We‌ ‌are‌ ‌a‌ ‌collective‌ ‌of‌ ‌Indigenous‌ ‌women‌ ‌that‌ ‌have‌ ‌been‌ ‌organizing‌ ‌with‌ ‌family‌ ‌members‌ ‌of‌ ‌Missing‌ ‌and‌ ‌Murdered‌ ‌Relatives‌ ‌throughout‌ ‌Northern‌ ‌California officially since 2017, and unofficially for much longer.‌ ‌

We‌ ‌are‌ grandmothers, mothers, sisters, aunties, friends and companions to those who have been murdered or are missing. We cry for them when no one sees  and weep for our children and future generations who will not know them as we do.

But today we invite you to join us...
to sing and pray with us
to walk with us and to remember
those that we carry in our bones
those that we carry in our hearts
those who we have never met but together
we will always remember.

In‌ ‌collaboration‌ ‌with‌ ‌local‌ ‌Tribal‌ ‌peoples‌ ‌and‌ ‌Indigenous‌ ‌representatives‌ ‌that‌ ‌live‌ ‌and‌ ‌work‌ ‌in‌ ‌unceded‌ ‌Nisenan‌ ‌Tribal‌ ‌territories,‌ ‌we‌ ‌are‌ ‌ ‌extending‌ ‌an‌ ‌invitation‌ ‌to‌ ‌walk with us in a route that will take us to several historical sites in Sacramento. 

Our intention is to walk these places together as a way of reclaiming these historically violent places as places of shared healing and a sacred re-membering of our ancestors, of living in connection with the Land and the Earth and finding compassion and healing with one another. 

We seek your participation  and support of this event as a collective healing event for all families that are seeking both justice and closure with their loved ones. As we seek to support families in their grief process and healing, we recognize the importance of including our Native and indigenous families and communities as leading in these efforts to address a legacy of systemic violence and to lead us in providing healing spaces for families. 

We hope that you will consider supporting our efforts and look forward to engaging in dialogue on how to better address the crisis of our missing and murdered relatives through the Sacramento county and throughout California and the Western States.