The Unifor Tears to Hope walk/run to support Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls and two-spirited relations is coming up soon!!

Sisters, brothers, siblings, relations and friends;

The Unifor Tears to Hope walk/run to support Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls and two-spirited relations is coming up soon!! We have a handful of participants so far but we can do better. Remember this is a National event happening simultaneously across Canada.

Your local’s help in this important Unifor project is greatly needed. Even if one person per Local in Winnipeg participated, that would help achieve our goal. This event is open to friends and family, allies, community groups and other unions. So bring along a friend! We also are expecting Unifor National president Lana Payne to participate in the Winnipeg event.

You need to register through the Race Roster portal Login required — Tears to Hope relay race (Unifor members) — Race Roster — Registration, Marketing, Fundraising. You can join an existing team or create your own. Registration is $50 per team, but Locals may donate as much as they like on behalf of their team.

We are holding the 5k/10k Walk/Run on:

Saturday, June 17, 2023

11 a.m. CDT

Assiniboine Park, site 11 (just to the left of the ox cart statue at Shaftesbury entrance)

Registration information and other details are in the attached FAQ.

The walk will be a 5-km route along paved pathways adjacent to the Park, going into the Assiniboine Forest, looping around the Canadian Mennonite University and Tuxedo golf course and ending back at the starting point in the Park.

If you are unable to walk we are also looking for volunteers to help marshal participants around the course and hand out water etc. Please contact me directly if you would like to volunteer. If you wish to do the walk/run use the registration process outlined in the attached FAQ or at this link: Login required — Tears to Hope relay race (Unifor members) — Race Roster — Registration, Marketing, Fundraising.

Let’s do our part to make this event a success!

In solidarity,

Paul

Paul McKie

Manitoba/Saskatchewan Area Director

Directeur Local du Manitoba et de la Saskatchewan