Remembering Our DTES Women

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Since 1991, the Women's Memorial March Committee has organized a march on February 14th to honour the memory of all women from the Downtown Eastside (DTES) who have died due to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence. Each year since 2005 the Women's Memorial March Quilt is carried by dozens of people during that march. This quilt was created by the collaboration of family members, friends, and community members over many years. Each panel honours the love, hopes, and dreams for the women who have been murdered or gone missing in the DTES. Since 2015, the Vancouver Public Library and the Women's Memorial March Committee have been working together to digitize the 120+ beautiful panels that form the Women's Memorial March Quilt. Our intention is to preserve the images of the panels in high quality photographs, and then with the families' approval display the images in this online gallery. If you are a family member of one of the women commemorated in the quilt panels and you have questions or concerns about the content presented in the Remembering Our DTES Women collection that relates to your family member, please contact [email protected] at any time.

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Title: Verna Little Chief, Michelle Alexander, Lori Alexander, and Marilyn Moore
Description: The panel displays the text "Verna Little Chief, Michelle Alexander, Lori Alexander, and Marilyn Moore." This is panel 109, section 5.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: A Video Commemorating the Women’s Memorial March Quilt
Description: On March 28, 2017 the Vancouver Public Library (VPL) launched the Women's Memorial Quilt online gallery. To celebrate the online launch, VPL and the March Committee displayed the quilt for the month of April at the VPL's main branch downtown. This digital display video was created to exhibit beside the hanging quilt and provide a little background information about the quilt, the annual Women’s Memorial March in Vancouver, and to describe the digitization process of the quilt.
Type of Resource(s): moving image
Title: Vikki Brass
Description: On the panel is the name Vikki Brass. This is panel 96, section 4.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Violet Herman
Description: The panel displays the text "Violet Herman." This is panel 27, section 2.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: We Miss You
Description: The panel displays the text "We Miss You". This is panel 77, section 4.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: White and Red on Black Background [front]
Description: White and Red on Black Background. This is the front of panel 49, section 2.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: White Flower, Bird, Heart Shape, and Feather on Black Background
Description: The panel has a white flower, a bird, a heart shape, and a feather on black background. This is panel 73, section 3.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Woman's Silhouette Inside Red Heart on a Flowered Background
Description: Woman's Silhouette Inside Red Heart on a Flowered Background. This is panel 42, section 2.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Women Against Violence Against Women. STOP THE Violence.
Description: The panel displays the text "Women Against Violence Against Women. STOP THE Violence." This is panel 71, section 3.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Yellow, Red, Purple, and Plaid Hearts
Description: The panel displays Yellow, Red, Purple, and Plaid Hearts. This is panel 62, section 3.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: You are a Child of the Universe - Desiderata
Description: The panel displays the text "You are a Child of the Universe - Desiderata." This is panel 107, section 5.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: You Are Loved
Description: On the panel is the name Flo. The panel displays the text "You Are Loved." This is panel 100, section 5.
Type of Resource(s): still image
Title: Yvonne, Marcia Creison, and Tracey
Description: The panel displays the text " Yvonne, Marcia Creison, and Tracey." This is panel 5, section 1.
Type of Resource(s): still image

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