Spirit Walk for Change

Boozhoo, Sago,Hello and Bonjour to Everyone:

My Spirit name is Whitefeather Aka Alan Harrington dont mind being called "Al"

This GoFundMe project is to raise funds to support the cost of the 1000km journey from Kanehsatake to Sault Ste-Marie ON Shingwauk Residential School. We are walking to honor the residential school children that never made it home. As an Indigenous man and father, this journey is a spiritual walk and it is also necessary to raise awareness and honor the thousands of Indigenous children across Canada found buried in unmarked graves at former residential schools.

More than 150 institutions for over a century forcibly separated Indigenous children from their families to assimilate them into Canadian society. As a frontline worker, I see firsthand the impacts of intergenerational trauma every day on the streets of Montreal.

This walk is dedicated in remembrance of all families and children of residential schools. Families across our communities and our immediate loved ones, like my best friend Nicole, have survivors of this family legacy of residential school. We are walking for change and walking for reconciliation for the future generations to come. We are responsible to create a space for healing and supporting our communities.

Please join me in making this journey possible.

Our journey will start from Kanehsatake on September 8th, 2021 following a sunrise ceremony. A group of a dozen people will accompany the walkers off the territory and throughout the 25 days, walkers can join and support this initiative.

We invite everyone to join us on September 30th on Parliament Hill in Ottawa for National Orange Shirt Day with many other Indigenous nations along with its Allies......