day
Why wear an orange shirt on September 30th? To put it simply, it is to commemorate and honour residential school survivors. It is to remember the physical, mental, and sexual abuse they had to ensure, as well as the inter-generational trauma that ensued within Indigenous communities. “The Problematic History of John A. MacDonald,” an article by Angel found in the “Activism” section, addresses these atrocities in more depth. But why on September 30th? And why an orange shirt? September 30th was the date chosen, as it was…
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