AmINext
Formation | 2014 |
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Type | Social Media |
Purpose | End Violence Against Aboriginal Women |
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Founder | Holly Jarrett |
#AmINext is the social media campaign that began on September 5, 2014 by Canadian Indigenous (Inuit) woman Holly Jarrett.[1] The campaign was created in part to call for a public inquiry into Canada's missing and murdered Aboriginal women, which has a demand that native activists have been making to the federal government for years. Aboriginal women in Canada are more likely to be subject to violence than non-aboriginal women. The campaign included women taking photos of themselves holding up signs bearing the question, and posting them to various social media sites using the hashtag #AmINext.[2]
In response to criticism regarding the effectiveness of the original hashtag #AmINext, a new social media campaign was started using the hashtag #ImNotNext,[3] with the intent on continuing the theme of unification, while creating a more positive reaction.[4][5][6][7][8]
See also
References
- ↑ "#AmINext: Aboriginal women's message to Stephen Harper". The Globe and mail. The Globe and mail. September 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ↑ "#AmINext aims to raise awareness about murdered aboriginal women". Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "Aboriginal women ask #AmINext in push for public inquiry". 8 September 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "AmINext". https://twitter.com/hashtag/aminext. https://twitter.com/hashtag/aminext. Retrieved 2014-12-13. External link in
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(help) - ↑ http://blogs.ubc.ca/isujblog/spirit-of-our-sisters-sosmmiw/
- ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/imnotnext-campaign-says-no-to-victimhood-1.2009556
- ↑ http://rabble.ca/news/2014/09/imnotnext-indigenous-women-use-social-media-to-demand-change
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/09/16/im-not-next-missing-murdered-inquiry_n_5830830.html