Eddy Charlie, co-fundador do Orange Shirt Day, lançou-o para aumentar a conscientização sobre os impactos das escolas residenciais nas comunidades indígenas. Eddy Charlie, co-founder of Orange Shirt Day, launched it to raise awareness of residential school impacts on Indigenous communities.

Eddy Charlie, morador da Ilha de Vancouver e co-fundador do Orange Shirt Day, superou suas experiências traumáticas da Kuper Island Residential School, onde sofreu abusos e cicatrizes ao longo da vida. Eddy Charlie, a Vancouver Island resident and co-founder of Orange Shirt Day, overcame his traumatic experiences from the Kuper Island Residential School, where he suffered abuse and lifelong scars. Depois de lutar contra o alcoolismo e a violência, Charlie encontrou propósito na educação no Camosun College, inspirado por anciãos indígenas. After battling alcoholism and violence, Charlie found purpose in education at Camosun College, inspired by Indigenous elders. Ele e Kristin Spray lançaram o Orange Shirt Day para aumentar a conscientização sobre os impactos das escolas residenciais nas comunidades indígenas, promovendo a cura e a reconciliação. He and Kristin Spray launched Orange Shirt Day to raise awareness of residential school impacts on Indigenous communities, promoting healing and reconciliation.

September 29, 2024

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