The College of New Caledonia (CNC) held its Moose Hide Campaign event on Thursday May 15th, a first for the Prince George campus.
The campaign, initially conceived around 2011 in northern BC by a father and daughter, has been picking up traction across the continent since. Participants in the movement wear a symbolic square of animal hide as a gesture to confront the role men play in perpetuating violence against women and children.
Student Michael Morgan said of developing a deeper respect & understanding of women and children, “In order to do that, I had to learn how to respect myself.” An effective invitation for others to share more.
The event in Prince George–Lheidli T’enneh at CNC was centrally coordinated by Michael Antoine who took a risk with the weather hosting it outdoors, but it paid off with sunshine and healthy attendance from students, faculty, administration, and even children from the daycare who sang a few songs.
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