Lift Up Our Needles: A Kitchen Table Gathering to Honour Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ People with Sherry Farrell Racette

In honour of the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit Plus People, the CHRR and Indigenous Engagement and Communications are honoured to host author and artist Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette for a kitchen table gathering. The event will begin with a light lunch at 12:00 noon in 543-544 UMSU University Centre, University of Manitoba – Fort Garry Campus, and presentation/beading from 12:30-2:00pm. 

Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette is an interdisciplinary scholar with an active arts and curatorial practice. Her work is grounded in story: stories of people, stories that objects tell, painting stories, telling stories and finding stories. She has done extensive work in archives and museum collections with an emphasis on retrieving women’s voices and recovering knowledge. Most recently she was cross-appointed to the Departments of Native Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Manitoba. Farrell Racette also had an extensive career in Saskatchewan education, working at SUNTEP Regina (GDI), First Nations University of Canada, and the University of Regina. She remains committed to experiential learning and Indigenous pedagogies.

This event is taking place in honour of the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People (MMIWG2S+). The commemoration of the National Day of Action on October 4th every year is owing to the decades-long activism of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC). We encourage those who have not already done so to learn more about NWAC, as well as the work of the National Inquiry into MMIWG2S+. You can learn more about the Inquiry’s Final Report and its 231 Calls to Justice at: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/

In lieu of a registration fee, please consider making a donation to Indigenous organizations working with MMIWG2S+. 

In order to ensure we have enough food and beading supplies, please register at: https://forms.office.com/r/GKAXjA01hV

For more information on getting to the University of Manitoba campus, please see: https://umanitoba.ca/about-um/our-campuses/getting-here. If you have any questions, please contact chrrman@umanitoba.ca.