Be heard on the issues that matter most to you!
Much gratitude to Renee of Womanist Musings , blogging also at Feministe on June 23rd to remind us all about the killing of women in the Niagra Falls region:
When you think of the Niagara region immediately the mind turns to the majestic falls. Some who have spent more than an afternoon here will think of places like the Welland Canal, The Skylon Tower, Fallsview Casino, Clifton Hill, and maybe even the dearth of reasonably priced hotels, and restaurants. The aforementioned sites are the Niagara region you are supposed to think about. It is what you will find printed in all of those handy little pamphlets, that the tour guides like to give out. Yes the safe family destination, where everything is bright and sunny.What you will not hear about are the women that have been killed here since 1996. What if I were to whisper these names in your ear?
The names she whispers are these:
- 31-year-old Dawn Stewart
- 26-year-old Nadene Gurczenski
- 32-year-old Diane Dimitri
- 26-year-old Margaret Jeanette Jigaru
- 22-year-old Cassey Chicocki
- 29-year-old Stephine Beck
- 36-year-old Shari Bacon
Please go read her post to find out more about these women. One thing she points out is that their deaths went largely unreported and most likely because they worked in the sex trade. I've written before that no woman is safe as long as prostitutes can be killed without notice.
We need to stand in solidarity together so that none of us is made an easy target.
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...because public space really matters!
Elizabeth
